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ScannersPalimpsest: the guide to a (mostly) paperless lifeRyan Norbauer | Nov 6 2007It seems that many of us otherwise computer-oriented geeks have a surprising and earth-unfriendly confession to make: we love paper. Notwithstanding the entirely digital nature of my own trade, for example, I'll freely admit that there is really nothing quite like the smooth glide of a mechanical pencil over a big sheet of crisp, white office paper to facilitate good writing and thinking. I can't plan out a new piece of software—or write an essay for that matter—without first messily scribbling my ideas out as mind-maps or rough user-interface sketches onto paper. My brainstorms are too messy and flow too quickly for the computer to be able to accommodate my chaos, yet that early disorder is essential to crafting the order and structure that will follow. And yet I used to have serious reservations about this tendency to spoodge my thought process onto tree carcasses. It wasn't until I finally learned how to get rid of paper, that I was able properly to embrace its use in my work. read more » 33 Comments
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Vox Pop: Workflow for the Fujitsu ScanSnap?Merlin Mann | Oct 23 2007In comments about yesterday’s “Making friends with paper” post, I was reminded by 43f member Adam Hooks…
Adam remembers correctly that I purchased and preliminarily fiddled with the Fujitsu ScanSnap S500M for OS X (Info, Amazon). It’s a small-footprint, high-speed document scanner that a lot of people have been talking about lately. I’d read so many reviews and blog posts about how easy it is to use that I was intoxicated by the dream of a life — if not without paper storage — where I could at least try to minimize my unnecessary paper clutter and start making document archiving easier and more searchable. Given the not inconsiderable cost of the unit, I’m embarrassed to say that I got busy with other stuff and haven’t yet returned to using the ScanSnap in any automated way. Doesn’t mean I’m not interested or haven’t gotten started… read more » POSTED IN:
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