Introduction

• Chaos of paperwork
• Scotty’s comments about my desk
• Xero
• Missing deadlines

Cutting Out The Papers

• Only keep papers that really need to be kept, things such as legal documents.
• Scan everything else as soon as you can.
• Don’t try to scan historic papers at first.
• Store the scanned documents in appropriate places as soon as you can.
• Stop printing things.
• Stop scribbing notes on bits of paper.

Scanners

• Don’t use a flatbed scanner.
• In early December Fraser Speirs tweeted about looking for and then buying a scanner. Got a Canon P-150 over a ScanSnap S1300 because it has TWAIN drivers available.
• Bought a Canon DR-2010M because a desktop scanner suits me fine.
• P-150 replaced by P-215.
• Can also consider the Fuji SnapScan scanners.
• Look out for M-versions. Mac software.
• Canon scanner comes with CaptureOnTouch.

Making Notes

• More paper. Lots of bits.
• Mac, iPad and iPhone.
• Stylus - Wacom Bamboo
• Software -
• One paper notebook.

Stop Printing

• Instapaper, Kindle, Evernote.
• Second monitor or an iPad.

Business Cards

• Don’t give them out and don’t accept them.
• Ask people to email you their details.
• Note their Twitter name and send them a message.
• iPhone app suggestions from the chat room.

Storing Information

• Picking an application or applications.
• Evernote and OmniFocus.
• Backups

Top Tips

• Backups.
• Create a routine of scanning and shredding papers.
• Find and stick with an application or applications.
• Remove Post-Its, pads, etc. Stop writing notes or at least use just one notebook.
• Take it slowly and don’t expect on over-night change. Don’t worry about the backlog for now.