hile I said on Twitter yesterday that this week’s Going Paperless post would be delayed by a day, it turns out I just don’t have time to get it in this week. Rather than stress about it, I’m going to take this week off. I’ll return to the usual schedule next week. The day job…
he Internet would not be what it is today without cat pictures. So it seems only natural that I do a Going Paperless post on cats, or more generally, on pets. Anyone who has pets probably knows that they can generate a lot of paper. There are adoption records, vet records, special instructions for medication,…
esterday was a hectic day. Post-Hugo morning excitement filled the hotel, so I didn’t get much writing done in the morning. I met with one of my best friends, Rich Peterson, who lives locally, and got to spend a chunk of the day with him, which was really nice, since it had been more than…
s I became more determined to go paperless, I realized that getting information into Evernote quickly and easily was critical. Jumping through hoops to create notes or capture paper can be a show-stopper. Last week, I provided 5 tips for speeding up note creation and searches in Evernote. In this week’s post, I have 5 more…
ometimes, all that prevents me from doing something is the idea that I can’t afford the time; that it will just take too long. I’ve therefore made a habit of looking for little shortcuts to speed things up. Over the next two weeks, I’ll share 10 tips for speeding up the process of Going Paperless…
etween the day job, my freelance writing, and the family, I am pretty much buried at the moment and haven’t had a time to finish putting together this week’s Going Paperless post. My plan is to get it online tomorrow. In the meantime, if you are desperate, there are 70 other Going Paperless posts to…
irst, let me say thank you to everyone who asked questions. There were 28 questions and I’ve tried to answer them all below, and it has made for an exceptionally long Going Paperless post this week, one that exceeds 6,000 words! But the questions were great ones and I hope I was able to answer…
am getting some great questions on paperless lifestyle in the Going Paperless Q&A thread I posted the other day. Just a reminder to keep them coming. You have until midnight tonight to get in your question. I will put together a new post tomorrow which answers as many of the questions as I can, and…
ETA (8/15/2013 11 am EDT): I’ve answered all of the questions in this post over here. I’ve closed the comments now. The discussion can continue on this thread. or a little change of pace this week, I will answer your Going Paperless questions. Here is how this will work: Ask your questions in the comments…
ver the years, I’ve learned that there are generally 3 parts to being a writer: (1) the art, (2) the craft, and (3) the business. Like most writers, I focus (mostly without thinking too much about it) on the art and craft. In other words, on writing stories and articles. That is where I want…
hen Google shutdown Google Reader, many people flocked to Feedly to read their RSS feeds. I am one of them. Feedly has done a very good job at working quickly to provide features and functions that Google Reader users have come to expect in their RSS reader. You can, for instance, mark a feed to…
t had been quite a while since I spend any significant amount of time in a classroom. Last week, however, I attended the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop at the University of Wyoming at Laramie–run by astronomer and science fiction writer Mike Brotherton–and found myself in classrooms and labs for the better part of six days.…