A key component of my paperless workflow is a Mac application called Hazel. I love it so much that I even created a webinar about how I use Hazel to go paperless. The software is great for automatically naming and moving my electronic documents, but there has always been one shortcoming: what about the date? […]
Continue readingA number of Windows-using DocumentSnap readers really like Lucion FileCenter for a document management system. There is a feature that is not very well known: the ability to set folders and drawers as Favorites. This can be really handy if there are certain locations that you tend to access frequently. This video shows you how […]
Continue readingFor those of us who want to go paperless, it can be hard to know what to do. There are different technologies to choose from, different ways to set things up, and of course there is the fear of losing important information. It can be easy to get stuck. Over the years, I have seen […]
Continue readingI’ve written a post about paperless grocery lists and a newsletter about how I quickly capture notes on my iPhone using an app called Drafts. I’ve recently started bringing these two together, and sometimes use Drafts to capture my grocery items and then send them off to iOS’s stock Reminders app. This video shows how […]
Continue readingFor much of my Mac-using existence, I’ve been a tagger. This means that not only have I arranged my documents into files and folders, but I apply tags to them as well. On the Mac, this has been accomplished by a rather hacky standard called OpenMeta. The nice thing about OpenMeta is that many software […]
Continue readingSo you have two things: 1) A ScanSnap iX500, S1500/M, or ScanSnap S1100, and 2) a document that is too wide to fit in the ScanSnap’s document feeder. How the heck do you scan it? One option is to use a Carrier Sheet. The ScanSnap iX500[1] comes with one, or you can buy a 5-pack […]
Continue readingWell, it certainly wasn’t my intention to post about Evernote two days in a row,[1] but the company just released an update that I need to give you a heads up about: they’ve significantly beefed up their security by offering Two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication, or 2FA, is a combination of something you know (your Evernote […]
Continue readingIf there is one feature of Evernote that has been requested over and over, it is the ability to add reminders to notes. To this point, the concept of time has been missing from Evernote, and people have done backflips trying to come up with systems and methodologies to work around this. A new feature […]
Continue readingI’m really excited to be doing some more speaking events as part of Steve Dotto’s ProTECHtivity series in June. ProTECHtivity is a seminar series that is designed to “massively increase your productivity”. Canadians will know Steve from his long-running TV and radio shows, and so far the first two events have been great with great […]
Continue readingGoing paperless is about the little wins, and one area where I’ve been really successful is with with our family grocery list. Not only have I eliminated the paper, but (for us), the paperless grocery list works much better. Here are some ways that you can accomplish this. A Shared Low(ish) Tech Solution My friend […]
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