This week MacSparky.com is sponsored by Rocket Matter. Rocket Matter is a fantastic cloud-based solution for running a law practice. You set up an account and log in and get back to work. You don’t need to buy your own server. You don’t need to install local updates. You just work and let Rocket Matter do all that back-end stuff for you. Rocket Matter continues to grow with some great features like billing, document storage, calendaring, and more. If you are putting your documents somewhere else on the cloud, like Box, Dropbox, or Evernote, they’ve got full integration with those services. They even have an iPhone app that lets you accesses and manipulate all of your data.

But there is more! This week there’s a free ebook. Heroic Lawyering is all about running a cloud based service business like a boss. If you are interested in the cloud, his book is worth checking out. Go download the it now and check out Rocket Matter for yourself.

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This week MacSparky.com is sponsored by Doo.net. Doo offers a complete paperless solution. With your free Doo account you’ll get high quality optical character recognition with automatic language detection and the ability to make your document editable.

Doo also works offline. The OS X version holds all your files locally (and the mobile versions hold all the meta data in a local database) so if you are out of Internet range, you’ve got no troubles. 

Doo is on all major platforms including OS X, iOS (iPhone and iPad), Android, and Windows. Finally, I’d like to congratulate Doo on its recent “Best of 2013” award from iTunes for the iOS iPad version of Doo. Spectacular work by spectacular people. Learn more at Doo.net.

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Are you about to go visit someone for Christmas empty handed? Why not offer to buy them some custom letterpress calling cards? Hoban Press is sponsoring MacSparky.com this week. I’ve heard from many readers that love their new Hoban Cards pressed out of Hoban’s 1902 letterpress machine. I sure love mine. Evan and the gang are expanding.

Hoban Press

Hoban Press specializes in custom letterpress printed items like Business Cards and Stationery. This is the best choice if you need to use your own logo or artwork. They also provide design and layout services.

Hoban Cards

Hoban Cards specializes in in minimal calling cards. This is a less expensive way to get into letterpress printing. Pick from among 12 beautiful, typographic calling card templates. These are perfect for individuals or businesses looking for a unique and classy alternative to conventional, mass produced, soulless business cards.

There is no doubt I’m a geek but I have to admit I really love handing out letterpress cards … like a gentleman. Use ‘MacSparky’ during checkout to receive free shipping.

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I’d like to thank Doo.net for sponsoring MacSparky.com this week. Doo offers a soup to nuts paperless document solution with applications for all of the major platforms (iOS, OS X, Windows, and Android) that lets you manage your paperless documents locally or in the cloud. Using Doo’s multiple apps you can than manage and access your documents from any device. There is a lot to like about this service including the ability to access your existing documents on your local drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, Evernote, and even your email accounts. I also like what they’ve done with intelligent tagging that gives you the benefit of your existing folder structure plus Doo’s tags. It’s like having your cake and eating it too. Check it out at Doo.net.

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This week there is a new sponsor at MacSparky.com, DreamShot. I take a lot of screenshots and it is a complete pain in the neck. First you have to shoot the image. Then you have to go to some app (like email, photo processing app, Evernote, or whatever) and then you have to get your screenshot into that app and do something with it. DreamShot fixes all of the madness. When you take a screenshot with DreamShot you immediately get a menu with multiple options for how to deal with that image. You can see the options I get with the below image.

Tapping on any of these options, I can immediately email, message, tweet, or otherwise process my screenshot. The list is dynamic and changes depending on what apps you’ve got installed on your Mac. You get all of that for just $4.99. I use this app every day. If you are still not sold, the developer has a free 30-day preview available for download from their website.

Thanks Silver Beach Studios and DreamShot for sponsoring MacSparky.com

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This week I’d like to thank Rocket Matter for sponsoring MacSparky.com. This week Rocket Matter is giving away a free ebook, 60 Apps Every Lawyer Needs to Know. The book has some great app recommendations for anyone that works in a profession where their time is their stock-in-trade.

Rocket Matter is the innovative leader in cloud-based legal services. If you run or work in a law firm and you are tired of dealing with all of the hassles, go check out Rocket Matter that gives you calendaring, document management, billing, task management, and all the other bits it takes to practice law in one gorgeously designed web interface and a really spiffy iPhone application. Thanks Rocket Matter. 

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This week MacSparky.com is sponsored by Rocket Matter, the premier cloud-based law practice management solution. The folks at Rocket Matter get how to run your business in the Internet age and Rocket Matter is the place to go when you’ve finally had it with the expense and pain of trying to do it yourself. This week Rocket Matter is giving away a free ebook, Cloud Planet: A Lawyer’s Guide to Evernote. This book is full of tips and advice to get the most out of Evernote, no matter what you do for a living. Go download the book. You won’t regret it.

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This week I’d like to welcome a new sponsor to MacSparky.com,  BEEDOCS Timeline 3D. I’ve been using Timeline 3D for years as my timeline application. BEEDOCS is an artisan software company in Seattle focused on developing useful and elegant products. 

I love the way Timeline 3D presents data cinematically. I can spend just a few minutes building a Timeline and then show off something that looks like it should have taken hours (or days) to build. Attorneys, students, educators, genealogists, and anyone else that wants to elegantly present chronological data should add Timeline 3D to their tool belt. There are versions for the Mac and for iOS. Go check it out.

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I’m real excited to welcome a new sponsor this week, Cleartones. Like it or not, people judge us by our ringtones. Use one of the stock Apple ringtones and it shows you just aren’t trying. Create your own Kenny G ringtone and I lose all respect for you. For years now, I’ve been using Cleartones for my ringtones and notification sounds. There are two sets with one created digitally and the second created in a professional percussionist’s studio. They are all spectacular. There is a third set on the way and if you buy now, you’ll get 50% off the new set. 

In case you’re wondering my iPhone ringtone is the “My Favorite” Cleartone. Thanks Cleartones for supporting MacSparky.com

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I’d like to thank RocketMatter for sponsoring MacSparky this week. RocketMatter provides lawyers web-based practice management tools and it is fantastic. This week RocketMatter has a new guide to 60 Apps Every Lawyer Needs to Know. It’s free and its great.

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