By Larry Port
on January 29, 2010
Google’s Chrome is a great browser. It’s very, very fast, which is the primary reason I’m using it. It has some cool features, too. For instance, there’s no little window on the upper right for searching. You type your search query directly into the address bar (it took a leap of faith and great confusion [...]
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By Larry Port
on January 28, 2010
For those who participated, we hoped you enjoyed our webinar. Mark Merenda was an incredible presenter. We learned a lot and had a good time doing so!
We hope to see you on February 25th, 2010 for Barabara Nelson, legal productivity guru.
Mark Merenda Contact Information
mark (at) smartmarketingnow (dot) com
www.smartmarketingnow.com
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Larry Port Contact Information
larry (at) rocketmatter (dot) [...]
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By Larry Port
on January 28, 2010
Busy people pride themselves on their multi-tasking abilities. However, every time you make the context switch from one activity to the other, you’re kidding yourself if you don’t recognize the overhead that goes with it.
The overhead of switching tasks can be minimal. It might take a couple of seconds to get one’s bearings, or it [...]
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By Larry Port
on January 27, 2010
Today marks the much awaited announcement of the Apple iPad. Considering that people’s mouths were watering over the non-event of the iPhone 3G S launch last year, the arrival of the tablet is garnering, as many have observed, the type of interest reserved only for other tablets delivered to the masses several millenia ago [...]
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By Larry Port
on January 25, 2010
Join Rocket Matter’s monthly webinar series aga.
When: Thursday, January 28, 2010 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM EST
Where: Your computer. Click here to register! Limited seats available.
A difficult truth for most lawyers to accept is that their financial success will depend as much (or more!) on their business skills as on their abilities as [...]
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By Larry Port
on January 22, 2010
We’re big proponents of legal professionals thinking of their cases as projects. Why? So that powerful techniques of the project management discipline, honed by years of experience in manufacturing and technology, can be leveraged to create an efficient and quality product for law firms.
That’s why we’re excited to see Paul C. Easton’s blog, Legal Project [...]
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By Larry Port
on January 21, 2010
Do you type the same things OVER and OVER again? Do you have important codes that need to be correct 100% of the time without error?
Then take a look at programs called Text Expanders. You and your staff will be eternally grateful.
Basically, text expanders allow you to define your own shortcuts or abbreviations that, [...]
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By Larry Port
on January 20, 2010
If you’re not subscribed to Ari Kaplan’s newsletter, go check it out. It’s one of the few newsletters I’ve signed up for that I regularly read. Every time it comes out, he offers great tips and articles which are immediately actionable.
This time he’s offering for free workbook from his “Seven Secrets of Opportunity Making Success” [...]
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By Larry Port
on January 19, 2010
In our blog this year we are going to focus more and more on productivity tips for the legal profession. To kick things off, I’d like to highlight an article from LifeHacker about keeping a clean, uncluttered desktop on your computer.
If you really want to get down to business and get things done, you need [...]
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By Larry Port
on January 11, 2010
Usually we write about improving law firm efficiency, agile project management techniques, or legal Software as a Service, but we just published a piece on another favorite subject of ours, beer.
Jason Mendelson, whose ABA 100 Blawg Mendelson’s Musings just won it’s category of best business blog, extended us the honor of inaugural guest beer reviewer. [...]
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