Category Archives for "Paperless"

12 Days Of Paperless Gifts – Paperless and Gift Cards

This is Day 12+1 – Bonus! in a 12 Post series: 12 Days Of Paperless Gifts. If you know someone who could use some help going paperless, or if you’d like to drop some hints, this series is for you. Don’t worry, the regular DocumentSnap tips will still be flowing. OK, I know there were […]

12 Days Of Paperless Gifts – Helpful Resources

This is Day 12 in a 12 Post series: 12 Days Of Paperless Gifts. If you know someone who could use some help going paperless, or if you’d like to drop some hints, this series is for you. Don’t worry, the regular DocumentSnap tips will still be flowing. Going paperless is an area that can […]

12 Days Of Paperless Gifts – Note Taking

This is Day 9 in a 12 Post series: 12 Days Of Paperless Gifts. If you know someone who could use some help going paperless, or if you’d like to drop some hints, this series is for you. Don’t worry, the regular DocumentSnap tips will still be flowing. Some of us are typers and some […]

The Asian Efficiency Back To Basics Productivity Series

How do you become more productive? It’s no secret that I’ve been a fan of the Asian Efficiency site for years. I was on their podcast this year, I use the methodology in their OmniFocus Premium Posts every day, and I wrote a review for their Productivity Blueprint. On their blog they just did a […]

Organizing eBooks – A Reader Story

Do you find it hard to organize your eBooks? Recently in the DocumentSnap newsletter, I shared some tips for managing and organizing eBooks on the Kindle and other devices. If you have a lot of them, they can get out of control really quickly. Awesome DocumentSnap reader Tom wrote in with his solution, and he […]

The Three Types Of Shredders (And Which One To Choose)

You’ve decided you want to buy a shredder, so you go into your office supply store and see a huge wall of them. How the heck do you choose which type to buy? At a high level, there are three types of shredders: Strip-Cut: Cuts the paper into strips. Pretty much useless. My kids could […]

Should You Keep Your Tax Receipts?

So you’ve scanned your receipts, organized the PDFs, and made sure everything is backed up. Is it safe to shred the paper? The first thing you should do in answering this question is to consult a tax professional in your jurisdiction. Every tax jurisdiction has its own rules, and you want to make sure that […]

Photos Video Field Guide

My recent post about family photo scanning was great timing, because David Sparks (creator of many awesome Field Guides – I’m a big fan) has created a new Video screencast called the Photos Video Field Guide. It covers the new Apple Photos application and syncing your photos between your Apple Devices using iCloud Photo Storage. […]

Reader Story: Reading Paperless Books

There’s an active Facebook group called Embracing a Paper-free Lifestyle (I should contribute there more), and a post by awesome DocumentSnap reader David Whitehead that intrigued me: A consequence of avoiding paper – when I moved to Switzerland I had 3,793 books (I had to have an audit list). Used Kindle for many years and […]