I was reminiscing this morning while browsing the web archival from 2001 — thanks Google – when it struck me just how profoundly the way we work, communicate and interact with the web and each other has evolved.
It’s hard to imagine that even just a few years ago, technologies like YouTube, Gmail, Facebook, Skype, and many more, [...]
The single most important thing to remember when using a personal document management system, is that you actually need to use it, for it to be effective.
That means you need to set a few rules and stick to them — when a new file comes in, you need to add it to the document repository, [...]
One of my favorite features in Benubird Pro is the ability to export files as a zip archive, a folder or an email attachment. It is simple to export the entire library of files, or the currently selected files, or all of the files that appear in a particular Collection or Smart Collection.
This makes [...]
Previously we covered how to manage tags in Benubird Pro, and continuing on with that theme, in this post we’re going to show you how to use the Tags Filter to quickly pinpoint the file you’re looking for.
Adding tags to files
To add a tag to a file simply right-click on that file and select Info [...]
Let’s start with the basics. What is a tag? According to Wikipedia:
A tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information (such as an internet bookmark, digital image, or computer file).
Tags have really taken off on the Web over the past few years, but they are still an underutilized tool on [...]
I don’t own a fax machine, never have, and never will. But that doesn’t mean I can’t send and receive faxes.
For the past few years we’ve been using a service called jConnect Premier to send and receive faxes via email. It’s pretty simple – you just have to type in a From and To address [...]
For the past few years I have been asking my bank why I couldn’t receive bank statements electronically via email, instead of receiving paper statements through the post. The advantage of doing things the electronic way, were obvious to me, but apparently not to my bank.
Then today, to my great surprise, I logged into my [...]
How to keep documents digital from day one…
Keeping on the “less-paper” theme — we’re constantly on the lookout for ways to keep paper as trees, and not churning out of printers.
Which is why we were pleased to see that long-time PDF expert, Shlomo Perets of MicroType, has just posted a “How-To” article showing how to allow comments to be posted in PDFs, [...]