ach year, I find myself using apps and cloud-based services more and more, but it went to a new level in 2013. The vast majority of what I do on a regular basis was done to some degree with one of about a dozen apps and cloud-based services. Here is a roundup of the apps…
while back, a friend of mine, knowing my penchant for personal analytics, call my attention to a new device being manufactured by Automatic called the Automatic Link. This device captures data about your driving the way a FitBit device captures data about your activity. At the time, it was not available, but it eventually became…
I am on vacation for the next couple of weeks. So I hope you don’t mind a few reruns. This week and next, I present the two most popular Going Paperless posts of 2013. Today’s post was first published back on January 29 and is the most popular post of the year so far. And…
his week’s post isn’t so much a paperless tip as a brief preview of things to come in 2014. It is also a request for topics you’d like to see covered next year. A preview of what’s coming in 2014 January will likely turn out to be a special month, in which I provide a…
got a new toy today, the perfect thing for a data hound like me. It is the Automatic device, which is probably best described as a “FitBit for cars” type of device. The Automatic website describes the device as, “Your smart driving assistant.” And it comes just in time for our drive down to Florida…
oliday season is upon us, and for those who celebrate Hanukkah, it is already here. I thought for this week’s Quick Tip, I’d offer a suggestion that I used during the holidays last year: Using Evernote to create a quick, ad hoc thank you list for holiday gifts you receive. It is actually very simple.…
t is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is nearly upon us, and before you know it, we’ll be rolling in 2014. A new year means New Year’s resolutions, and in addition to diet and exercise, there are probably some people out there who want to get started going paperless in the New Year. I hear…
am always looking for ways to optimize the use of my time, and recently I’ve hit on a process that helps speed up getting papers scanned into Evernote. I call it my “Scan Now, Organize Later” method. And yes, it is as simple as it sounds. It works like this: Each evening, after I pick…
t was bitterly cold here the last few days, making my lunchtime walks a little more challenging. I normally walk 3 times around the large block where my office is located, which amounts to about 3 miles, or roughly 6,000 steps on my FitBit Flex. With the weather as cold as it was, I was…
received an email from a reader of these posts noting the shortcuts I have in Evernote in one of the screenshots I posted. The reader suggested that how I use shortcuts in Evernote might be a topic of interest to other readers. Considering how much I use the shortcut feature in Evernote, I agreed and…
ooking at the calendar for the remainder of November and December, I realized I needed to start thinking about the schedule for my Going Paperless posts through the end of the year–mostly because I will be on vacation for the second half of December. With that in mind, here is my plan for the schedule…
ife gets busy and sometimes, it doesn’t relent. When it comes to writing and blogging, the fiction and paid writing always comes first. I’ve got two stories in progress, and a nonfiction article to write, and those kept me busy last night, when I would ordinarily be writing this week’s Going Paperless post. So, this…