Reader T. Joseph Carter wrote in the following question about using a MacBook Air (with only 1 USB port) and a ScanSnap S300M. I’m considering a ScanSnap S300M to carry with me–but the laptop I carry is the MacBook Air, which has just one USB port. It’s much higher power than the average USB port […]
Continue readingQuick site admin note. Helpful reader Andy Scott wrote in to let me know that the contact form was broken which was no small feat since, you know, the contact form was broken. It’s fixed now, so thanks a lot Andy! If you tried to get in touch with me earlier and was thwarted, go […]
Continue readingUpdate: It now looks like the ScanSnap S1500 and S1500M are now on Amazon! As you may have seen, Fujitsu posted a press release yesterday saying that the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 (for PC) and ScanSnap S1500M (for Mac) are now released. My main question was – will they be cross-platform like most USB devices? In […]
Continue readingIf you’re a small business that has to deal with a lot of billable expenses, this might be a great solution for you. Shoeboxed, a company that lets you digitize receipts and business cards, and FreshBooks, which is a web-based way to track time and invoice clients, have made a pretty cool integration between their […]
Continue readingIn the last few weeks, two online backup services, HP Upline and Yahoo Briefcase have both announced that they are closing. While some have said that this is a sign that the online backup market is not sustainable, both Mozy and Carbonite have been clever and used it as an opportunity . Nate from Mozy […]
Continue readingIt looks like MacHeist is giving away a free copy of DEVONthink, an information manager. It is the Personal version of DEVONthink, not DEVONthink Pro Office. Here is more information from their site: This is a full license for DEVONthink Personal version 1.9.16 and can be upgraded to the upcoming version 2.0 for $20. Please […]
Continue readingUpdate: It’s confirmed that the ScanSnap S1500 and S1500M include both drivers on the install CD. See this ScanSnap Cross-Platform post for more info. The rest of this post relates to the S510 and s300 series. According to commenter “rei” on this ScanSnap S1500 post, the next version of the Fujitsu ScanSnap is going to […]
Continue readingThe whole scanner-replacing-fax idea is certainly nothing new, but I enjoyed this article in Esquire by Barry Sonnenfeld, who is a TV producer and the director of Men In Black. Instead of relying on faxes, he can now “efficiently harass writers from anywhere, at any time”: My method of working is to scribble thoughts on […]
Continue readingMany people have heard of the portable document scanner called NeatReceipts. NeatReceipts comes with a piece of scanning software called NeatWorks. What happens if you want to use the NeatWorks software but don’t need the scanner part? Will NeatWorks play nicely with the Fujitsu ScanSnap? If you have the newest version of NeatWorks, it will. […]
Continue readingAs we all know, but probably don’t want to admit, it’s getting to be tax time. A while I got an email letting me know that Shoeboxed, who I have written about before, and TaxACT, an online tax filing service, have created a partnership to “make filing taxes and organizing receipts easier”. Since making things […]
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