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Paperwork Explosion by Jim Henson

Monday, June 20th, 2011

In 1967 IBM had Jim Henson (of the Muppets fame!) to create a short movie about IBM’s new Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter. As far as I can tell the “MT/ST” is a very version of a word processor in the form of a typewriter and some strange little 1960′s style knobs.

Paperwork Explosion – Pretty Trippy!

I’m not an expert on the 60′s, but I feel like this video is pretty trippy, even by the standards of the sixties. The sound track is pretty intense at times, and the office workers repeating “Machines should work. People should think” over and over in strange monotone voices really freaks me out.

Paperwork Explosion reminds me of the cool slides IBM did in the 70′s about online storage…

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Messiest Office Winners

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

Alright! The results are in! Thanks to everyone who voted for the messiest office in our Messiest Office Contest!

The finalists had some real paper problems, but we hope that the following winners will use the prizes that they’ve “earned” to get on the path to a more organized office.

First Place Prize

First place, and winner of $400 Gift Card to Staples, 1/2 Day Virtual Coaching Session with Joshua Zerkel of Custom Living Solutions, 6-month subscription to OfficeDrop is:

“I Had It Just a Minute Ago” by Tim Kral

Messiest Office (c) OfficeDrop 2011

Messiest Office Winner

Some of the comments on this post were amazing: “When we have to go in to do something on his computer, we let others know so that if we don’t come out in 10 minutes they will come looking for us!”

Second Place Prize

Second Place, and winner of a Canon imageFORMULA P-150 Portable Document Scanner, 6-month subscription to OfficeDrop is:

“Messiest Office” by David Holst

Messy Office (c) OfficeDrop 2011

Third Place Prize

Third place, and winner of $50 Gift Card to Staples, 6-month subscription to OfficeDrop is:

“Tsunami in Home Office” by James Stinnett

Messiest Office (c) OfficeDrop 2011Thanks again to everyone who participated, either by voting or uploading a picture of their messy office!

At OfficeDrop, we hope that we can help you go paperless and get organized with our line of scanner software, our mail in scanning service and our desktop to cloud digital filing system and cloud content management service. Contact us if we can help you get organized!

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OfficeDrop Android App in The New York Times

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Despite the supposed oncoming death of the printed newspaper, there is something really thrilling about actually seeing your company’s name in print. Today we are very excited to say that our new Android Paper-To-Go App was in the App Smart section of the New York Times!

OfficeDrop Android App NYTimes

OfficeDrop Android App NYTimes

Of course, we are also in the online version – read about OfficeDrop’s Android App in the Times. To see the online version, scroll down to the end of the article.

Posted in android, Awards, Customer Satisfaction, Digital Office, Document Scanners, document scanning service, OfficeDrop, Paperless, Paperless Champions, Press coverage, Product Updates, scanning software, Small Business, Testimonials | No Comments »

Get Organized and Boost Productivity

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Thanks to everyone who attended last week’s webinar on Getting Organized and Boosting Productivity through better office and paper management/organization! We had a large number of attendees and there were some great questions at the end of the web class.

Get Organized and Boost Productivity

This webinar was led by certified Professional Organizer and Productivity Consultant Joshua Zerkel. Josh tackled the tricky problem of dealing with documents in a busy office environment, and made it clear that there are substantial benefits to greater organization. He went over everything from setting up the office for optimized productivity to organizing the flow of paper into and out of the office.

Here is a video of the Get Organized webinar:

Other Webinars on Productivity and Organized Offices

Check out the video on Mastering the Paperless Office, using slides from Josh Zerkel! Learn the best steps to begin on the path to reducing your office’s use of paper and hear about some great technologies you can use to make your quest to go paperless easier!

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Mastering the Paperless Office

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Video From The Mastering The Paperless Office Webinar

OfficeDrop was lucky enough to have had Joshua Zerkel, Professional Organizer to the San Francisco Bay Area, share with us his slides on how to master the paperless office. Josh makes it clear that there will always be some paper in any small businesses’ office, but there are a number of smart steps and affordable technologies you can use to reduce your use of paper.

Mastering the Paperless Office Video

Here is the video from the last session!

OfficeDrop also recently had another great webinar with Josh – Get Organized and Boost Productivity

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Professional Organizer Webinar Today – Get Organized

Friday, May 20th, 2011

Josh Zerkel, certified Professional Organizer, will be hosting today’s webinar on Getting Organized in a paperless office! You don’t want to miss it – Today, May 20 at Noon ET. Register here.

Mastering the Paperless Office Video

Our last online class was about mastering the paperless office for the small business owner. Here is the video from the last session!

Other Upcoming Webinars

Josh will also be hosting another webinar in the near future. While this one is not affiliated with OfficeDrop, we thought you’d like to know about it since his presentations are so great! This topic will be:

6 Simple Ways to Reclaim Your Day

Sign up here: http://www.customlivingsolutions.com/secret/reclaim-your-day

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OfficeDrop Android App Launched!

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

OfficeDrop’s Paper-to-Go Android App Now Available for Download

We are very pleased to announce the launch of OfficeDrop’s newest mobile app, the OfficeDrop Paper-to-Go Android App! OfficeDrop’s Android App allows Android users to simply snap a photo of a paper document and scan it directly to the cloud. Within the app, users can organize, search, share and access documents from anywhere with OfficeDrop’s cloud filing cabinet. Also available for iPad, OfficeDrop Paper-to-Go can now be downloaded through the Android Market (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.officedrop.applicationactivity&feature=search_result) and will soon be offered through the Amazon App Store.

OfficeDrop Android App

OfficeDrop Android App

This newest app is something that our customers have been asking for, and over the past six months it has become obvious that mobile access to our digital filing cabinet is a must-have feature. We know that the busy professionals who are our customers love having access to their paper and digital files from the road via our web browser and our desktop digital cloud connector. Being able to search, organize and share from the road will make it even easier to carry your filing cabinet with you where ever your business takes you.

Scan From Android

The OfficeDrop Android App also lets you scan right from your phone, using the phone’s camera to snap multiple page documents and convert them into text searchable PDFs. Some of our customers are already using their phones to snap photos of things like receipts while on the road – this makes it even easier to grab PDFs on the go. You can use it to organize your business receipts while travelling, share just signed contracts, get invoices back to the home office and more! Because you can pick a destination folder and add labels at the time of scanning, organizing is simple and fast. And since everything becomes text searchable, finding the piece of paper has never been easier.

Other Great Paper to Go Features

Compatible with version 2.2 of Android, the app allows OfficeDrop users to send documents straight to the cloud – either by taking a picture or by uploading files already stored on the device. Other key features include:

  • Search: Documents become text-searchable once they’re uploaded using OCR technology.
  • Tagging: Files can be tagged with keywords for easy sorting and retrieval.
  • Compatibility: Works on your Windows PC, your browser or your iPad.
  • Security: As with other OfficeDrop apps and services, all files sent through the system are fully encrypted.

Let us know what you think about our newest app!

Posted in android, Benefits, Digital Office, iPad, OCR Scanning, OfficeDrop, Organization, Paperless, Product Announcements, Product Features, Product Updates, Small Business | No Comments »

Messiest Office Contest

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

We’ve got some great entries in our messiest office contest! It’s not too late to sign up to win – all you need to do is to upload a photo of your office:

Messy Office Photos

Messy Office Photos

Remember, you can win some great prizes, including a scanner, Professional Organizer consulting, an OfficeDrop subscription and a coupon to Staples:

Grand Prize
Win a $400 Gift Certificate to Staples, a Coaching Session with Professional Organizer Joshua Zerkel of Custom Living Solutions to assess your needs and lead your office away from the clutter, and an OfficeDrop subscription to help you go paperless!

2nd Prize
Win a Canon imageFORMULA P-150 Portable Document Scanner and a subscription to OfficeDrop to help you go paperless!

3rd Prize
Win a $50 Gift Certificate to Staples and a subscription to OfficeDrop to help you go paperless!

Contest Instructions
Keep stubbing your toe in your cluttered office? Trouble finding your keyboard? No room left for your employees? If your office is buried in a mountain of paper, the OfficeDrop Messiest Business Makeover can give you the professional help you need.

To enter: Submit a photo of your cluttered space. Show us your office at its worst! OfficeDrop will select the top five submissions and let the Facebook community vote on the messiest!

Sign up here: http://wildfireapp.com/website/6/contests/111298?ogn=website

Prize Eligibility

Only persons residing in United States who are at least 18 years of age can enter.

Contest Starts
May 02, 2011 @ 12:01 am (EDT)
Contest Ends
May 21, 2011 @ 11:59 pm (EDT)

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Changing the Default Cloud for ScanDrop Scanner Software

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

With ScanDrop scanning software, you can you can set a default cloud service to scan to. This means that when you scan you don’t need to pick your preferred cloud service provider each time.

Once you pick a default cloud storage provider you may feel trapped! What if you want to scan to a different cloud? Just because you’ve got a million things to scan to Evernote this week doesn’t mean you won’t want to scan to Google Docs the next.

So… we’ve made it so that you can change your default cloud service provider at any time.

To change your default cloud service in ScanDrop, follow the steps below.

1. Open ScanDrop. If you have set a default cloud service provider, a dialogue will pop up with that service’s log-in. Log into this service with your username and password.

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2. Once you have logged in, you will see a “Switch cloud service” icon in the upper right hand corner of the ScanDrop menu. Select “Switch cloud service”

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3. You will be logged out and the main ScanDrop menu will prompt. You may now choose another default cloud service, or leave the default box unchecked and choose your scan destination each time you open ScanDrop.

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Visoneer Integrates Software with OfficeDrop’s Cloud

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Visioneer OneTouch to the Cloud

Visioneer OneTouch to the Cloud

Visioneer OneTouch to the Cloud

Visioneer, the makers of both Visioneer scanners and Xeros small business scanners, announced today that they have integrated their scanners’ Visioneer OneTouch software with OfficeDrop’s cloud filing system and with our ScanDrop scanner software.

Click on the picture above to learn more about Visioneer Connect OneTouch to the Cloud and to download the updated software from Visioneer.

This is a big deal because it shows that major scanner equipment manufacturers are not only taking cloud storage seriously, the are taking OfficeDrop’s online filing system seriously.

As OfficeDrop continues to grow our cloud content management platform we are committed to working with other scanner manufacturers to make it seamless and simple to digitize to the cloud.

Visioneer OneTouch to the Cloud Press Release

Here is a little bit from the press release announcing the Visioneer OneTouch to the Cloud:

According to Anne Valaitis an Associate Director at InfoTrends, “Businesses today are looking for devices and applications that help them conduct business more economically and effectively. This has fueled significant interest in the use of cloud computing. In fact, in a recent study by InfoTrends 68% of IT administrators reported they are currently using or considering cloud computing. By offering connectivity to the cloud, Visioneer is addressing customer demands for effortless usability.”

“No other scanner company offers as many cloud scanning options for such a broad range of scanners models. Every Visioneer and Xerox scanner supporting OneTouch 4.6 or greater is immediately enabled,” said John Capurso, vice president of marketing at Visioneer. “Visioneer CONNECT represents the most comprehensive set of cloud scanning solutions available to extend the usual terrestrial destinations to the leading cloud on-line services. As Visioneer releases more cloud links, you’ll find them at connect.visioneer.com.”

Visioneer CONNECT is the latest link development for Visioneer OneTouch. Your cloud credentials (username and password) can be preset through Visioneer OneTouch so every scan job is not interrupted with log-in details. Most cloud destinations even allow users to choose the folder of their choice and even specify an email address so that a notification email is automatically sent with a link to their file. By scanning images directly to the cloud, users can easily collaborate and share files while working in multiple locations.

Visioneer OneTouch is an award winning utility that simplifies scanning to one button. Everyone wants ease of use and convenience, however sometimes in order to obtain it, you have to sacrifice quality or functionality. Not true when it comes to the Visioneer OneTouch technology. Visioneer OneTouch provides the most elegant ease-of-use scanning experience without “dumbing down” the device.

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