paper: Paperless in a Paper Centric Biz Part II: 5 Parts to Paperless Primacy
- 09/13/12 12:57 AM
Paperless in a Paper Centric Biz Part II: 5 Parts to Paperless Primacy So what have I done to go paperless? Here are the five things that have really made a huge productivity difference for me and hopefully reduced my carbon footprint: 1. Having a desktop scanner; 2. Running a dual monitor set-up; 3. My iPad; 4. Using electronic storage solutions; 5. Using Docusign in as many ways as we can imagine. As I mentioned in one of my other blog posts about paper hoarding, one of the best solutions is to have a desktop scanner at your workstation (Click Here (11 comments)
paper: Paperless in a Paper Centric Biz Part I - My Relationship With Paper
- 09/13/12 12:20 AM
Paperless in a Paper Centric Biz Part I - My Relationship With Paper I used to work for Kinko’s (now FedEx Office). I worked for Kinko’s back in the day when it was a hippy-dippy-dog-on-the-floor-copy-shop. We compiled (copied) course texts for the local university and other education institutions. We also made copies of people’s stuff – lots and lots of copies. I tell you this because I know paper. I know how it feels, how it smells. I can still feel the heft of a ream of Xerox branded 20 lb, xerographic paper with an 85 brightness. I am fondly nostalgic (8 comments)
Paper tends to act like that mythical creature from Star Trek known as the Tribble. Tribbles multiply with reckless abandon - so can paper. Managing paper is one of the banes of the daily grind in real estate and often isn’t managed at all. Most paper simply gets shoved in a file, placed on a stack, or shoved in a drawer; that’s hardly good file management. As much as we hate all this paper, we also have (31 comments)