January Certifications

Busy Month

It sure has been a busy New Year so far.  January was especially hectic as we started to pack for our move to North Carolina in a few weeks.  In addition to this, I headed down to Orlando to get my Scrum Product Owner certification, which involved a two-day course in managing product development in…

Personal Data Management Process

My Task/Time/Data Management Process

I get asked quite frequently about my task management workflow in general, and specifically how I keep projects organized and quickly/easily refer back to discussions in meetings or emails from months earlier.  Here’s a look at how I have things set up.  And I’ll add some additional posts about the actual setup of individual tools…

Fujitsu Scansnap s1300i Deluxe

Product Review: Fujitsu S1300i Scanner

As part of my paperless office project, I purchased a Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300i Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Mobile Document Scanner a few weeks ago.  Aside from the fact it had a rating of 4.5/5.0 stars on Amazon, the scanner is very heavily recommended in productivity forums for integration with Evernote. To be fair, Evernote also makes a really slick…

Evernote

Going Paperless with Evernote

My office was a total mess.  I had two file cabinets full of papers that I may or may not ever need one day.  I’m not a pack rat when it comes to documents, but if there’s a chance I might need it, it got filed.  Filing papers takes a few minutes, so it was…

Accessing the Import Folders settings in Evernote

Creating an Import Folder for Evernote

Import folders are a perfect way to easily drag and drop documents from a computer into your Evernote account.  Follow these instructions to set up an import folder: First, open your Evernote application (the Evernote program, not the web site) and click on Tools and then Import Folders. This will open the Import Folders setting…