Archive for the ‘Paperless Champions’ Category

Get Organized Webinar Tomorrow

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Josh Zerkel, a Professional Organizer and CEO of Custom Living Solutions, will give an online talk tomorrow as part of Intuit’s Get Organized Get Rewarded campaign. He will be discussing various technology strategies for realizing the paperless office dream. You can sign up for his talk at: http://community.intuit.com/small_business_events

He has also written a post on Intuit’s small business blog on using technologies to start on the path to the paperless office. Read it here: http://smallbusiness.intuit.com/blog/where-small-is-now/2010/05/tech-tools-to-boost-productivity-–-part-1.html

Try OfficeDrop for Free – You Could Win A Free Kindle!

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

We’re proud to announce that OfficeDrop has been featured as one of the workplace apps featured on Intuit’s “Get Organized. Get Rewarded” campaign. Designed to get businesses started with helpful organization apps, OfficeDrop and other helpful tools will offer free trials and other limited-time offers for a one month period.

Ok so here’s the kindle part: As part of the campaign, Intuit is giving away a Kindle to users who will increase their chances of winning the more they sign up for apps and use them. You are automatically eligible once you sign up for a workplace app, so be sure to sign up for your OfficeDrop free trial through Intuit to give yourself the chance to win.

If you find yourself wading through paper, or struggling to utilize information around your office, now is the perfect opportunity to sign up for the apps that can save your sanity. OfficeDrop and other featured apps will require little to no commitment and will be sure to get you organized quickly and easily. If that wasn’t enough, you might win a kindle too. What’s not to love?

City of Cambridge Outlaws Paper to Fight Global Warming

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Cambridge, MA (April first, 2010) Yesterday, in a drastic attempt to curb the effects of global warming, the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts officially outlawed the use of paper in all forms. As quoted in the City’s bill, “Carbon emissions are making the Earth warmer, and trees reduce carbon. We can no longer afford to betray our barked brethren with this wasteful destruction of plant life for flimsy paper sheets. It is time to embrace the digital age.”

With all utilization of paper being revoked, the City has been thrown into a state of chaos. Residents have turned to drastic measures with reports of checks being written on ripped cloth, and restaurant spills being absorbed by slices of bread.

A local woman exclaimed “I went to the store to buy toilet tissue, and they handed me a USB drive and assured me that all the digital TP I would ever need was stored on it! I don’t care if you can store 10,000 sheets on one drive, how do I actually use this stuff?”

Though some townspeople embraced the new law as a progressive and much awaited change, others revolted against the revocation of the popular material, and protested in front of town hall. Protestors chanted slogans like “Digital for later, we want our paper” and carried signs describing graphic details of the inefficiencies of digital paper in the bathroom.

In local shops, customers were not given paper receipts, but were instead sent emails. Birthday gifts are now wrapped in cellophane of which recipients complain “kind of ruins the surprise.”

To ensure compliance, a specialized Cambridge police squad was assigned to seek out paper users, revoke the illegal substances, and write tickets. Ticketing proved difficult, however, when police officers realized there was nothing to write offenders’ names on.

Move Over Paper, It’s Time To Go Digital

Monday, March 29th, 2010

People seem to use paper because they don’t think there’s any better way. People have been using paper for thousands of years, but it’s time for a change. Physical paper eats up your time and money, but we’re here to tell you that there is an alternative, and it’s one that’s much, much better.

Now is the age of digital documents. You had a good run, paper, but it’s time to step aside because digital documents are about to end your thousand year reign of impracticality. No more hiding in your cozy file cabinet palaces, selfishly consuming trees, or cutting the fingers of unsuspecting employees (ouch!). Digital documents are taking the throne and here’s why:

  • Easy Access

No filing cabinets necessary. Digital documents are accessible from either your desktop, or any internet connection, taking up virtually (pun intended) no space at all. Hosted online with OfficeDrop, all of your documents can be securely accessed by any employee that has been granted access to your account. You can also share and email documents instantly. Think about what it takes to get to your stubborn paper documents. In many cases, there is one copy that hides in a filing cabinet, accessible only to those in the office. What if someone needs that document that isn’t around? You would have to copy it, or you end up scanning it anyway. That is, of course, if you can find it.

  • Easy Backup

In addition to easy access, digital documents grant you peace of mind. Securely stored in two redundant digital storage facilities, it would take two simultaneous and massive disasters across the country to threaten your documents. Even in that case, you could still have them on a personal hard drive and not lose a thing. What about paper? You can make copies, but how much time do you want to spend doing that. A single digital document represents an infinite supply of copies that are virtually indestructible. Paper, on the other hand, is vulnerable to a multitude of threats including fire, moisture, misplacement, and of course scissors.

  • Searchable

Digital documents are easier to utilize, and they work for you. Completely text-searchable, digital documents are happy to instantly show you the location of any words or numbers you type into the OfficeDrop search bar. I doubt you’ll get such an offer from your paper, which withholds your information in endless lines of text. Do your eyes a favor, scan once with OfficeDrop, and never have to spend hours sifting through piles of paper again.

With OfficeDrop, you can end the tyranny of paper, and set your information, and your office free. There’s a better way to deal with information. By scanning and storing with OfficeDrop, you can turn your outmoded paper into accessible, indestructible, and searchable digital documents.

WSJ Reviews Some Home Office Paper Technologies

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

The Wall Street Journal recently reviewed a couple of pieces of hardware that you could use to help you manage your paper in your home office. Katherine Boehret looked at the PlanOn System Solutions Inc.’s $300 PrintStik PS905ME (a printer) and the ScanSnap S1300 (a scanner). While she liked the small size of each, she did not love either device. The small printer sounds like it comes with a number of drawbacks, including using a funny + expensive thermal paper and printing on paper that comes in a single, long roll.

She appreciated the ScanSnap’s software because it is very easy to use and install. Katherine’s main complaint on the ScanSnap is that it is probably not good at handling old or fragile documents. I’d agree with this, but point out that even OfficeDrop’s expensive industrial scanners are not meant for fragile paper. Instead, we flatbed these materials - as should you. I’ve got an older ScanSnap on my desk, and while it does not provide the same level of beautiful scans as our multi-thousand dollar scanners, it does a great job for the size and price. We continue to recommend ScanSnaps to our customers who want to do their own scanning.

Paper Management Tips for the New Year

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Get ready to face 2010 with a cleaner desk and better organization through smart document management and better paper management. Here are some easy tips you can use to start the New Year off right by taming your paper problem.

  • Use the New Year as an excuse to purge. Do you know what all of those folders are? Are any a surprise or just plain old? Throw them away if you don’t need them.
  • Learn from your failures. Do you have a pile of paper somewhere on your desk or floor that has been slowly growing? That’s a “fail” to properly manage your documents. Go through the pile and look for patterns – are any similar items piling up? If so, you probably need a folder or special storage space for that type of document.
  • Move files you don’t need regularly to more long term storage. If space near your desk is precious, archive-able items to make room for documents you need every day.
  • Consider going digital! At OfficeDrop, we always encourage small businesses and home offices to go paperless by going digital. You might be a good candidate for going digital if you:
    • Need to access your documents from multiple locations, such as your home office, office office, customer sites, etc.
    • Lose documents or need document backup. Since OfficeDrop will scan your paper and store it securely on the cloud, you will never lose your paper again!
    • Love search engines for finding information. Since going digital with OfficeDrop allows you to text search within your paper, it’s like a search engine for paper. If you are a search engine junkie then digital paper may be the thing you need.
    • Constantly share paper documents. Do you need to collaborate with other people but find that copying and distributing paper documents is too cumbersome? OfficeDrop’s secure share allows you to let anyone see your paper and digital files but gives you the control to revoke access at any time.

If you are ready to go paperless, checkout OfficeDrop’s pricing plans.

Happy New Years!

Top Nine of ‘09

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

We’re all looking forward to the New Year here at OfficeDrop, but have found ourselves thinking back on the events of the last 12 months. To bring closure to the passing year, we’ve compiled a list of the top 9 most helpful/ popular blog posts of 2009.

Our Top Nine of ‘09:

1. OfficeDrop Scans Google QR Code

Google brought about a new level of business advertising with the new QR code. We showed you how to scan your code and spread your business. You’ll be sure to see more of the QR code in 2010.

2. How Long Should I Save Tax Documents?

OfficeDrop makes storage of your tax documents easy and hassle free, but how long are you meant to hang on to this information? This post was especially popular and will become especially helpful come April.

3. Scanning Documents to OfficeDrop using Snow Leopard and Preview

Apple’s new OS made document scanning easier by allowing you to scan, view and correct files through the image preview. In this helpful blog post we provide a video informing you of how to get the most out of document scanning with Snow Leopard.

4. Steps to Create the Paperless Office

Going paperless is both productive for your office, and friendly toward the environment. In this blog post we’ve provided you with some important steps to move you in a paperless direction.

5. Count Your Documents (Series)

In our ‘count your documents’ series of blog posts, we help you answer the question “how much paper do I have?” You can use these guides to determine the paper count in your boxes, shelves, cabinets and unbound paper.

6. Online, DVD, USB, and Hard Drive: Finding the Best Storage Medium for Your Digital Documents

There are a lot of ways to store your digital documents. This post will give you a price breakdown of each option, and description of when each is most effective.

7. OfficeDrop Launches Information Site on Document Scanning Services

Some big news of ‘09 was the launch of Documentscanningservice.com. Powered by OfficeDrop, Document Scanning Service is a free resource for those who want to know all the facts on document scanning.

8. Remember Everything, including paper, with OfficeDrop and Evernote

At OfficeDrop, we are really happy to have integrated with Evernote. With OfficeDrop and Evernote, you can get to your scanned documents without an internet connection. Find out how to use OfficeDrop and Evernote!

9. OfficeDrop iPhone Interface: The other side of ubiquitous capture

These days, mobile access is huge. OfficeDrop offers a mobile optimized web page so you can access all of your documents on the go on your iphone.

Those are our top nine of ‘09. Hope you found them helpful. Let us know your thoughts on OfficeDrop, blog topics, or the past year by commenting below!

Pixily for Professional Organizers Video Now Available

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Thanks to all the Professional Organizers who attend last week’s web conference on “OfficeDrop for Professional Organizers.” You can now see a video recording of the webinar for Professional Organizers by clicking here. We appreciated all the great questions from the audience!

Schools are trying to save money, time and trees by cutting back on paper.

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Earlier this week, we learnt that hospitals become more efficient when going paperless. Today we are learning about schools. First hospitals, now schools. Talk about making an impact where you most need it.Kid happy about paperless

The Washington Post reports that “Some schools are taking a fresh look at “paperless” activities, meaning pretty much anything involving three-dimensional objects.” The article further reports that “A 5,000-sheet case of copier paper costs about $40. Envision copying 30 to 40 sheets every week for 500 students, and it’s easy to see how costs add up“.

Having some of the local schools in our area as our customers, we are very well familiar with the challenges that schools face and how digitizing academic information (student records, classroom assignments, etc,.) results in saving time, money, space and trees. We are encouraged by this trend.

You can read the complete Post article here.

Paperless hospitals could save 100,000 lives annually

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Reuters reports the results of a interesting study: “patients treated in hospitals that ranked highest in use of health information technology to manage patient records and physician notes were 15 percent less likely to die compared with patients in hospitals that ranked lower.Paperless Hospital

It also further notes that “If these results were to hold for all hospitals in the United States, computerizing notes and records might have the potential to save 100,000 lives annually,” Dr. Neil Poe of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, who worked on the study, said in a statement.

It is great to see concrete data emerging on this front, and there cannot be a more direct and tangible impact of the benefits of going paperless for any small business.

The entire Reuters article can be found here.

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