FileMaker Releases Bento 2

Posted by EsquireMac in Applications, Courtroom Apps, Law Practice Management on Oct 14th, 2008 | 1 comment
For those of you who are interested, FileMaker has just released v2.0 of its simplified organizational tool, Bento. I have toyed with Bento v1 in the past, but I never gave a serious attempt to organize our practice with it.  This is a product that seems to have a lot of promise – but, at the same time, seems very time consuming to set up. FileMaker’s “Top Ten List” of new features: New! Apple Mail integration – Get instant access to related messages Link Apple Mail email messages, notes and RSS articles directly to information stored in Bento with a simple drag and...
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So, How You Gonna Run Yer Practice on that Fancy Macintosh Computer?

Posted by EsquireMac in Law Practice Management on Jul 27th, 2008 | 7 comments
One thing every Mac-using lawyer has to ask themselves is what software they’re going to use to manage their practice. Anyone who’s scoured the interwebs for a solution has likely come to the same inescapable conclusion: there’s simply no obvious comprehensive software solution for the Mac-using attorney (or law firm, for that matter). In my view, at a minimum, a lawyer needs the following functions in a single software solution: Client/Contact Management Case/Matter Tracking and Management Document Management Calendaring/To Do Tracking (GTD) Billing There’s a lot of great...
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