Saturday 24 August 2013

Go Digital: Remove dependence on paper for obvious tasks in daily life

It means that you reduce or remove dependence on paper for obvious tasks in daily personal and office life. ET offers a few tips and tools to get you started. 

Going paperless doesn't mean that you will never handle another sheet of paper. It means that you reduce or remove dependence on paper for obvious tasks in daily personal and office life. Hitesh Raj Bhagat offers a few tips and tools to get you started 

Go Digital 

Opt for Digital Receipts 

Instead of paper bills and receipts, opt for digital ones sent to your email ID. All you have to do is key in your email ID at the time of payment. To collate all receipts in one place, you could use tags and labels, an email alias or a separate email ID itself. 


Store Paper Online 

Free services such as Dropbox, Box and Google Drive offer a decent amount of online storage and are accessible from various devices. You can use these tools to share documents with others (over email, chat and even SMS), store all kinds of data and keep stuff synced across your devices. 

Digitally Signing Documents 

If you receive a digital document you need to sign, don't print it out to scan. You can digitally sign and instantly send back via return email. You could use Gmail's HelloSign (www.hellosign.com/gmail). On your portable devices, use an app called SignNow - you can simply use the touchscreen to sign a document and send back immediately. 

Evernote Everything 

Evernote works with any device. You can use it to remember anything, jot down lists, save stuff you liked for later reading, record audio, share anything and even keep personal notes organised, searchable and accessible later from any device. If you need to stay in sync with multiple people, you can also try digital collaborative tools like www.scribblar.com and www.scriblink.com. 

Gadgets 

Portable Scanner 

Digital scanners are now small enough to be carried in a laptop bag. This one, the Scanny 6 from Portronics (`6,999), offers high-quality scans, a built-in battery and a colour screen. It can also hold thousands of scans and when you want to transfer the scans to a computer, a simple USB cable does the trick.

source;http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/go-digital-remove-dependence-on-paper-for-obvious-tasks-in-daily-life/articleshow/22018466.cms
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