My attempt to go paperless is more than just an effort to convert my existing paper to digital format. That conversion is important because it helps to establish a baseline. But what I hope to achieve by going paperless is to eliminate the need for paper most of what I do. Not everything that comes into my…
I had a number of people suggest that I talk about my process for archiving my paperless data and since we are rapidly approaching the end of spring, I thought I’d do it as a kind of spring cleaning post. But first a confession: I don’t archive my paperless data. At least, not yet. I’ve…
I have just returned from an incredibly fun conference, attending and participating in the Nebula Awards Weekend. In the science fiction and fantasy realm, the Nebula Awards are our equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards are voted on by members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and are given out in various…
Starting on the road to a paperless lifestyle can be a little overwhelming. Of course, there are some tools that can help to make it easier. There are things you can do to better organize your digital documents. Once your documents are been scanned in, there are ways of securing and protecting your documents. And…
One of the first things that attracted me to Evernote as a tool for going paperless was its slogan, “Remember Everything.” I’d been trying to do just that for fifteen or sixteen years. Back in early 1996, I started keeping a diary. I was inspired to do so by my favorite writer, Isaac Asimov, who…
I get a lot of questions about how I organize my notes in Evernote so I thought I would use this week’s post to describe my taxonomy and provide tips for creating your own taxonomy. One caveat that I should point out from the start: a taxonomy–how we organize information–tends to be a very personal…
Now that I’ve described the tools I use to go paperless, discussed my process for spending 10 minutes/day going digital, and talked about ways to secure and protect your digital file cabinet, I thought it would be useful for some practical tips that makes use of some or all of the above. And I think…
When I started writing about my experience going paperless more than a year ago, I was frequently asked about my concerns for the safety of my paperless data. After all, much of that data is stored in the cloud, on servers over which I have no control. The questions fell into 2 general categories: Are…
So you want to go paperless but you’re not sure how to get started? I’ve been paperless for more than a year now and here’s how I did it. Maybe some of these tips will work for you as well. First: make sure you have the tools of the trade. Second: recognize that while you might…
As Evernote’s Paperless Lifestyle ambassador, I am frequently asked about going paperless. What tips can I give? How have I done it? What problems have I run into? I’ve decided that a weekly “tips” post is in order to help to stem the tide and also to (hopefully) provide some advice and ideas for those…
Having been more or less paperless for the bulk of 2011, I recently had the opportunity to collect all of my tax documentation for sending along to my accountant. Despite having an accountant do the actual work of figuring out how much I owe (or the government owes me), it typically takes up several hours…
For a very long time, I kept a paper diary: a row of those red books with the words STANDARD DIARY sit on one of my bookshelves. I didn’t use the diary to record my secret desires and fantasies. Instead, it was a place to record the days events so that I could recall them…