One of the best things about modern operating systems like Mac OS X and Windows 7 and 8 is that search, particularly PDF search, is built right in. You don’t need to have a third party tool to search the contents of a searchable PDF – the OS will do it for you. That is, […]
Continue readingOne of the best programs for working with PDFs on Windows is Nitro Pro, and they have a pretty great cloud service as well. I’m happy to announce that on Wednesday, September 17 I will be doing a free webinar with Nitro called Best Practices for Paperless Productivity. The webinar is not about Nitro specifically, […]
Continue readingThe news is filled right now with hand-wringing about the security of online information (I’m hurt that I’m not famous enough for my nude selfies to make it to Reddit). The seemingly obvious defense is to keep your sensitive information stored locally, but what happens if your computer is stolen? A solution to this is […]
Continue readingEver since Google Drive slashed their prices and Apple announced the upcoming iCloud Drive, it was pretty clear to me that Dropbox was going to need to adjust their pricing. The tiered model had become much more expensive than competitors. Today Dropbox announced their pricing changes, but they didn’t stop there – they announced some […]
Continue readingA good thing about Evernote is that there is a huge amount of information out there about it. A bad thing about Evernote is the information is spread all over the place, which can make for a lot of searching around if you want to find something. A page I refer to all the time […]
Continue readingThere is nothing inherently wrong with the email app built into iOS, but for quickly processing message there are a number of third-party email clients that make it faster and easier. I had tried most of them, but Mike Vardy tried to talk me into switching to Dispatch. I refused, not because it didn’t look […]
Continue readingDid you know that it is possible to use an image editor like Photoshop from within Adobe Acrobat to clean up a PDF? I didn’t either, but thanks to this post on the Acrobat for Legal Professionals blog by Rick Borstein, now I do: How to Erase and Clean-up a Scanned PDF in Acrobat XI. […]
Continue readingBetween session handouts, itineraries, and notes, how the heck do you go paperless at a conference? In most events, there is paper coming at you from all directions. Julie Bestry from Best Results Organizing did a great blog post about her experience at a recent conference that I spoke at in Phoenix: NAPO2014: Taking Notes–The […]
Continue readingSo you’re hanging out in Normandy and decide you want to conquer England. You eventually find out that conquering a country and running it are two different things, and this is what William, Duke of Normandy faced after the Norman conquest in 1066. You might be thinking “what the heck does this have to do […]
Continue readingThis is a slight departure from the normal DocumentSnap paperless subject, but it is a topic that I’m passionate about so I hope you will indulge me. Plus, there is a giveaway at the end of this post! Over the past few years, doing presentations at conferences, meetings, and webinars has become a larger and […]
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