If you think keeping the technology running smoothly in your house consumes a lot of time - you are correct!! But no need to retreat to the woods. Just be aware of the pros and cons of digital life, and keep reading Digital Zen to help sort through it all....
Quick and Easy Scan App
I knew scan apps existed, but I thought - why bother? Just take a photo and be done with it. Then I tried CamScanner. Here's the difference. ...
Tax Time! See How Easily You Can Download Financial Statements
I'm using FileThis to help automate a lengthy chore. The free service fetches bank statements for me and deposits them into my DropBox account....
Easily Email Docs to Your iPad
PDF documents were littering up my desktop, waiting to be read. I avoided reading them at my desk, and printing them out just traded digital clutter for paper. Now I simply email PDF's to my iPad where they wait unobtrusively until I'm ready for them. Here's how....
How I Use Email Filters to Catch & Batch Bank Statements
Here's how I remember to download bank statements, every month, from multiple websites - and make this paperless statement thing as painless as possible....
DriverSide – The Website for Car Owners
A well maintained car is a safer car, and can save money on repairs down the road. Help yourself stay on track with an online vehicle maintenance log at DriverSide.com....
Eliminate Credit Offers
In today's climate I don't know why anyone would consider a credit offer that they didn't initiate themselves. Make your name inelegible for five years by opting-out online, or permanently by mail, with a short visit to OptOutPrescreen.com. ...
Good Riddance Junk Mail
Reduce junk mail by registering with the Direct Marketing Association’s "Mail Preference Service" at DMAChoice.org. It's worth the few minutes it takes to elect three blanket preferences - one each for catalogs, magazines, and other mail offers....
So Long, Yellow Pages
Jump on over to the national Yellow Pages Opt-out site and register your preferences there. Free, quick, painless....
Opt-Out of Paper Catalogs
Round up all those paper catalogs you got over the holiday buying season and opt-out of each title you don't want at CatalogChoice.org. I grabbed a stack and in less than 45 minutes, created a free account and opted-out of 24 catalogs, plus two phone books....
