Reduce clutter, improve productivity with iPhone
Unclutterer is one of my favorite blogs. They offer practical advice and tips on keeping your work, home and life tidy and clutter-free.This week, they've posted an article on using the iPhone for increased productivity and clutter reduction. There are several great tips, including my favorite -- photograph the bar codes of your membership cards (gym, Staples, etc.) and store them in an appropriately named album. Most scanners should have no trouble reading the bar codes (test this before ditching your cards, of course).
They also mention apps like Jott and Evernote. It's definitely worth a read. Check it out.
Update: Their website seems to be having a bit of trouble this morning, folks. We're sure they're working on it. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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July 23 2008 at 12:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThose of you having difficulty seeing our homepage, can you let me know what browser you're using and if you're still getting the problem? We can't recreate the problem any longer ...
Also, those of you having difficulty with photographing your bar codes, you can't take the picture with the iPhone. You have to upload the picture from a camera that has a high-quality zoom. A scan won't work, either, since the bar code has to be larger than actual size. This is explained in the article ... which, unfortunately, you probably can't see because of whatever this bug is ... sorry about that ...
Umm, I tried the whole scanning your cards thing, and none of the bar code readers at any of the stores I go to could read the code off of the phone.
You also have to be comfortable letting the person that checks you out hold the phone over the lasers when it doesn't work when you try it.
Don't you just hate it when sites offer impractical advice and tips?
July 23 2008 at 10:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhy take digital photos of the cards? Why not scan them front and back, so you get a consistent size/quality image? I did this for my grocery store club cards and some others that I'm not to concerned about security for (I use eWallet to keep secure copies of my credit card information).
July 23 2008 at 9:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhy take digital photos of the cards? Why not scan them front and back, so you get a consistent size/quality image? I did this for my grocery store club cards and some others that I'm not to concerned about security for (I use eWallet to keep secure copies of my credit card information).
July 23 2008 at 9:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBecause some people don't have a scanner? Just a thought...
July 23 2008 at 10:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHal: Yeah me too..
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Umm - they do realise you actually can clip web pages to Evernote from your iPhone? Just sync their bookmarklet to your bookmarks folder.
July 23 2008 at 9:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWell, you forgot about reQuall. The best Sppech to Text TODO App. Freeware!
July 23 2008 at 9:16 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAm I think ony one that sees http://unclutterer.com/ as being a page of random characters?
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