[I]can remember back when television remote controls were these big brown boxes push buttons that popped down, and brown wires that wound their way back to the television like some kind of country snake. They were very easy to use. You had twenty buttons, each one representing a channel, and when you pushed the button,…
[F]or you redditors out there, as of today, there is now a Going Paperless subreddit which contains links to nearly all of my Going Paperless posts to date. If you prefer that platform, or use it frequently, feel free to join the discussion there. You don’t have to, of course. Things will continue as normal…
[I] noticed earlier in the week that it has been 8 months since I last had an open Going Paperless post in which folks could ask me questions about paperless, Evernote, or automation. I’ve been getting more and more questions via email, and so I figured now was as good a time as any to…
[P]rior to going paperless, I often found myself jotting notes down on various pieces of paper in order to keep track of things. If I paid a bill, I’d scribble the check number with which the bill was paid right on the statement so it was readily available if I needed it, for example. These…
[I] spent much of my weekend scanning nearly 1,300 pages worth of documents in the filing cabinet. The only reason I did it is because we’re getting rid of the filing cabinet to make way for some new furniture. I scanned all of the pages using my Fujitsu Scansnap s1300i, and in all of those…
[W]ay back when I decided to go paperless, I made the decision not to go and scan everything in the filing cabinet. The reason was primarily because I never had to look for anything in the filing cabinet. It would have been a waste of time to scan in paper that I would never use. So…
I promised this year that once a month, I’d post a more advanced “going paperless” automation post. Since this is my 100th Going Paperless post, I have a special one planned for today. It is more than just an automation post, it is a kind of call to action for those interested in extending what…
[I] have what I think is a really good “advanced” Going Paperless automation post for this week, which marks my 100th post in the series. It has taken me a little longer to write than I expected, and still needs some work. I want to get it right, however, and rather than rush it, I’m…
[I] wrote my first computer program sometime in the summer of 1983 after coming home from the movies with my cousins. The movie we saw that summer day was War Games starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy. When we arrived back at my cousin’s house, he introduced me to BASIC programming on his Timex Sinclair computer.…
[A] few weeks back, I wrote about how I use the Drafts app to quickly add common notes to Evernote, including appending items to existing notes. The Drafts app is a Mac-only app, and my solution, therefore, was really a Mac-only solution. The truth is that the bulk of my computing ecosystem is Macintosh, and…
[I]n writing about personal analytics and data collection, one question I get more frequently than most is: what do you get out of it? Today I thought I’d share 4 insights I’ve gained into my own behavior from scrutinizing the data that I collect. For those who haven’t been following along, I am fascinated by…
[I] have been using Buffer for well over a year now to manage my social media and schedule tweets and other posts throughout the day. I love it, and I’ve been fascinated by the open culture at Buffer and the candid look they give into their organization. One of the nice things you can do…