It seems to me there’s a win-win for the legions of struggling, newly-minted lawyers and small firms. Small and solo firms, by contracting with these young attorneys, could scale their operations inexpensively, and the recent law school grads would gain experience and some additional pocket change to help pay down their debts.

In October, after almost three years of work, my wife will have her first book published, Previvors, on the subject of strategies for women at high risk for breast cancer. As a gift for one of her many accomplishments along the way, I decided to get her an antique decorative piece for our home office: a 1940′s era retro Remington [...]

Skype is amazing. If it were up to me, branding wise, it would have an exclamation mark before and after the name:  ¡Skype!  I’ll shout it from the rooftops.  I don’t care what new VOIP service Google announced today.  I’ve been using it for years.  But more about the good stuff later. Skype is like an extended family member:  you [...]

Engage a practice management advisor, or “PMA”, in support of the effectual running of your law office. They’re cheap. And often free.

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One of the salient technology conversations of 2010 revolves around our newly found state of constant Internet connectivity. We love our iPhones, Droids, and Blackberries, but apparently they’re not so good for us when abused. Kind of like chocolate. Or booze. Exhibit A: A recent article in the New York Times declares Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime: Cellphones, [...]

Constantly getting interrupted? See how you can train people to leave you alone with the Pomodoro Technique.

Actually forget it. Don’t waste your time. Remember people clamoring all over each other to get onto Google Wave? We’re not lemmings, people. Just because there’s a hot new social media thing going on doesn’t mean you need to drop everything and trade favors to get an invitation. And if the “social media experts” are telling you you’re a loser [...]

An oldie but goodie, dusted off and updated from an original post on the Rocket Matter blog from March 2009. Designing and delivering software is not an easy task. Over the years, project management methodologies, techniques, and creative tools have emerged to help software teams manage projects and avoid failure. We at Rocket Matter utilize Agile Project Management, which we’ve [...]