by Ralph
on April 2, 2012
Will you continue to influence people after you die?
Many people have modest goals for their retirement. They want enough money to live comfortably and provide their basic needs and maybe a few splurges. Others have grander plans. They want to create a legacy. They want to leave something that establishes that they made a difference. There can be many kinds of legacies. One way is to create a charity that provides assistance to people with a disease or disabling condition. Another might be a scholarship fund for needy students. Your charity might fund an activity that your like and want to encourage. Those are all wonderful ways to ensure that your influence continues beyond your lifetime but there is another kind of legacy which focuses on your family, creating experiences for your children and grandchildren that define unique events and relationships that are part of your family and make it special. [continue reading…]
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by Ralph
on April 2, 2012
Last week I exposed one of my flaws that I am trying my best to fix- the problem I have managing paper in my office. Well Manfred has my solution. He has found a way to eliminate those pesky piles of papers. I am elated but I am not sure that his solution fixes everything for me. First of all, it’s a piece of equipment – a nifty one I have to admit but it’s going to run me $400 and second when it eliminates the paper, it creates computer files – again they are search able PDF’s, but I’m back to the filing problem again. If I had to $400, I’d probably jump to it because Manfred has moved me to a better place with my emails.
Here is what Manfred recommends:
The Fujitsu ScanSnap
The first and perhaps most important aspect of my paperless workflow is my trusty Fujitsu ScanSnap. I have been using my S500M (that’s the Mac version) for a few months now and have praised it in the past. I also just recently got a demo model (full disclosure here) from Fujitsu of the rockin’ awesome S510M [Amazon, Info.] I never thought I could get excited about something so traditionally mundane as scanner before, but I really, really love this device. In fact, the ScanSnap is probably my favorite piece of consumer electronics not made by Apple. (Check out the video.)
It’s certainly a step in the right direction if I want to clean up my act paperwise. Is it worth $400? I’ll have to think about it. What do you think?
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