A FEW THOUGHTS

I am getting sick and tired of paper. Getting paper, reading paper, storing paper, going through paper over again and again and finally tossing paper out (in the paper recycle bin of course). There doesn’t seem to be much initiative in the business world to eliminate, or reduce, use of paper even though the solutions are there. Every week I get invoices, magazine, advertising pamphlets, ordinary mail and just tons of garbage in my postbox. All these could have fit perfectly in my e-mail (and some in the spam filter of course..). I almost never buy a newspaper (in paper). I only read them online. I do like the feel of a good book, but it seems like maybe the iPad or other devices will cure that soon too.

So, today I feel like I took the first step towards my area of paperless society. I had a gigantic box filled with user manuals for everything from hard drives to tv’s, cameras and dishwashers. I took them one by one, found the electronic version online, downloaded it and stored it. I then threw the paper manuals in the recycle bin and went for a walk. I feel this is a good step in the right direction. Next step for me is to purchase a small scanner and scan all mail I receive, while I try to convince my accountant to receive vouchers and bills through e-mail. I also hope to train some of the organisations sending me mail to “go electronic”.

I am looking at a Canon P-150 , or at least something in that size range. If someone has experience on this or similar scanners, please let me know what you think.