Paperless life

Palimpsest: the guide to a (mostly) paperless life | 43 Folders

"[R]ecognize that paper is all about process, whereas digital media are all about information and retrieval. One mustn't be afraid to whip out a scrap of paper when it's time to scribble impromptu notes, mark a manuscript for edits, or do some visual thinking. Equally, one must not hesitate to scan or transcribe and then throw away a piece of paper that has value only in the potential future usefulness of the information it represents, once the drafting and scribbling are done. Embracing paperless reference filing is not the same thing as rejecting paper's important role in your work."

The author then advocates scanning documents into PDFs (now an ISO standard) which are beautifully handled natively within OS-X Leopard.