Document Management
Panasonic To Launch World’s First Fully Paperless Fax Machine, But Why?
According to a report on CrunchGear, Panasonic intend to launch the world’s first fully paperless fax machine in Japan on January 23, 2009.
Just like sending emails on a cell phone, users can use the built-in keypad to type messages.
Alternatively, it’s possible to send documents saved in Word or other formats without having to use a [...]
User Feedback On The Xerox Travel Scanner 100
We covered the Xerox Travel Scanner a couple of months ago, but since we hadn’t actually tried it ourselves yet, we weren’t able any details on how usable it is. Luckily a visitor has been kind enough to share their experience with this compact scanner:
Comment by Floris on November 29, 2008 @ 10:14 am
I bought [...]
More thoughts on the less-paper office
Well — early-to-mid November has been non-stop discussion in the hotly debated topic of the so-called “paperless office”. Early on, Stephen Partridge — Business Development Manager for Acrobat in the UK fired off the first volley with his blog posting, “Paperless Office”. In this piece, Stephen talked about merits of paper as a “technology” and [...]
Re: Spartacus of Acrobat On The Paperless Office
I recently posted a comment on the Spartacus of Acrobat blog asking Stephen why he doesn’t subscribe to the the “paperless office” theory. After reading his reply I realized that our opinions are roughly the same — I also don’t think that the current technology (hardware mainly) is good enough to replace paper, but I’m a bit [...]
BeBook Technical Review
Courtesy of Ian P. Christian, a review of BeBook, an E-Ink reader:
The Paperless Paper Revolution
The biggest problem with the implementation of the Paperless Office is that we tried to run before we could walk. That is to say, we tried to go paperless, before we had a compelling alternative to paper.
I think you’ll all agree that lugging around an awkwardly sized, and piping hot, laptop everywhere you go, just isn’t practical. And [...]
From the morgue: So much for the paperless office
billbennettnz has republished an article he originally wrote in 1987 about the myth of the so-called paperless office. While the article was written over twenty years ago, unfortunately much of the sentiment holds true, even today.
One of the greatest myths of the computer era is the so-called paperless office. A few years ago, the phrase was [...]
The Great Debate: The Paperless Office
AccountingWEB.co.uk and accountsIQ have teamed up for a Great Debate about the Paperless Office. The arguments from both sides are presented very well and provide great insight. Definitely worth reading if you’re at all interested in the concept of The Paperless Office.
The Great Debate: The Paperless Office
“This house believes that the paperless office is a myth.”
First proposer:
Rob [...]
Tips on using metadata effectively in OS X
I’m a big fan of using metadata to organize files because it means I don’t have to use an inefficient hierarchical folder tree. Unfortunately for some of us, this idea seems to be gaining more traction on the Mac OS X platform, than it is on the Windows platform. In a series of posts last [...]
CMS WiRE: Go Paperless, Save Money and the Planet
CMS WiRE, a web magazine focussed on content management, recently made the case for going paperless in an article titled Go Paperless, Save Money and the Planet. In the article they discuss how going “green”, through e-document manaement, has been gaining momentum, and how in a lot of ways this is the preferable option.
With an electronic [...]
Adlib Integrates G-docs, Enhances Document Management
Adlib Software and Good Products have inked a new OEM partnership that will see the integration of Good Products electronic document managements system, g-docs, with Adlib Software’s Express Server centralized PDF rendering tool.
The collaboration between the two industry-leading scientific software providers addresses the need from the pharmaceutical industry for streamlined and compliant regulatory document management. [...]
