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I and others have been writing about Rocket Matter lately. Rocket Matter is a newly released web-based case management and time & billing program. Aaron Pelley gave a very in-depth review of the program on his blog Criminal Defense Law With an Apple.
Ben Stevens, Finis Price, Victor Medina and myself recorded our first Macs in the Law Office (MILO) Podcast a few days ago. And let me tell you, it was a blast. The format is informal, thank god. And we discuss all kinds of stuff concerning Macs in the law office. We plan to make this a regular feature.
You can listen to the post cast by visiting Victor's blog Victor Medina's Small Business and Solo Law Practice Blog.
And, be watching for Macs in the Law Office coming soon.
So do you think these students might be telling you windoze users something? And do you think Microsoft might need to take notice?
I wonder how many of them are using the iPhone. That worthless piece of technology, at least according to most windoze users and palm junkies. All those little bright lights you see, those are Apples.
Sorry Rick, you threw the first jab this morning.
I still love it!!!!
For those of you who don't have one, it really is a wonderful piece of technology. And, the Edge network actually works faster for me than my Treo did on Alltel. And best of all, it does not do a self-reset, does not lock up and actually works all the time. Unlike the Treo. And I took very good care of my Treo using all the recommended utility programs to make sure it runs. But in the end, the Treo is too much like a windoze box. Why use technology if you have to use programs to keep them running right. Why not use technology that you can use right out of the box and not have to add anything to do make them “just work.”
And, IMHO the iPhone is just as good for a business person or professional as the Treo and from what I can tell from other crackberry users, the Blackberry too. I can do everything and actually more on my iPhone than I could on my Treo. And yes, perhaps I can't edit a word document on my iPhone without adding a third party program, but that is why I have my MacBook with me 24/7. And, you can't edit a word document on the Treo without a third party either.
The built in Safari browser is really very good. And a lot of sites are now using the iPhone plug-in to make their sites even better on the iPhone. How many are doing that for the Blackberry or Treo? None that I can find.
And, as to the price change Jobs did. So what!!!! I got a credit from AT&T for $200.00 and even if I didn’t, I knew as most did that Jobs would do just as he did. The iPhone is going to do just what we all thought it would . It will change the way people look at cell phones and PDA’s. Once again, Apple is going to change the way people look at technology and the others will be let trying to play catch up. After all, look at all the iPhone want-to-be’s now that are coming out. It is laughable.
There are those who say, what if Apple comes out with a next generation iPhone. I hope they do. And the best thing about the iPhone, I can update its firmware by just plugging it into my MacBook and letting iTunes do an update. Updating and improving existing iPhones will be as easy as sending out a “windows” update. But, unlike a windows update, the update for the iPhone will actually work. Each time the firmware has been updated on the iPhone now, ,there have been little improvements. And there will be more to come when our new operating system comes out in October. I look for there to be some changes for the iPhone too.
So, for those who don't have an iPhone, take a hard look at one. It really is a great tool. And please, please don't cut it down unless you actually spend some time actually using one. You owe yourself that much.
There is a new player in the bloggers talking about using a Mac computer in their law practice. The latest is the Criminal Defrense Law with an Apple. This blog is being published by Aaron A. Pelley. Aaron has another blog called the Washington State Criminal Defense.
While this blog is very new, it already has some good information and I look forward to following it in my RSS reader.
My friend and fellow Mac user, The Mac Lawyer had the following post today. And I copied it below.
The Apple Blog published the following list of thirty Mac business applications:
Time Tracking & Invoicing
On The Job - If simple time tracking an invoicing is all you need, On The Job is the app for you. It purposefully has less features than some of the competition and that is something it definitely has going for it. '
Studiometry - Full-featured time tracking, invoice, and client management.
Billings - Billings is a newer player in the full-featured time tracking and invoicing market but they’ve made a solid splash.
QuickBooks
- While QuickBooks does not have any real time tracking abilities, it
does have a fairly stout invoicing system that can be very convenient
if you use QuickBooks to manage your business finances.
Blinksale - Straightforward invoicing at its best.
Harvest - Solid time tracking (OS X Widget included).
Money Managment
QuickBooks - The industry standard for business finance management. The Mac version of QuicKBooks is frequently chastised for its clunky interface compared to its Windows counterpart.
Cha-Ching - Arguably one of the best looking applications on the Mac, Cha-Ching has somehow managed to make a boring financial application hip and fun. Class OS X features like smart folders and iSight integration make this a fairly easy application to learn and use.
iFinance - Fairly simple interface.
iBank - Pretty full-featured with things like report and chart creation and budget tracking.
Money 2 - Jumsoft’s Money has recently seen a major upgrade to Money 2. The new feature set in Money 2 really is extremely solid though some may find the extra features as a little overkill.
DimeWise - Super cheap.
Wesabe - Includes a helpful community for tips and suggestions.
Communication
Mail - This pretty much goes without saying. Apple’s own Mail.app really is the best mail application, and it is included with OS X.
Skype - One of the best tools for phone communication.
Adium - Whether you think chatting is productive or not, it’s great for hitting up co-workers or clients for quick questions.
Mailroom - Mailroom is a fairly niche mail application in that it’s mainly built for customer support teams.
Campfire - Perfect for group chats with co-workers and clients with features such as file attachments and chat logging.
Project Management
Daylite Productivity Suite - An incredibly full-featured project management application, Daylite is one of the most useful applications on the Mac today. The full suite includes some killer features such a Mail integration, shared calendars, contact management, and more.
OmniPlan - One of the newer Omni Group applications, OmniPlan makes heavy use of Gantt charts to help schedule out any project you have.
Basecamp - 37signals’ flagship product, Basecamp has become the standard for project management in many offices (especially small/home businesses).
Contact Management
Address Book - Enables you to keep up with all my contacts, and it is included free with OS X.
Daylite - In addition to being a great project management app (as mentioned above), Daylite also does a killer job of managing contacts.
SOHO Organizer - SOHO Organizer is a bit less business focused than Daylite. In addition to helping you organize contacts, it also helps lets you attach everything under the sun to those contacts as well as group them together however you wish.
Redlien Account Executive - Redlien is almost exclusively for people who are in sales. With features such as email logging and opportunity management, I can’t imagine this not helping you increase your sales to other people.
Highrise - The newest application from the 37signals crew, Highrise is contact management in the usual 37signals style. Simple, straightforward, no feature-bloat. It has just the tools you need to customize it to your workflow.
Miscellaneous Tools
Yep - Yep is an application for organizing your documents.
VMware Fusion - This virtualization software enables you to easily run Windows on your Mac.
OmniGraffle - Enables you to create a flow chart for any type of information.
MailTemplate - You create custom mail templates for either new mail or replies that will ultimately save you tons of time on responding to certain types of email.
Source:' '30 Apps to Run your Business By' by Josh Pigford, published at The Apple Blog.
Source for Post: The Mac Lawyer.
If you are an attorney or other professional who is interested in learning more about how to use Macs in your office, you should check out the Macs In Law Offices (MILO) discussion group.' Recent topics discussed on MILO include hardware and software options and ways to most effectively implement them into our practices.Ben Stevens and I began MILO six months ago to provide a forum where open discussions were encouraged, which unfortunately does not happen in all groups.' If you are interested in visiting MILO, there is a button on the right side of this blog that will take you there.
I have actually been voicing my opinion about this for sometime now. And it seems I may have been right.
Yesterday’s Apple press event saw the unveiling of new iMacs and major updates to the company’s iLife and iWork software suites. But it also provided further insight into the cosy relationship developing between Apple and Google, with greater integration between the two companies’ product lines.What’s new? iMovie ‘08 adds the ability to upload video direct to YouTube, and iWeb (Apple’s web page creation software) now integrates with Google Maps and YouTube, along with support for Adsense.
Combine these efforts with the existing iPhone tie-ins — Google Maps, YouTube, Gmail — along with AppleTV’s recently added support for YouTube, and we can see how the Apple/Google alliance is strengthening.
And don't forget there is a Google person on the board at Apple. So what more could we see?
With iWorks ‘08 adding a user-friendly spreadsheet application, in addition to word processing, Google Docs integration could be a possibility. Google’s also thought to be developing its own web-based presentation software, so the same might apply to Apple’s Keynote software too. Along these lines we could also see Google Docs support coming to the iPhone, and were that to happen, then in many ways the much talked about GPhone would already exist, except it would be spelt with an “i”.
I look for more good stuff to come. Especially when one considers the possible web based applications one can use on the iPhone and where Google is going with that. And if you consider that the iPhone will most likely move from the EDGE network to 3g sometime, speed for web based applications will not be a problem.
There are just too many possibilities this relationship could bring to the user.
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Michael Sherman, made the switch from a PC to a Mac about a month ago. As some of us predicted, he is well pleased with his decision, with his only regret being that he didn't do it sooner. Michael recently published the following list of 10 reasons that he's glad he switched to a Mac:
Michael concludes his post by saying, 'if you are going to be getting a new computer anytime soon, there has never been a better time to switch to a Mac. I, for one, am very glad I did. .
Source:Once You Go Mac, You Never Go Back' by Michael Sherman, published at his Lawyer Profit Systems blog.
Source for Post: The Mac Lawyer.
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