An effort to get organized?

I am "trying" to get my office in some sort of sorted chaos of late.  One of my issues is tracking my in/outgoing mail.  Yea, yea and those pesky monthly reminders I now own a home.

With that, while I was attending this years "what more crap can I bring home" show I sought out a vendor I have been eyeing for YEARS.  This would be the NEAT company.

I don't know if many of you are familiar with their products.  They basically have 2 different types of scanners.

The NEAT Receipt. This unit is self powered (USB) and highly portable.  However only does simplex scanning (one sided).

The other is the NEAT Desk.  This is the one I bought.  See that tray there with the different sizes.  It's setup for letter, receipts and business cards.  It does duplex scanning at 24 pages a minute.  The tray comes out to scan up to 50 pages at a time.

I went with big brother mainly because I really didn't see where I would be hauling a scanner around with me in the first place and I like the sheet/duplex ability.

The real kicker though is the software that comes with it.  I could have bought the software separately, but it only works with a few high end scanners and this was a more economical solution.  The software reads ALL of the data on a page and organizes the documents for you.

Now one of the MAIN reasons I bought this thing is I can now scan all of my mail.  In and out to keep track of conversations AND be able to read them on my iPad when I'm out so I'm not carrying all of the  mail I'm responding to in my bag.  I am always afraid of loosing something (nothing yet and I don't want there to be a first time).

This thing will also handle card stock :)  I can even scan my postcards!

So it arrives tomorrow.  I have 30 days to run it through it's paces and believe me I will..

Let you know how the first weekend goes.. Can't wait to get rid of the other paper in my life.  I need the space to store my letters :)

Now on to fun stuff.  You remember that little thing I wrote about last week?  Crapfest?  Well I have a chance to get back to San Francisco next weekend for another trade show.  IF (big if), I manage to be able to go and gather more crap, I will be adding it to the pile for distribution.  The show is the San Francisco International Gift and Decor Show.  So keep hoping I can afford to get out of town next weekend..

Derrick

Of Postkards, Conduct and Crap Fest #1

So, did I catch ya off guard with that title.. hmm..  (thinks well he usually puts it together in the end) And YOU would be right.  so bear with :)

It's been a fairly slow mail week here.  But what I did get in was VERY nice, and from some new folks responding to my Baseball Giveaway.  For those of you who are wondering, NO you haven't missed it (there have been questions on mailings).  I have set a date for April 15th.  Figure someone should get something back.

So remember the rules..
1. Follow the blog
2. Comment on this post.
3. send me something (letter or postcard)
4. nothing just those 3 up above..  think I was making it difficult or something. Sheesh.

With that let's get on with our first guest speaker..  Mr. O'Brien.

Like the K-Mail stamp Keith.  You mentioned that I didn't notice the stamp on the last one you sent (Malcolm X), was there supposed to be a k-mail on that as well??  I Really like the letter stamps.

If you read my other post with some of Mr. O'Brien's mail, he does some very nice "postkards".  In this mailing he sent me a booklet containing 8 of his kards over a time period while contemplating and then completing a move from some unknown location (wasn't mentioned) to Maine.  This actually had me cleaning my "krap" out of my office and a bit in the garage today prepping for my forthcoming relocation.

So from Postkards to Conduct..  Oooo.. Segue or what!

I browse and "occasionally" purchase from the site Col Littleton.  He (the Colonel.. "I hated the colnel, with his BEADY EYES, OOoooo Your gonna buy my chicken oooo) makes some really cool products.  So while on a recent perusal of his shopping mecca, I noticed that they were doing a little Conduct Informational mailing. 

And with your request you get one of these..

So.. How's YOUR Conduct??

From Conduct to Karen.. Eh., Uh huh.. I'm rollin today.  This one comes from Ms. Karen who apparently like folks looking at her butt.. (hey you started it).  Her hubby (Max) looking at her posterior exclaimed "Hey jordache is sticking out"  OK not really and yea it's a really bad joke..  maybe.  actually he said her jeans looked like the iridescent oil patch in the driveway "you should take a picture it'll last longer" CLIQUE".. and from that conversation came this.

Cool EH??

From Karen to Cleveland.. Alright, I know.. MILKING IT.. (enough already)  yea, yea..  This one comes from James at everyday correspondence.  Response to the baseball mailing.  Please check out his site.  Some really cool letterhead available for download.. gratis.

Next up, is this one from Jennifer (england)  Card reads, Joice Coach builders, circa 1900.  Jennifer tells me that this building is now a car park named Joices Yard, surrounded by old timely flower shops and cafés.

I so love the english postage.

This one from Shannah, who thanked me for the Christy Mathewson card, and then asks me to "Kiss her , she's Irish! Literally!"  (Kim would be jealous) thanks for the offer :)  I really do like the patchwork quilt ( have many of them around the house) Shannah states she loves to quilt, sew, crochet and knit (yes she's old fashioned!)  Thanks Shannah.

Next up Ms. Davis, who really needs to send more mail.  I mean look at all those old stamps.

And our last piece for the week comes from Ms. Jane, FOCUS!!  This is an original piece, sent in reply to my baseball mailing.  She makes note of the card I sent (Lou Gerhig, New York Yankee).  She put it on her fridge to irritate her son.  YES, I sent you that card on purpose.  Yes, I knew where you are in relation to Boston.  I gotta poke where I can right :)

Ok, now on to Krap Fest (thanks Keith).  While prepping for the imminent relocation of the Dodson rabble.  I have been going through all of the Krap, I don't want to move but really also don't want to just chuck.  Believe me I was almost there when I though, I can offload this garbage on someone else. 

So this is what I have and this will ALL go out to one person, selected next Friday, March 23rd.

Scent of pencils to choose from Watermelon, Root Beer, Orange or Very Berry.  Only one pencil.  All of the rest goes out.  Along with what you see here is a bunch of movie posters. (I work at a radio station).  So there ya go.

Rules:

Follow the blog and comment on post with scent of pencil.  That's it.  I'll draw the winner on Friday morning.

Well that's it for today/tonight when ever your reading this and in what time zone/country.

Thanks for reading..