Since deciding to go paperless I’ve had some research done and I’ve plotted out a few steps in my head. The first of those steps is elimination, which I think I can take care of this weekend.
First thing tomorrow morning I am going to: Sign up to stop credit card offers, reduce my junk mail, and opt-out of catalogs.
I think that will be a good start. At least it will eliminate some clutter and save some trees. I still haven’t decided if I am going to eliminate mail further through a paid service – I’ve heard good things about Earth Class Mail.
I’m still mulling over a few techniques I’ve found to handle my existing documents.
How-to, Technology2 Comments
James – if you haven’t taken a look at EverNote – you should definitely do so soon.
http://www.evernote.com/
It includes a phenomenal OCR and search engine, runs on windows, *nix or a mac and has a mobile version for searching from your iPhone/Blackberry/random smartphone when you’re out and about. It’s also got tagging and such for easy categorizing ala a traditional filing cabinet.
Comment by Marcus Bearden — May 15, 2008 at 10:57 am
Marcus, you are my favorite person today
Comment by James — May 16, 2008 at 5:00 pm