Recently in the DocumentSnap newsletter I wrote about how I am going through a bunch of my old magazines, scanning in just the articles I want and recycling the rest. Here is how I am doing it: 1. Cut out the pages from the magazine 2. Scan the article with my Fujitsu ScanSnap directly into [...]
Unclutterer Thread On Organizing Medical Bills
Being in Canada I don’t really have this issue personally, but from what I understand, in the United States when you have to pay for medical services there is (and I believe this is the official term) a crapload of documents. Over on Unclutterer there is an interesting (to me anyways) forum thread on organizing [...]
How To Use The Fujitsu ScanSnap With Microsoft OneNote 2010
Coming up on two years ago (yikes) I did a post in which I had helped a DocumentSnap reader use his Fujitsu ScanSnap to scan into Microsoft OneNote 2007. I know that OneNote is a popular program, but I had never actually used it myself other than a few minutes at Gnomedex 2005 when Robert [...]
Review: Evernote Essentials By Brett Kelly
As anyone who has read DocumentSnap for any length of time knows, I’m a bit of a fan of Evernote. Recently Brett Kelly at Bridging The Nerd Gap has released an 80+ page guide to Evernote called Evernote Essentials. At first you might think that Evernote is a pretty simple application (you put stuff in, [...]
Using Microsoft Office Document Imaging To OCR For Free
If you are a Windows user and already have Microsoft Office XP through 2007, chances are you already have the ability to OCR documents to get the text out of them. It’s called Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI). I’m not going to lie, what I am about to show you is not exactly the best [...]
Inc. Magazine On How To Organize Your Workspace And Go Paperless
Given the spirit of this site, it might surprise you to know that I still have a thing for print magazines. I have no idea why that is, but there is just something about holding a magazine and reading that appeals to me (maybe if I get an iPad that will change). One of my [...]
What’s In The Evernote Trunk Of Funk?
A while ago, Evernote teased that they had a big announcement coming, and today they held an event to break the news. Their new App directory, the Evernote Trunk, is now live. Evernote has had an API for quite a while and a number of applications have had Evernote integration for some time (many of [...]
Mozy 2.0 For Windows Has Some Solid Improvements
Since I’ve done quite a few Mac posts lately, I thought I’d throw something out for my awesome Windows users (don’t worry Windows faithful, I have even more coming soon). A while ago Mozy released their version 2.0 software, but for Windows only (the Mac version will be out later in 2010). I thought I’d [...]
Do You Want A Hand-Lacquered ScanSnap? Of Course You Do
I happen to think that the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 and S1300 are pretty good looking machines, as far as scanners go. But sometimes, I want more. Like for example, it would be nice to have a bird hand-painted on it. Well, it’s my lucky day. PFU, which is the division of Fujitsu in Japan that [...]
Behind These Paperless Evernote Hazel Eyes
Using the Kelly Clarkson quote was just way too easy, I know. This post is not in fact about American Idol winners, but is about Hazel, a Mac-only rules-based file management application. It does a ton of stuff, but today I am going to talk about how you can use it in a paperless workflow. [...]










