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DevonTHINK’s Classify Feature

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As part of my paperless office experiment I'm finding that scanning is actually the easiest part of the whole setup. A lot of what is difficult is finding a workflow that makes sense.  For example, if your assistant scans in 250 documents from your file cabinet, you need some way to classify and organize those into your system.  Obviously you can look at each one and figure out where it goes, but this is very slow. DevonTHINK has a feature that helps with this.  It looks at the text in the document you want to classify and then looks at the text of documents already in the system. Then it suggests a location that puts it with similar documents.  This is extremely useful--especially when … [Read more...] about DevonTHINK’s Classify Feature

Telecommuting From Home

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This post is a series of links I asked my assistant in India to compile and summarize on telecommuting. With skyrocketing gas prices, now is a good time to consider telecommuting.  You can even approach your boss about doing it to help the environment. (We've previously written about how to approach your boss about telecommuting.) Ever Given a Thought to Telecommuting? - Vishal P. Rao Should you be confused about telecommuting, this article acts as an eye-opener. Starting with a perfect definition of the term, the article also gives the advantage and the steps that can eliminate the drawbacks involved. The author also provides a link to gain additional knowledge and help you get … [Read more...] about Telecommuting From Home

Links of Interest

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This is a very large list of links to articles we found interesting here at Productivity501 on no topic in particular. If you like these you might want to add Productivity501 as a friend on StumbleUpon, Digg, and/or Twitter. Also consider subscribing to our RSS feed. Matt Goes Digital - Matthew Cornell Matt Cornell shares some tips on moving away from a paper based system. Particularly useful if you use a Mac and OS X. Organizing Your Desk and Paper-Ariane Benefit Some helpful advice for keeping you desk from becoming one massive pile of clutter. Also gives tips for using items you already have around the house to help you become more organized. Research That Reveals New … [Read more...] about Links of Interest

Poisoning Her Husband Slowly

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There once was a woman who hated her husband. She decided to kill him. After contemplating a direct murder, she couldn't come up with any plan that seemed unlikely to result in her getting caught. Finally, she settled on poisoning him with a bad diet. She figured no one would suspect her if he died from eating a typical, American unhealthy food. To accomplish her evil intent, she started cooking for him. She made him all kinds of fried, fatty foods. She fed him donuts and always encouraged him to eat an extra large helping of dessert. The husband of course thought he was in heaven as his wife tried to slowly kill him. In the end, they worked things out and she stopped trying to … [Read more...] about Poisoning Her Husband Slowly

Should You Use a PDA?

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Many people believe that having a personal digital assistant like an iPhone/IPod Touch, Palm Pilot or Windows Mobile device greatly increases their productivity--regardless of whether or not it is true. These devices can be great, but they don't help everyone. It is important to consider the cost of technology, not just in terms of money, but in terms of time. I've seen people spend hours and hours trying to get their calendar synchronized when their pocket calendar did the job much better for a fraction of the cost. This article should help give you some things to think about when it comes to deciding if a PDA would be beneficial to you. To start off with, lets look at some reasons you … [Read more...] about Should You Use a PDA?