As most DocumentSnap readers know, I am all about the automation. What you may not know is that I am an old-school Unix command line geek. I do most stuff in the GUI these days, but one of the reasons I love Mac OS X is it gives you the ability to drop down into […]
Continue readingThere are many, many ways to extract a page out of a PDF and create a new document from it. The other day I was speaking at a conference, and an awesome DocumentSnap reader asked me a question. I think I surprised her when I pulled a page out of one of my existing documents […]
Continue readingThere are lots of quick ways to capture notes to Evernote when you are on the go, but the problem is they are usually unstructured. You can capture the notes quickly, but then later you need to name and possibly tag them. I was recently contacted by the folks at Cloudmanic about their new tool […]
Continue readingOld-school DocumentSnap readers will remember way back in 2010 I wrote a newsletter and a blog post about Meg Stout’s 300 Boxes project. 300 Boxes was not just a clever name for a site. She actually did have 300 boxes worth of stuff, and her blog detailed her ongoing quest to deal with it all. […]
Continue readingThe Unofficial ScanSnap Setup Guide Wow, it has been almost two years since I launched the original Unofficial ScanSnap Setup Guide, and I’m thrilled to announce that the Third Edition is available today. There have been new models and software updates since last year’s edition, and I have changed the format of the Guide to […]
Continue readingGoodReader is a great application for managing and working with PDFs (and many other types of files) on the iPad. It tends to be what I use. A while ago, I did a little video showing how it works. At Macworld this year, I had the great fortune to meet up with awesome DocumentSnap reader […]
Continue readingI had a question the other day from awesome DocumentSnap reader Marty. The question essentially was: “How the heck do you tag notes in the Evernote web interface?” I logged in to take a look, and I found that it isn’t super intuitive. So, I decided to make this video showing two different ways that […]
Continue readingOne of my favorite Mac applications for working with PDFs is PDFpen, and Smile (the maker) has just released the latest version: PDFpen 6. When I was at Macworld I was able to take a quick peek, and the new update looks great. I’m happy to see it has been released. Read This First I […]
Continue readingWriting a blog such as this one, it probably will not surprise you to learn that I keep an eye on the term "paperless" on Twitter. I find a lot of great links and resources this way, but there is one thing that I see every single day. People making this joke: A paperless office […]
Continue readingAwesome DocumentSnap reader Simon dropped me an e-mail to point out the MacUpdate March 2013 that is currently going on. If you’re not sure what a bundle is, it is when a bunch of software developers get together and offer a number of applications together for a low price that is often lower than just […]
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