I wrote a post yesterday where I stated that we aim to become paperless. We moved to a new office today. As I was packing, I was horrified by all the paper we have to sort. It convinced me that we must go digital as much as we can.

I got the Fujitsu Scansnap about six months ago, and I will never, ever look back. We're an all-Mac household, and it works seamlessly and quickly - so quickly that it takes me longer to deliberate over whether or not to scan something than to just *do* it. Which is how something needs to work to get me to bother. ;)

It costs more than some alternatives, but it's been worth every penny. Comes with Acrobat, too, full version.

I am thrilled with my ScanSnap S510 (PC version). Scanning a huge document involves placing the sheaf of papers in the slot and pressing *one* button. It includes Adobe Acrobat, so the price isn't as steep as it first appears. Like a previous commenter, I'm finding that it really works for me to have scanning be so fast and easy that it's basically faster for me to scan a document than make any decisions about it. That's the problem with paper clutter -- every piece of paper has a decision needed to address it. II have already gotten rid of *stacks* of paper and I have lots more to go, but I find the process quite enjoyable, surprisingly. I have daily backups from mozy.com so I'm trusting that my now-virtual documents are safe. Another benefit is that my previously hardcopy documents are now easily shareable and searchable.

One of the big challenges that people face (from our research) in going paperless, is the amount of upfront work one has to do scan the documents, index them, shred the paper and make sure it is all backed up. Between the scanner, the time spent scanning and performing all the activities, it takes at least $500 in investment.

To help address this and more, Pixily, the company I co-founded, takes away all the drudgery out of going paperless and makes it a breeze to find them from anywhere and anytime. With Pixily, you can go paperless little bit at a time (for people who are watching how much they spend) or do it all at once and stay on top of it. Pixily scans all your paper documents and makes the content within the paper searchable. We offer envelope and box plans. Please go to http://www.pixily.com for more details.