Comments for Paper Jammed http://paperjammed.com Has paper taken over your life? Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:27:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Don’t punish your family with stacks of photos! by Tim Young http://paperjammed.com/2010/02/24/dont-punish-your-family-with-stacks-of-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-7451 Tim Young Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:27:25 +0000 http://paperjammed.com/?p=890#comment-7451 An excellent guide to photo print reduction and a means of keeping the friends you have. I'm going to forward this to some friends that could very much use the advice. An excellent guide to photo print reduction and a means of keeping the friends you have. I’m going to forward this to some friends that could very much use the advice.

]]> Comment on Travel Light Without Leaving Your Laptop Behind by Ed Eubanks http://paperjammed.com/2010/02/12/travel-light-without-leaving-your-laptop-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-7131 Ed Eubanks Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:48:01 +0000 http://paperjammed.com/?p=880#comment-7131 Very smooth-- I like those BookBook cases a lot. And yeah, I could see you with that messenger bag and a fedora. In the subway, though? Hmm... Plus, you'll need more space for your new ScanSnap 1300 to travel with you, right? Very smooth– I like those BookBook cases a lot.

And yeah, I could see you with that messenger bag and a fedora. In the subway, though? Hmm…

Plus, you’ll need more space for your new ScanSnap 1300 to travel with you, right?

]]> Comment on Travel Light Without Leaving Your Laptop Behind by Tad http://paperjammed.com/2010/02/12/travel-light-without-leaving-your-laptop-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-7116 Tad Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:47:26 +0000 http://paperjammed.com/?p=880#comment-7116 Thanks for the cool links. I really like the style of those Renaissance Art ones. I might just save my pennies for <a href="http://www.renaissance-art.com/Prod138/Product.aspx" rel="nofollow">this one</a>. Then I can look dashing in my Indiana Jones fedora as I bound up the subway stairs. One of the best I have seen of this genre is from BookBook: <a href="http://twelvesouth.com/products/bookbook/" rel="nofollow">hardcover laptop cases</a> that look like stuffy old leather-bound books. Thanks for the cool links. I really like the style of those Renaissance Art ones. I might just save my pennies for this one. Then I can look dashing in my Indiana Jones fedora as I bound up the subway stairs.

One of the best I have seen of this genre is from BookBook: hardcover laptop cases that look like stuffy old leather-bound books.

]]> Comment on Travel Light Without Leaving Your Laptop Behind by Ed Eubanks http://paperjammed.com/2010/02/12/travel-light-without-leaving-your-laptop-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-7113 Ed Eubanks Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:49:53 +0000 http://paperjammed.com/?p=880#comment-7113 Hey Tad, I'm with you on the bag-that-doesn't-scream-laptop thing. I recently changed up my bag arrangement for exactly this reason. I have a small hoard of bags-- a Tom Bihn Checkpoint Flyer, which is great for traveling by air; a laptop backpack; a very simple messenger-style bag that houses a laptop and a few files or a book. But I also have a classic leather briefcase (not an attaché case,nor a satchel, nor a messenger bag-- a real briefcase, something like this one: https://www.jackgeorges.com/images/products/prestige_collection_classic_br.jpg ). It's classy, it's simple, it's elegantly utilitarian-- and it looks nothing like a laptop bag. I got a gorgeous fitted leather sleeve from Renaissance Arts (http://www.renaissance-art.com/) for my MacBook, and it slides down into one of the side gussets of my briefcase. I've got room for books in the middle, and my Tom Bihn Freudian Slip (http://www.tombihn.com/page/001/PROD/ACC/TB0345) and I'm good to go. Nobody knows I'm carrying a laptop-- in fact, even my colleagues who know I'm seldom without it are surprised to see it emerge from my briefcase. It's a great mix of function, form, and disguise! If you're looking for something similar, you might check into these bags form McKlein: http://www.mckleinusa.com/83384.html. Hey Tad, I’m with you on the bag-that-doesn’t-scream-laptop thing. I recently changed up my bag arrangement for exactly this reason.

I have a small hoard of bags– a Tom Bihn Checkpoint Flyer, which is great for traveling by air; a laptop backpack; a very simple messenger-style bag that houses a laptop and a few files or a book. But I also have a classic leather briefcase (not an attaché case,nor a satchel, nor a messenger bag– a real briefcase, something like this one: https://www.jackgeorges.com/images/products/prestige_collection_classic_br.jpg ). It’s classy, it’s simple, it’s elegantly utilitarian– and it looks nothing like a laptop bag.

I got a gorgeous fitted leather sleeve from Renaissance Arts (http://www.renaissance-art.com/) for my MacBook, and it slides down into one of the side gussets of my briefcase. I’ve got room for books in the middle, and my Tom Bihn Freudian Slip (http://www.tombihn.com/page/001/PROD/ACC/TB0345) and I’m good to go.

Nobody knows I’m carrying a laptop– in fact, even my colleagues who know I’m seldom without it are surprised to see it emerge from my briefcase. It’s a great mix of function, form, and disguise!

If you’re looking for something similar, you might check into these bags form McKlein: http://www.mckleinusa.com/83384.html.

]]> Comment on Help! My data is being held hostage! by Bring back the old-school way of managing computer folders and documents yourself! | Paper Jammed http://paperjammed.com/2009/03/24/help-my-data-is-being-held-hostage/comment-page-1/#comment-6658 Bring back the old-school way of managing computer folders and documents yourself! | Paper Jammed Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:25:48 +0000 http://paperjammed.com/?p=426#comment-6658 [...] of my pet peeves in software is the black-box application that calmly sucks in all of your files and does everything for you, until the day you want to swich apps. This is the iTunes model, followed by many other [...] [...] of my pet peeves in software is the black-box application that calmly sucks in all of your files and does everything for you, until the day you want to swich apps. This is the iTunes model, followed by many other [...]

]]> Comment on Could your family access your secrets in an emergency? by Tad http://paperjammed.com/2010/01/10/could-your-family-access-your-secrets-in-an-emergency/comment-page-1/#comment-6423 Tad Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:42:17 +0000 http://paperjammed.com/?p=851#comment-6423 What an excellent suggestion! I wouldn't go so far as to say that the problem is solved completely, but this tool combination can work for many people. In short, it allows you to store many login credentials online, accessible from any machine by plugging in your USB UmiKey. The down side is that some folks do not want to have any of their credentials sitting on someone else's server—indeed, I much prefer to have my secrets all wrapped up in a local application. Of course, it is a tradeoff: the local app data can be lost. Here's a short PDF describing MashedLife+UmiKey: http://www.mashedlife.com/store/w_smallbiz_family.pdf Folks who are interested can read up the Mashed Life FAQs here: http://mashedlife.com/faq.php Whatever you do, protect your UmiKey—it would be unpleasant if some stranger were to find your key on the gym floor and plug it in, seeing Mashed Life launch immediately before their eyes, with your secrets unlocked. What an excellent suggestion!

I wouldn’t go so far as to say that the problem is solved completely, but this tool combination can work for many people. In short, it allows you to store many login credentials online, accessible from any machine by plugging in your USB UmiKey.

The down side is that some folks do not want to have any of their credentials sitting on someone else’s server—indeed, I much prefer to have my secrets all wrapped up in a local application. Of course, it is a tradeoff: the local app data can be lost.

Here’s a short PDF describing MashedLife+UmiKey:
http://www.mashedlife.com/store/w_smallbiz_family.pdf

Folks who are interested can read up the Mashed Life FAQs here:
http://mashedlife.com/faq.php

Whatever you do, protect your UmiKey—it would be unpleasant if some stranger were to find your key on the gym floor and plug it in, seeing Mashed Life launch immediately before their eyes, with your secrets unlocked.

]]> Comment on Could your family access your secrets in an emergency? by R. Basal http://paperjammed.com/2010/01/10/could-your-family-access-your-secrets-in-an-emergency/comment-page-1/#comment-6414 R. Basal Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:39:47 +0000 http://paperjammed.com/?p=851#comment-6414 Of course! Did you ever try Mashed life with Umikey? Problem solved! Hope that helps Of course! Did you ever try Mashed life with Umikey?

Problem solved!

Hope that helps

]]> Comment on Automate ScanSnap OCR process on your Mac with AppleScript by Joe Thompson http://paperjammed.com/2009/08/29/automate-scansnap-ocr-process-on-your-mac-with-applescript/comment-page-1/#comment-6385 Joe Thompson Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:18:18 +0000 http://paperjammed.com/?p=648#comment-6385 Dear Tad - Thanks for the excellent script. I am working with a group of people with dyslexia, trying to make access to the printed word easier. I have got them the latest scansnap s1500m (seems to work fine out of the box with snow leopard (v3.0 L10) and in setting up your script I realised that it has a setting [ ] Convert to searchable pdf. So now all we have to do is put the letter in the scanner > press blue button > go to scan folder > open pdf > select all text and then press [F5] to make the mac read the text. I am looking for someone who would be willing to automate this final part (apple script?) so that if [f5] is pressed after an oCR scan is done that it simply reads the letter. I am happy to pay for the script - can you help? Best wishes Joe (joe AT venturacottage.com) Dear Tad – Thanks for the excellent script. I am working with a group of people with dyslexia, trying to make access to the printed word easier. I have got them the latest scansnap s1500m (seems to work fine out of the box with snow leopard (v3.0 L10) and in setting up your script I realised that it has a setting [ ] Convert to searchable pdf. So now all we have to do is put the letter in the scanner > press blue button > go to scan folder > open pdf > select all text and then press [F5] to make the mac read the text. I am looking for someone who would be willing to automate this final part (apple script?) so that if [f5] is pressed after an oCR scan is done that it simply reads the letter. I am happy to pay for the script – can you help?
Best wishes Joe (joe AT venturacottage.com)

]]> Comment on Automate ScanSnap OCR process on your Mac with AppleScript (Snow Leopard Edition) by Tad http://paperjammed.com/2010/01/04/automate-scansnap-ocr-process-on-your-mac-with-applescript-snow-leopard-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-6303 Tad Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:10:57 +0000 http://paperjammed.com/?p=840#comment-6303 Glad to hear it works for you! And yes, I would expect that a couple text strings might need to be tweaked to go from one ScanSnap to the other. As far as the quality, this is likely a consequence of settings in Finereader. I launched <strong>FineReader for ScanSnap Preferences</strong> and clicked on the <strong>Scan to Searchable PDF</strong> tab. On this tab I have selected the following: Save mode: <strong>Text under page image</strong> Quality: <strong>High (for printing)</strong> Format: <strong>Automatic</strong> I imagine your Quality setting might be on one of the lower settings right now. Glad to hear it works for you!
And yes, I would expect that a couple text strings might need to be tweaked to go from one ScanSnap to the other.

As far as the quality, this is likely a consequence of settings in Finereader.
I launched FineReader for ScanSnap Preferences and clicked on the Scan to Searchable PDF tab.

On this tab I have selected the following:

Save mode: Text under page image
Quality: High (for printing)
Format: Automatic

I imagine your Quality setting might be on one of the lower settings right now.

]]> Comment on Automate ScanSnap OCR process on your Mac with AppleScript (Snow Leopard Edition) by Rene Nederhand http://paperjammed.com/2010/01/04/automate-scansnap-ocr-process-on-your-mac-with-applescript-snow-leopard-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-6277 Rene Nederhand Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:32:42 +0000 http://paperjammed.com/?p=840#comment-6277 Excellent script! I had to change the string "ScanSnap Manager" to "ScanSnap Manager S1500M" to get it working, but now it is working like a charm. The only thing I noticed is the quality of the output of the PDF's from Finereader. It doesn't look as good as the original scan. Do you have any ideas how to improve that? Excellent script!

I had to change the string “ScanSnap Manager” to “ScanSnap Manager S1500M” to get it working, but now it is working like a charm.

The only thing I noticed is the quality of the output of the PDF’s from Finereader. It doesn’t look as good as the original scan. Do you have any ideas how to improve that?

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