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Google Spreadsheets as your CRM System

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While I’ve tried to make Practicehacker the #1 place to find tools, tips, techniques, and technology for small firms and solo’s, how often do I feature a true practice hack? A better, smarter, faster, or cheaper way of getting things done? Not often enough. But this is the real deal. A genuine hack born out of the need to track contacts (i.e. CRM) using a free tool that doesn’t even seem suited for the task. Software Advice provides the full hack here.

Actually, I’ve used a hack like this one for years, but not in the CRM context. Instead I’ve used it to track the progress of cases and keep my staff informed by having the spreadsheet send automatic updates each time something changes. Simple, free, awesome. Now that’s practice hacking!

Ed. Note: If you have hacks of your own or know anyone that does, please encourage them to contact me at mhedayat@mha-law.com or just add their comment to this post. I’d love to be able to feature one of these hacks every week (or more often if I can). You’ll get full credit of course, and you’ll be helping your fellow lawyers and legal professionals to do things that much better. :)

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09 2011


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posted in Article, Blogging, business, collaborative tools, community, cool stuff, crowdsourcing, current-events, disruptive technology, document automation, free, Google, Google Apps, google docs, GTD, hacking, knowledge management, law, law office, manager, practice, Push Notification, remote, review, Spreadsheets, technology, the business of law, tips, tools, work
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Client Papers – Secure Sharing for Lawyers

Client Papers

I was recently contacted by Dan Decker, COO of Client Papers, which provides a simple and inexpensive online document repository for secure sharing of documents.

According to Dan, as a sole practitioner and owner of a software company he was disappointed with available solutions for document sharing. In particular Dan says that he was after the elusive simple, stand-alone, file sharing solution. When he couldn’t find one he did what all good entrepreneurs do – he built it. The result is Client Papers.

The site is as simple as they come, has only 3 pricing levels, and tops out at less than $50/mo. for unlimited storage, attorney and staff users, and client users.

Bonus: the first 20 readers who sign up and mention Practicehacker get an additional 2 months for free. Posted via email from practice (redux)

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06 2011


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posted in business, chart, collaborative tools, community, current-events, disruptive technology, document automation, document exchange, e-discovery, enterprise, ESI, google docs, knowledge management, law, law office, practice, practice management, radical transparency, records, remote, the business of law, unbundling, web 2.0, website, websites
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Vokle gives a voice to the masses (sort of)

It looks like Vokle wants to become the video chat forum for the masses. Originally envisioned as a political platform, Vokle makes it so easy to broadcast and receive real-time streaming commentary that it just might make public debate over the Internet a reality. The platform has also been embraced and roundly praised by Arrianna Huffington … but I like it anyway.

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07 2010


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posted in community, disruptive technology, government 2.0, lifestreaming, media, municipal government, new media, Podcast, Podcasting, Politics, practice, president o'bama, Quick Review, realtime, remote, social media, social media tools, social networking, startup, technology, Telephony & Voice Over IP, the business of law, tools, Video, youtube
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Glympse

 This Redmond-based startup is introducing its location-based  social sharing service  for the iPhone, Android, and Windows Mobile, allowing friends to see their location on any Internet-connected device. Users customize who can see them and their posts, whether that is a single person, a group, or everyone they add on Facebook, Twitter, et al. Read the full story on Read/Write/Web.
 
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04 2010


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posted in android, apps, Article, beta, buzz, collaborative tools, community, cool stuff, current-events, disruptive technology, facebook, Foursquare, free, Glympse, iPhone, iPhone Apps, location-based, mobile, Mobile device, radical transparency, remote, RWW, social networking, Telephony & Voice Over IP, twitter
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Foursquare’s First TV Commercial

See if you can tell who Foursquare is targeting in it’s first TV Spot

By MG Siegler on Feb 24, 2010 for TechCrunch

First Google, now Foursquare. Hot on the heels of Google’s first search-related television ad during the Super Bowl, location-based social network-as-game sensation Foursquare is gearing up to do the same thing tonight on cable network Bravo during the show Sheer Genius from 9 to 10 PM. It’s a 20-second spot in which Foursquare highlights its recently announced partnership with the network. The idea is to show users real-world locations for Bravo’s show.

Now this is hardly a piece of legal or even legal-tech news, except that Foursquare is the embodiment of the casestreaming concept I wrote about in this TechnoLawyer piece over a year ago. Oh, how the times have changed. And now that location-aware apps are all around us, including Twitter of course which got geolocation capabilities last year, we’re all that much closer to being forced into acknowledging colleagues in our vicinity whether we want to or not. I think I just felt a chill run down my spine.

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02 2010


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posted in beta, Blogging, business, casestreaming, collaborative tools, community, cool stuff, disruptive technology, iPhone, iPhone Apps, media, Mobile device, moblogging, new media, practice, practice management, remote, social graph, social media, social media tools, social networking, tags, technology, tips, tools, twitter, Wisdom of Crowds
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TinyChat Upgrade: Etherpad, Whiteboard, YouTube

We’re big fans of TinyChat a web-based chat startup that has been growing like gangbusters and recently won a Crunchie for best bootstrapped startup. TinyChat started out as a simple IRC-style chatroom app to complement conversations on platforms like Twitter, has been steadily building out its innovative platform to include video chat and screensharing options, live video streaming, and Facebook Connect.

Now the platform is making chats more social with the addition YouTube video integration, document collaboration with Etherpad, and whiteboard features powered by the company’s own Flockdraw. The social YouTube feature allows a moderators to pay any public YouTube video for everyone participating in the chat. The administrator can also control were the video starts, pauses etc. <<Read the Full Story Here>>

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02 2010


by practicehacker
posted in Blogging, business, collaborative tools, community, cool stuff, disruptive technology, Google, law, practice, practice management, realtime, remote, social networking, software, technology, Telephony & Voice Over IP, the business of law, tips, tools, twitter, unbundling, Video, web 2.0, youtube
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