Hello Dropbox, Goodbye SugarSync

Date November 24, 2008

Those who have been following Esquire | Mac know that I had high praises for SugarSync and have used the file synchronization service extensively for a solid 8-10 months. I have posted about SugarSync here, here and here. I did note, however, that despite how great the service is, there are some bugs.
In our office, [...]

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My Rocket Matter Demo and Impressions

Date August 18, 2008

Recently, I had the opportunity to have Larry Port from Rocket Matter give me an online/telephone demonstration of the web-based law office management and billing solution.  Much has already been said about Rocket Matter by my fellow legal Mac bloggers, so I will not duplicate their efforts.
I was impressed by the streamlined interface and ease [...]

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SugarSync: Questions and Answers

Date July 16, 2008

One reader, Scott Wolfe, of Wolfe Law Group, a truly innovative law firm with offices in New Orleans and Seattle, emailed me with a few questions about SugarSync. He was in need of a more workable solution for his all-Mac small law firm.
I answered his email this morning with a fairly lengthy response. I figured [...]

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Briefly: New SugarSync Update(s)

Date July 14, 2008

Today, I was contacted by Allen Bush, the director of Marketing and Business Development for Sharpcast, who runs SugarSync. He read my post from earlier this week, and he was nice enough to share some news about a couple of exciting and useful features they expect to roll out in the near future, but asked [...]

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A Small Firm’s Transition, Part I: Sharing Files

Date July 12, 2008

This is the first post in a short series of indeterminate number about our small firm’s transition to a Mac-centric law office. Being a good 20 years younger than the next youngest person in our firm, I am, by default, the IT guy, or, “guy who does the computer thingies.”
When I joined my present [...]

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Mobile Me, Probably Not for Me

Date July 8, 2008

Mobile Me launches tomorrow, apparently, but I’m still pretty sure I won’t be signing up for it. That’s not to say it’s not a great service, with some great improvements over .Mac. I just don’t have much need for it, especially for $99/year (or $89 for one year if you buy from Amazon.com)

Calendars
I use Google [...]

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