[I] spend a lot of time in these tips demonstrating tips and tricks for going paperless, and how it saves me time. One of the side-effects of being paperless, of course, is not having to carry around any paper. This lightens the load quite a bit–at least it did for me. Without paper, I recently…
[I] will be on vacation for the second half of the month but I just wanted to make folks aware that, with one exception, the Going Paperless tip posts will continue uninterrupted. I decided to skip the post for Christmas Day, figuring folks would have other things to do. With that in mind, here is…
[L]ast month Evernote released version 5 for the Macintosh desktop clients. It was a fairly extensive release packed with all kinds of cool new features. Now that I’ve had some time to use it and get to know it, I’ve got a few tips to share how it can help you go paperless and be…
[R]ecently I was chatting with Evernote’s Fitness Ambassador about how I capture some of my activity and fitness information in Evernote. It occurred to me that this may be a popular topic, especially since I do it without paper. Moreover, I’ve managed to automate some of the process, making it easy to get the data…
[W]ith the new year only about a month-and-a-half away, people are beginning to think about the resolutions they are going to make. Along with the more obvious resolutions, like eating healthier or getting back to the gym, there may be some people out there thinking about taking advantage of the new year to go paperless.…
[U]sually when someone speaks about the benefits of going paperless, they talk about reducing clutter, better organization, and the ability to find what you are looking for from anywhere. Those are powerful reasons for going paperless and I’ve discussed many of them in these tips. But there is another reason for going paperless, one that…
[L]ast week, I got to visit Evernote‘s headquarters in Redwood City, California. Evernote brought all of its ambassadors out for a kind of training/meetup and it was a unique experience. As I mentioned last week, it was a whirlwind trip for me. I got on a plane to San Francisco at noon on Thursday, and…
[Y]es, I know. Today’s post was supposed to be about automation, but I’ve been super busy this week with NaNoWriMo, to say nothing of my day job, and the family. It is a short work week for me. On Thursday, I’m heading to San Fransisco to visit the Evernote headquarters. So I’m a bit pressed…
[F]or this week’s post, I’d planned to write about how I have automated a lot of work using Evernote. It was a somewhat technical post, but I tried to keep it as simple and straightforward as possible. But last night, as Hurricane Sandy bore down, I realized that a more timely post may be one…
[I]’ve had a busy week. A couple of writing-related deadlines loomed, and I am only a part time writer and blogger. So trying to squeeze those deadlines into my day job and time with my family meant a bit of juggling this week. I postponed my biweekly Vacation in the Golden Age post, for instance,…
[T]ime flies! It has already been about a year since Evernote instituted their ambassador program and invited me to be their ambassador for paperless lifestyle. I was one of eight original ambassadors and it has been a fun and educational experience for me. At this one-year mark, Evernote has invited some more people into our…
[H]aving kids produces a lot of paper. Even before they are born there are forms to fill out. Then they are born and there are more forms. There are medical records. School forms. Artwork. Report cards. Permission slips. By the time they leave for college you could very likely be buried in paper. My kids…