History of Rocket Matter

Posted on March 31, 2009 by J. Benjamin Stevens

The Connecticut Law Tribune published an article yesterday about the evolution and history of Rocket Matter, the premier web-based law practice management software.  This article explains how and why this program was developed, and it provides some key insight from its co-founders, Larry Port and Ariel Jatib, as well as from other legal technology experts, including Grant Griffiths.

My firm has used Rocket Matter to manage our law practice, and we are very pleased with it, with regard to both its customer service and as a product itself. Rocket Matter will have en exhibition booth at the ABA TECHSHOW this week in Chicago (where I'll be speaking on Friday and Saturday), so if you're in town please stop by and check it out.

Source:  "Software That’s Taking Off Like A Rocket" by Douglas S. Malan, published in the Connecticut Law Tribune.

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MILO Chat Podcast, Vol. 10

Posted on March 24, 2009 by J. Benjamin Stevens

The latest MILO Chat Podcast was released earlier this week. On this week's episode, “I’m the Mac Lawyer, lowercase ‘t’”, we discuss the updated Macs, ABA Tech Show, and other interesting topics.  As usual, this podcast features your faithful hosts, Victor Medina, Finis Price, and Ben Stevens.  

You can enjoy this week's episode, Volume 10, right now, as follows:

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The Legal Mac :: Apple Refreshes Product Line for Spring

Posted on March 18, 2009 by J. Benjamin Stevens

The Legal Mac section of the March 2009 Law Practice Today features the article "Apple Refreshes Product Line for Spring" by Ben Stevens.

Macs are continuing to gain popularity with attorneys. As Spring approaches, Apple is refreshing many of its popular items and therefore increasing the options for lawyers who want to climb aboard the Mac bandwagon.

The number of Mac-using attorneys continues to increase along with the number of Mac users overall. Based on the number of glowing Apples in the audience at the various sessions at ABA TECHSHOW last year, I am looking forward to the turnout this year, particularly in light of the exciting Mac-related sessions (Got Apple Envy? Macs in a PC World, Mac@Trial , and Is that an iPhone in Your Pocket?).

If you don’t already have a Mac, there’s still time to pick one up before ABA TECHSHOW. What’s even better is that earlier this month, Apple announced updates to its Mac desktop models, as follows:

  • iMac :: The beautiful and functional iMac now offers twice the memory and twice the storage. The 24-inch iMac is priced at just $1,499 -- the same price as the previous generation's 20-inch model, which is now only $1,199. Both models exceed the current Energy Star requirements as well as the ones which will become effective later this year.
  • Mac Mini :: This generation of Apple’s smallest desktop still measures 6.5 inches by 6.5 inches by 2 inches, but it now offers up to twice as much memory as the previous generation as well as up to 5x faster graphics performance with the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor. Apple reports that the new Mini uses less than 13 watts of power when idle, which it claims is 10 times less power than a typical desktop PC.
  • Mac Pro :: This ultra-powerful desktop now features the Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processor, which now provides speeds up to 1.9x faster than the previous generation. Another new feature is Turbo Boost, a dynamic performance technology that automatically boosts the processor clock speed based on workload.

 

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