Re: Re: Bbsing
By: Jim Singleton to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Feb 27 2026 01:18 pm

i often think we are using more paper now than ever. Jim Singleton

More and more these days, I wish people would email you things as PDFs or similar so I could open it up on my computer (or perhaps smartphone).. I feel like it would be easier to have scanned/digital copies of documents.

I bought a new car a few years ago, and I scanned all the paperwork into a PDF so I can look at it more easily if I need to, and that has been useful a couple times.

Recently I've been looking for work, as I was laid off in September. I've been attending a weekly job search networking group (they have various topics each week), and the person who organizes it sometimes gives printed handouts. She has most of our email addresses though, since it's possible to pre-register for it, and she does send job postings via PDF; I think it would be useful if the paper handouts she has were instead emailed as PDFs. I imagine she probably prints them off from some electronic source anyway; they could probably be easily saved as a PDF to be sent out via email.

Nightfox

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Nightfox wrote to Jim Singleton <=-

More and more these days, I wish people would email you things as PDFs
or similar so I could open it up on my computer (or perhaps
smartphone).. I feel like it would be easier to have scanned/digital copies of documents.

A couple of jobs ago, I was responsible for managing 6 sites in the
local area. I got in the habit of using the scan to email feature of
our big MFPs and scanned every piece of paper I had.

I should spend a weekend and scan everything I have now at home.

Recently I've been looking for work, as I was laid off in September.
I've been attending a weekly job search networking group (they have various topics each week), and the person who organizes it sometimes
gives printed handouts. She has most of our email addresses though,
since it's possible to pre-register for it, and she does send job
postings via PDF; I think it would be useful if the paper handouts she
has were instead emailed as PDFs. I imagine she probably prints them
off from some electronic source anyway; they could probably be easily saved as a PDF to be sent out via email.

Good luck in your job search. I spent 2016-2017 looking for a job, and
part of 2018. I had some career coach sessions that helped some. Two
takeaways I had from that were to focus on making stories compelling,
and using what people refer to as a SCAR/STAR portfolio.

Describe a Situation, the Challenge it presented, the Actions you took,
and the Results to the company and the people - and do it in a way
that's compelling. How did it affect the company, change people's
workflow? Make life easier for employees?

The second thing that helped was applying that SCAR methodology to
every job you've done. It's too easy to focus on the most recent
events, especially when you're laid off. Go back over your entire
career, you've got compelling stories of how you helped a company
succeed that you've forgotten. That's a real shot in the arm.

If you're walking, keep doing it. If not, start at least once a day.
Get out, stretch out, get some air, and some sunlight. It made a huge
difference in my mindset.



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Re: Re: Paper
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Feb 28 2026 08:28 am

Good luck in your job search. I spent 2016-2017 looking for a job, and part of 2018. I had some career coach sessions that helped some. Two takeaways I had from that were to focus on making stories compelling, and using what people refer to as a SCAR/STAR portfolio.

Thanks. I've heard similar strategies.

If you're walking, keep doing it. If not, start at least once a day. Get out, stretch out, get some air, and some sunlight. It made a huge difference in my mindset.

I might do that. Thanks.

Nightfox

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Re: Paper
By: Nightfox to Jim Singleton on Fri Feb 27 2026 01:25 pm

Re: Re: Bbsing
By: Jim Singleton to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Feb 27 2026 01:18 pm

i often think we are using more paper now than ever. Jim Singleton

More and more these days, I wish people would email you things as PDFs or similar so I could open it up on my computer (or perhaps smartphone).. I fe like it would be easier to have scanned/digital copies of documents.

I bought a new car a few years ago, and I scanned all the paperwork into a P so I can look at it more easily if I need to, and that has been useful a cou times.

Recently I've been looking for work, as I was laid off in September. I've b attending a weekly job search networking group (they have various topics eac week), and the person who organizes it sometimes gives printed handouts. Sh has most of our email addresses though, since it's possible to pre-register it, and she does send job postings via PDF; I think it would be useful if th paper handouts she has were instead emailed as PDFs. I imagine she probably prints them off from some electronic source anyway; they could probably be easily saved as a PDF to be sent out via email.

Nightfox

I like that idea of creating a PDF. And of course, it could be printed off as needed. I have a weekend project now.

Jim Singleton
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Jim Singleton wrote to Nightfox <=-

I like that idea of creating a PDF. And of course, it could be printed
off as needed. I have a weekend project now.

There are some pretty nice scanning tools out there now - my Canon
inkjet has a scanner and a paper feeder, I swear by that. All of our
printers in the offices scan *very* quickly - and there's a Microsoft
and Google PDF scanner for Android I've played with.

What I can't stand are Adobe PDF products - expensive, hard to manage,
and they all want to save to Adobe Cloud, which we don't use. I'm in
the market for a small, lightweight PDF editor.



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What I can't stand are Adobe PDF products - expensive, hard to manage,
and they all want to save to Adobe Cloud, which we don't use. I'm in
the market for a small, lightweight PDF editor.

I use Nuance Power PDF.

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Robert Wolfe wrote to POINDEXTER FORTRAN <=-

What I can't stand are Adobe PDF products - expensive, hard to manage,
and they all want to save to Adobe Cloud, which we don't use. I'm in
the market for a small, lightweight PDF editor.

I use Nuance Power PDF.

Good to know, I'm getting pricing for them now. Adobe is raising their
prices 12% at the conclusion of my term this year.



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