tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post3383528696221635263..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Brief Sunday Snippets - technology, writing etcJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-48276118088302932302009-04-08T13:58:00.000+10:002009-04-08T13:58:00.000+10:00Jim,When in doubt, remember competitive advantage....Jim,<BR/><BR/>When in doubt, remember competitive advantage. You can hire a service to sort, scan and store your papers. Yes, you are still left with the indexing problem, but I daresay one of two situations applies. <BR/><BR/>Either (a) the papers are not currently indexed, in which case you can at least search them electronically and so are a little better off or (b) you have a paper based index system in which case you can instruct the service provide to use that system in tagging content.<BR/><BR/>The idea is worth exploring - my father in law eventually had his huge collection of Wordstar 5 files (on 5.25" floppies!) converted to Word 97. didn't know what to do with the space and held onto the disks for about two years until he had them backed up 4 times, one offsite, in several formats.<BR/><BR/>For all that, I like paper for some uses, particularly critical review of current work. I somehow read it better.Bobqnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-29966642176041890562009-04-08T06:04:00.000+10:002009-04-08T06:04:00.000+10:00I greatly fear that you are right, RM!I greatly fear that you are right, RM!Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-45539264124498878942009-04-08T02:39:00.000+10:002009-04-08T02:39:00.000+10:00It might also be a useful exercise to ask if you h...It might also be a useful exercise to ask if you have bitten off more than you can chew!rummusernoreply@blogger.com