Category: Technology & Gadgets

  • Going Paperless: Scanning to Evernote, Revisited

    30 Apr 2013 » 7 min read about Evernote, Technology & Gadgets

    [O]ne of the sets of questions I get asked with a fair amount of regularity has to do with what settings I use to scan documents into Evernote. Do I prefer PDF or JPG? What resolution do I use? Do I prefer one page per note or a multi-page scan? So I thought I’d use…

  • Some Thoughts on Feedly and the Demise of Google Reader

    29 Apr 2013 » 2 min read about Technology & Gadgets

    [W]hen Google announced that it was eliminating Google Reader from its product slate, I was a little dismayed. I’ve been using Reader for years to collect my RSS feeds. I rarely used Reader to read my feeds, however. I left that mostly to the Reeder App. I used the Reeder App extensively on the iPad, and…

  • Going Paperless Will Be Back Next Week at its Regular Time

    25 Apr 2013 » 1 min read about Evernote, Technology & Gadgets

    [M]y schedule got away from me this week and, although I keep telling myself I’ll get this week’s Going Paperless post written “as soon as I finish one more thing…” it hasn’t happened yet. Rather than start to sweat it, I’m just going to write it off this week. I’ll be back with the post…

  • Going Paperless: My Virtual Bookcases in Evernote

    17 Apr 2013 » 4 min read about Evernote, Technology & Gadgets

    [S]ome time back, I wrote a Going Paperless post called “Creating a Digital Version of Your House” in which I described how I use tools like Skitch and Penultimate to capture floor plans and measurements around the house that might be useful to have when I am away–say at the hardware store. While I was…

  • Going Paperless: How I Get Things Into Evernote

    10 Apr 2013 » 6 min read about Evernote, Technology & Gadgets

    [I] am occasionally asked how I get various kinds of notes and documents into Evernote. Sometimes the questioner simply wants to know the tools I use. Sometimes they are looking for how I capture certain types of information like email messages. Today I thought I’d list some of the ways I get different types of…

  • This Week’s Going Paperless Post Will Come Out Tomorrow

    09 Apr 2013 » 1 min read about Evernote, Technology & Gadgets

    [I] am crunching on a couple of deadlines at the day job, and a couple of more writing-related deadlines as well and I just don’t have time to get this week’s Going Paperless post wrapped up today. I’ll get it online tomorrow. Sorry for the delay, but stay-tuned. It will be up here tomorrow.

  • Going Paperless: One Year of Paperless Tips

    02 Apr 2013 » 1 min read about Evernote, Technology & Gadgets

    [I]t was one year ago that I started my Going Paperless series of posts and it’s hard to believe that the year has gone by so quickly. By my count, I’ve had posts for 50 of the last 52 weeks. So I hope you’ll forgive me if I take this week off. Instead, let me…

  • Going (Back To) Paper: My Digital Disintegration

    01 Apr 2013 » 2 min read about Evernote, Technology & Gadgets

    [I]t had to happen at some point, I suppose. I recently took 2 weeks away from the Internet and used that time to contemplate life, the universe and everything. I re-read Walden by Henry David Thoreau, for instance, so you can imagine my state of mind. Reading Walden made me yearn for simpler times, times when I…

  • Going Paperless: 5 Paperless Spring Cleaning Tips

    26 Mar 2013 » 6 min read about Evernote, Technology & Gadgets

    I am currently away on an Internet Vacation. I’ll be back online on March 31. I have written one new post for each day of my Vacation so that folks don’t miss me too much while I am gone. But keep in mind, these posts have been scheduled ahead of time. Feel free to comment, as…

  • Writing with the Google Chromebook

    24 Mar 2013 » 5 min read about Technology & Gadgets, Writing & Publishing

    I am currently away on an Internet Vacation. I’ll be back online on March 31. I have written one new post for each day of my Vacation so that folks don’t miss me too much while I am gone. But keep in mind, these posts have been scheduled ahead of time. Feel free to comment,…

  • Going Paperless: Evernote + TextExpander = Productivity

    19 Mar 2013 » 7 min read about Evernote, Technology & Gadgets

    I am currently away on an Internet Vacation. I’ll be back online on March 31. I have written one new post for each day of my Vacation so that folks don’t miss me too much while I am gone. But keep in mind, these posts have been scheduled ahead of time. Feel free to comment,…

  • Post-Paperless Automation, Case Study #2: My Daily Almanac

    18 Mar 2013 » 6 min read about Evernote, Technology & Gadgets

    I am currently away on an Internet Vacation. I’ll be back online on March 31. I have written one new post for each day of my Vacation so that folks don’t miss me too much while I am gone. But keep in mind, these posts have been scheduled ahead of time. Feel free to comment,…