Some cool landscape-looking things drawn by computer.

Here are the requirements I have for any paper-free system:

* The scanned files need to be OCR’ed so I can search them easily. I’m too lazy to categorize and tag files manually.
* I need to be able to scan files anywhere. If I’m out at dinner I want to be able to snap a picture of my receipt and tear it up right there.
* No “cloud” services allowed for unencrypted important documents. I simply don’t trust Google/Dropbox/etc enough to put my bank statements and such there.
* Files need to be backed up securely in case my apartment burns down.
* The entire process needs to be automated as much as possible, otherwise I’ll get lazy and not scan things.

Bob Stein, founder of the Institute for the Future of the Book, talks about working for Alan Kay, starting the Criterion Collection and Voyager on laserdisc, Hypercard e-books, and interactive CD-ROMs — essentially, the whole prehistory of where we are now with just about all digital media.

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