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Tech expert Nicholas Montgomery teaches us how to create the zen lifestyle and reduce everything to simplify your life.
Go digital & get paperless
E-bills - have all your bills and statements delivered online via your email. Its less paper & its easier to keep organized.
Set up auto pay for your bills with your credit card. Save paper, be green and never be late for a payment again.
Replace your filing cabinet with a digital filing cabinet by scanning your files with a portable scanner. Once your papers are digitized, they can easily be found by searching not only the title but a word in the document
Subscribe to digital newspapers & magazines & avoid the stack papers at the end of the week.
Minimize the devices you use
Instead of carrying an MP3 player, a camera, a GPS system and your phone – get a Smartphone/Superphone that does everything.
Live in the cloud
Ditch the word processor and share your documents online. No need to send hundreds of revised emails. With Google Docs just share a link and all the edits to the document are saved and multiple users can be online. Great if you’re working on a project with someone as you can chat about changes.
Make your computer files available from ANY internet connection with Dropbox.com. Instead of emailing files to yourself or carrying a USB key Dropbox creates a folder on your computer. When you update your itinerary, you can be sure it is automatically saved and synced, ready to be accessed at any computer with an Internet connection.
Back up your files and photos automatically with Carbonite. Once you install the software on a Mac or PC, without having to click or plug anything in, an unlimited number files can be backed up online with military grade encryption.