Category Archives: Cool Tools

iPad Envy? Save Money with Gadget Spa Day

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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Rocket Recommends: Text Expanders to Save Time and Mistakes While Typing

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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Free Workbook for Lawyers: Get Organized and Take Action in 2010

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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Make Skype calls from Rocket Matter

By Larry Port on August 25, 2009

Today we’re pleased to announce integration of Skype, the Internet phone and messaging service, into Rocket Matter! This new functionality enables you to easily initiate click-to-dial Skype calls directly from Rocket Matter contact records.
Now, in addition to traditional telephone numbers, Skype usernames can now be associated withyour contacts, facilitating easy Skype-to-Skype calling. All you have [...]

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How Twitter Tipped Over at Legal Tech – Interesting Anecdotes

By Larry Port on February 8, 2009

The prevalence of Twitter at this year’s Legal Tech was remarkable. It reached a tipping point, and to get an idea of how this new technology is changing things, here are a couple of anecdotes that paint this picture…
Someone I knew forgot their cell phone charger at home. They shall remain anonymous. [...]

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Rocket Matter Newsletter Volume 1 – Web Based Case Management News Edition!

By Larry Port on July 21, 2008

Our first newsletter, which you can view here, was made completely painless due to a great web-based product. Mad Mimi, an online email marketing program, is an example of a web application at its finest.  A great user experience, super-ease of use, and amazing visualizations all make Mad Mimi one of the best tools I’ve [...]

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Online Collaboration Tools for Lawyers

By Larry Port on June 26, 2008

As providers of Legal SaaS, we’re always on the lookout for great web-based technologies lawyers can leverage to optimize their practices.  We’ve covered Drop.io for file transfer and MindMeister for mind-mapping in the past.  These technologies, and many more, are highlighted in a Law.com article written by Tom Mighell.  A short sample from the article, [...]

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Rocket Matter API: Merge Documents with Rocket Matter on a Mac

By Larry Port on June 4, 2008

Larry Staton, Jr., over at the Scripting for Lawyers blog, has created an AppleScript which extracts contact information from Rocket Matter and merges it into a Word document. He posted a brief explanation and a video which explains how he worked together with us in order to pull this off.
Our work with Larry represents [...]

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Legal GTD: Mind maps in the law practice

By Larry Port on April 17, 2008

Recently I wrote about my love for mind maps and specifically, the web-based product MindMeister for online collaboration.
The topic of mind maps has been explored recently on the SOLOSEZ listserv. Nerino Petro, PMA for the State Bar for Wisconsin, offered some great advice and tidbits:
“I’ve found it to be helpful when in meetings with [...]

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I can’t say enough good things about Drop.io and Mindmeister

By Larry Port on April 6, 2008

Drop.io and Mindmeister are web tools at their finest. Of all of the tools I’ve spent time exploring, these are two I use consistently.
Drop.io
Drop.io was brought to my attention at ABA Techshow, when Tom Mighell and Dennis Kennedy demonstrated it in their Collaboration Tools seminar. (The seminar was a glimpse into their new [...]

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