Those of you who follow me on Facebook or on Twitter will know that my old 2007 MacBook Pro just died. I’ll take it to the Apple Store for them to check out, but I suspect it has gone to logic board heaven. This is the first time I have ever had a computer I […]
Continue readingIn the past week, I’ve had two instances where going paperless has come in very handy. Neither of these are earth shattering in and of themselves, but they are examples of little things over time that can add up to make life easier when you can find what you need, when you need it. “Did […]
Continue reading“Do you need a paper receipt, or is e-mail fine?” Every time I go to the Apple Store to buy something (an event my wife would say is much too common), I am given the option to have my receipt e-mailed to me. In almost every case, I choose the e-mail option. Given the fact […]
Continue readingI’ve been meaning to point to this ever since I saw it on Hacker News, but I was finally motivated by DocumentSnap reader drew in this Batch OCR forum post. Software developer Steve Losh wanted to go paper-free but couldn’t bring himself to drop $400 for a ScanSnap (fair enough), so he decided to put […]
Continue readingThis post is going to be a bit different than my usual fare, which often focuses on the more technical aspects of going paperless. I’ve been writing DocumentSnap since the summer of 2008, and have had the opportunity to communicate with a large and fantastic group of readers. Many have gone paperless and want to […]
Continue readingI am of the opinion that you can sometimes learn as much from someone’s mistakes than you can from their successes. With that in mind, I present to you a mistake (mine of course), and some successes (DocumentSnap’s smart readers, naturally). The subject? Tracking your to-be-paid bills when you are going paperless. The Mistake You […]
Continue readingDocument preparation is something I have written about before, but probably not often enough. What do I mean by document preparation? Taking a bit of time before you start scanning to organize your documents so that the scanning process goes much more smoothly. Over on the AIIM Capture Expert Blog, Chris Riley (aka the “Imaging […]
Continue readingHere in North America, tax time has just ended. For bookkeepers and accountants, it is finally time to come up for breath. Given that the next tax time is a year away, it might sound strange, but now is the perfect time to start thinking about your paperless workflow when it comes to taxes. Might […]
Continue readingHello all, As promised on the blog back in February, the first DocumentSnap product is now ready to go. The Paperless Document Organization Guide helps answer the question “now that I’ve scanned my documents, what the heck do I do with them so that I can find them again?” Learn more or pick it up […]
Continue readingBack in November I posted a review of Joe Kissell’s excellent ebook Take Control Of Your Paperless Office. If you haven’t picked it up yet, starting today Joe is doing a pretty unique promotion: at noon EDT, he will be posting the entire book on Twitter. If you are at all familiar with Twitter, you […]
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