DocumentSnap

You may remember that a few months ago I did a how to make a $20 book scanner post. What I did not know then, but I do now thanks to awesome DocumentSnap reader Luke from Australia, is that there is a whole vibrant community around building and using DIY book scanners. The main site [...]

So you think you have a big scanning project to do. Ever since reading the books Cryptonomicon and Enigma, I’ve been fascinated with the story of Bletchley Park, the site of British codebreaking activities during World War II. Of course like many important historic sites, it has suffered from years of financial neglect and has [...]

Once upon a time there was a device called the Amazon Kindle, and people loved it. Really loved it. They wouldn’t stop talking about what a great device it was. Then a bunch of smaller manufacturers made cheap e-Readers that, let’s face it, were nowhere close to the Kindle. Then along came big bad Steve [...]

Once you’ve done your huge scan-a-thon and gotten rid of most of your paper, what do you do with all the empty drawers? The folks over at the ScanSnap Community have a great list of 10 Fun and Creative Uses For Empty Filing Cabinets. I think my favorite is the healthy snack bar, but maybe [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

So, what do you think about the iPad? Are you going to get one? (In case you’re curious, I haven’t decided yet).

As much of a paperless geek that I am, I normally wouldn’t sit and watch a video of someone scanning and shredding paper. However, I just wanted to point you to this YouTube video by user allenday. He’s got a really cool setup of a ScanSnap S300M, Adobe Acrobat, a Mac Mini, a wall-mounted Sharp [...]

One common comment about Evernote is that the service is awesome, but people wish that it supported encryption of notes or notebooks. To address this, Evernote introduced the ability to encrypt text inside a note, but for those that want something a bit more comprehensive, here is a 2 part guide on how to encrypt [...]