Back when I purchased my first ScanSnap, the precursor to the ScanSnap S1300, I came across this Macworld article by author Joe Kissell in which he outlined his paperless office. That article, and others like it, were a big inspiration when I started DocumentSnap. In fact, I used (many would say ripped off) the Applescript […]
Continue readingReaders of my Paper Cuts Newsletter will be familiar with DocumentSnap reader Meg Stout’s blog, 300 boxes. Meg is currently working her way through (as the name implies) 300 boxes worth of stuff and blogging the process. Recently she blogged about her triage process when it comes to dealing with piles of random stuff. As […]
Continue readingA few months ago I wrote about ScanDrop, a piece of software from the folks at OfficeDrop that lets you use your ScanSnap or TWAIN scanner to scan straight to cloud-based systems like Evernote, Google Docs, or (obviously), OfficeDrop. On the OfficeDrop blog, the company posted an analysis of the times that people on the […]
Continue readingFile this one under both “oldie but a goodie” and “insanely useful”. Update 01/03/2014:David Sparks has an updated screencast that shows the best way to do this in modern Mac OS X. As you probably know, Mac OSX has “Save As PDF” built into the operating system, so you can print to a PDF from […]
Continue readingI am not remotely close to being a lawyer, but I’m always interested to see their use of electronic documents. Aside from the obvious productivity benefits from going paperless in a law office, I was surprised (though possibly I shouldn’t have been) to learn that there is a level of gamesmanship that can come in […]
Continue readingYears ago I read article by blogger Darren Barefoot in which he relates how he likes to check out what the smart people are doing with respect to their tools. That article has always stuck with me, because I tend to follow the same approach. With that in mind, I’ve noticed that a number of […]
Continue readingI’m as patriotic of a Canadian as there is, but there are some areas that my friends south of the border have us beat. Remote Check Deposit (or “cheque” as we call it) is one of them. Some banks in the United States allow consumers to scan their checks in using their desktop scanner or […]
Continue readingIt’s back to school time (at least in North America), and you know what that means: lots and lots of paper coming your way. Whether its documents from the school or our little angels’ artwork, it’s enough to stress any paperless system. Here’s a few things you can do to help cope: Make sure the […]
Continue readingYou may remember that a few months ago I did a how to make a $20 book scanner post. What I did not know then, but I do now thanks to awesome DocumentSnap reader Luke from Australia, is that there is a whole vibrant community around building and using DIY book scanners. The main site […]
Continue readingOnce upon a time there was a device called the Amazon Kindle, and people loved it. Really loved it. They wouldn’t stop talking about what a great device it was. Then a bunch of smaller manufacturers made cheap e-Readers that, let’s face it, were nowhere close to the Kindle. Then along came big bad Steve […]
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