I am a fan of the Transporter by Connected Data. It lets you store your files on a device that you control, but you can still share files with others and access them remotely. I think of it like Dropbox without having to have your stuff on someone else’s server. I like it so much […]
Continue readingTo my great surprise, the latest version of Mac OS X, 10.9 Mavericks, was released yesterday. I am about to go on a trip so I am holding off upgrading for a bit, but I want to check – how is the Fujitsu ScanSnap on Mavericks working for you? ScanSnap Mavericks Compatibility The short version […]
Continue readingI tell anyone who will listen that one of the keys to being able to find your paperless documents later is to have a consistent, descriptive naming convention. As much as possible, you want similar documents to be named the same way every time. This is easier said than done, especially when you have others […]
Continue readingBack when OS X 10.9 Mavericks was announced, one of the big features (to some anyways), was the addition of built-in file tagging. This led some, myself included, to wonder what that would mean for the current tagging “standard”, OpenMeta. Would they play nicely together? Tom Anderson from Ironic Software (one of the creators of […]
Continue readingI use Dropbox a lot, and generally like their mobile apps. There is one feature of the apps that I love, but it is a bit hidden: the ability to search for files in the Dropbox app by name. I made a little video to show how it works. While the video shows the iPhone […]
Continue readingIn the summer of 2013, I attended the World Domination Summit in Portland, and as part of the event, there was a tremendous performance by Steve Shalchlin with the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus. The music was moving and the audience was enraptured, but being who I am, I couldn’t help noticing something: at least a […]
Continue readingAs promised in my ScanSnap SV600 review, I’ve been keeping my eye on the online sites to see when the SV600 would start being available. I just noticed that at the time of writing, the new scanner has popped up on Amazon Prime. Here are some other countries’ availability: United Kingdom – Amazon Japan – […]
Continue readingWell, the ScanSnap SV600 is certainly different than any other ScanSnap that I’ve experienced. A question that I get all the time is this: “What’s the best way to scan books, magazines, or other things that won’t fit in a document feeder?” I’ve never had a satisfactory answer to that question until now. Fujitsu hooked […]
Continue readingI am big on trying to be more productive with my time. I am always trying to make my workflow more and more efficient, and cutting out steps where I can. It is a great goal, but it can be easy to spend so much time trying to optimize a workflow that you don’t actually […]
Continue readingIt seems like only seven months ago that Brett Kelly released Version 3 of Evernote Essentials. Oh wait, it was. I don’t know when that man has time to see his family because I just received word that Evernote Essentials Version 4[1] is out this morning. If you’ve purchased one of the earlier versions, you […]
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