This is Day 9 in a 12 Day series: 12 Days Of Paperless Gifts. If you know someone who could use some help going paperless, or if you deserve to treat yourself, this is the place. If you don’t, feel free to ignore this series. Normal DocumentSnap posts will still be coming! When tablet computers […]
Continue readingA report from a genealogist who uses her tablet, mobile device, and wand scanner to capture family history without paper.
Continue readingThree years ago, my wife and I were going through a “simplify our lives” phase and decided to move from our one-hundred year old 3,000 square-foot house to a new(ish) 1,600 square-foot townhouse.[1] When you make a move like that, you quickly learn to maximize space as much as possible. Since making the move, I’ve […]
Continue readingMany people who want to go paperless (myself included) want to have their documents stored online so that they can access their information in the cloud. There are, of course, security considerations when doing this. One more the more insightful articles I have read on this topic was written on The Economist’s Babbage blog this […]
Continue readingBeing a technical person, sometimes I tend to jump into implementing a solution to a problem right away. If it is a very small project that approach can work, but I have learned[1] that it can be smart to take a step back and plan out what you are going to do before starting. Crazy […]
Continue readingI am always incredibly fascinated by the way that people do their jobs. Whether it is a writer, a TV producer, a bartender, or what have you, I love watching people go about their routine, and if that is not possible, I love reading about it online or listening to their podcasts. In that spirit, […]
Continue readingBeing about a 30 second walk away from our local library, my wife and I are regular patrons. We take a lot of books out of that place. This is one reason why, despite my insatiable gadget lust, we have not picked up a Kindle as of yet – it hasn’t supported taking books out […]
Continue readingIn Tim Cook’s Apple Event in October, he gave the usual roundup of Apple achievements. One interesting quote was this one: In the cockpit, pilots are using it. They are replacing 40 pound flight bags full of paper manuals and logbooks and navigational charts and checklists, making the pilot more efficient and making the plane […]
Continue readingFrom time to time, I like to feature interesting scanning projects here on DocumentSnap, and it is pretty difficult to find one more interesting than this. I’m going to guess that you have heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls, but if not, here is what Wikipedia has to say: The Dead Sea Scrolls are a […]
Continue readingEver since my kids reached school age, I’ve been fascinated with how teachers do their jobs. It is definitely not an easy profession. It is also clear that schools usually generate a lot of paper when you are a parent. To that end, I was really interested to find Vicki Davis’ Cool Cat Teacher blog. […]
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