Today I sat down to scan in a few lengthy documents, on the order of hundreds of pages. I carefully riffled them to avoid stuck sheets, dropped them in the scanner, and pressed the button.
After the scanning was complete, I combined the resulting files into one and prepared to run OCR on the whole lot.
Before [...]

As soon as you begin storing your paper life on your computer, you are faced with the question of how to name your files. If you carefully select one system and stick with it, your entire document workflow will improve. Here are some thoughts to consider, and a suggestion or two.

There are many large content-management tools out there that provide similar drop-box functionality, but this one seems to have a sweet spot for simplicity.

The first time I searched for a random scanned document on my computer—and found it—I realized that this is one of the greatest benefits of the paperless home. This is one area where traditional paper lacks. And with the free products available today, there’s no need to be without.
In this article, I describe two searching [...]

Just wanted to share the article from Macworld that gave me my original inspiration to quit nibbling ’round the edges of the home paperwork mess and get serious, with the right hardware, software, and workflow.
The real paperless office
A couple of months back, the author, Joe Kissel, wrote a followup article to the original.
In these articles, [...]

A brief look at five minutes of my day, where I was able to take advantage of my paperless workflow, and get the auto registration taken care of in the bargain. This is the kind of moment that makes me smile a little.

The central tool to any paperless home is the scanner, and here are a few thoughts on what I was looking for when I found the right tool for the job.

Is your house like mine, with a few magazines scattered here and there, some in tidy magazine boxes on shelves, and many in a box or two somewhere in the basement?
The reality is that we are probably never going to read them again, but no one can bear to throw them out.
Occasionally I get a [...]