Comments on: 7 easy steps for getting off paper

By: thistinyhouse

thistinyhouse — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:39:53 +0000

You’re probably right Lisa, but I do think some teachers are moving to e-learning, videos, slideshows, etc. One of my teachers doesn’t even recommend books anymore, he says google has become a more important tool than a physical library. Virtual file storage is much less bulky than paper!

By: lisa

lisa — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:47:29 +0000

I’m all for purging as much unneeded files and paper as possible, but what do you do if you’re a teacher? I feel like you still are going to need tons of paperwork regardless of whether you’d like to or not.

By: mokihana

mokihana — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:59:11 +0000

Thanks for the post and comments. We’re lugging around tax papers just because we’re still … American but I really love the IMPORTANT and SENTIMENTAL BOXES a good project before we mobilize the vardo again. I especially like the reminder to get to the point where we have an external hard-drive. My near ten-year laptop is workhorse and a vital link to the world for us on the ledge. An off-gassed external hard-drive … good idea. And to the Adventure Cyclist okay! The process sounds learnable and what a nice way to keep leaving the trees standing.

By: My Little Secret to Living with Less | Small Living Journal

My Little Secret to Living with Less | Small Living Journal — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:46:02 +0000

[...] foot trailer. Separating out my “comfort” items — memorabilia, collections, papers and gadgets of all kinds — from my “survival” items, which could be contained in [...]

By: thistinyhouse

thistinyhouse — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:36:23 +0000

That’s great — I’m going to try it. I think 50% of our recycling comes directly from the mailbox.

By: masukomi

masukomi — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:31:53 +0000

speaking of catalogs… In the US you can go down to your local post office and tell them to stop delivering junk mail to you and they will*. The catch is that it’s all or nothing, so if you actually like some of your junk mail (free coupons, catalogs from companies you actually buy from, etc.) this isn’t the option for you.

They used to do this at least. I assume they still do, but haven’t tried at my current residence.

By: thistinyhouse

thistinyhouse — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:34:10 +0000

That’s a great idea to digitize business cards and flyers with a camera. I’ll think about integrating that… thanks for writing in and good luck on your adventures!

By: CyclingAdventurist

CyclingAdventurist — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:00:43 +0000

Hey tinyhouse! I am a long distance Adventure Cyslist doing an expedition of the USA Perimeter. I always have to find ways to maintain an acceptable weight factor in my panniers. I receive ALOT of business cards and fliers from people. Also, I love to read and have come across alot of Goodwill and Salvation Army stores selling 25 cent paperbacks! My solution…I digitize everything with my Nikon camera! I take out a black t-shirt (black reduces glare), lay it on a flat surface outside under natural sunlight and take pictures of anything “paper” on the shirt. I lay the papers out in rows and use the “Sports” function on my camera to take quick “in focus” pictures! I then use MS Picture Manager and Photoshop (on my laptop) to crop and clean up the photos. I carry a lightweight battery charger and use both AA and AAA rechargeable batteries!
I will import numerous pictures into (1) Photoshop PSD file using numerous layers and name that file with date and filename for each day of the year (ie. 021409 Valentines Day.psd) I then convert each layer in the PSD file into an individual photo in GIF format. Sounds like work but it’s not because once you do that you can do whatever you want with them!! (ie. E-cards to friends, shopping receipts, PDF format E-Books, PDF Journals etc) Hope this helps!!

By: thistinyhouse

thistinyhouse — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:48:13 +0000

Thumbs down on the tax man!

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:00:08 +0000

My TAX-RELATED file is larger than your IMPORTANT PAPERS box. I wanted to go paperless billing, but turns out you need that paper trail when you get audited. Too bad, too.