I have been a long time user of digital pen technologies and am always amazed by its feature set and simplicity. At the core of digital pen technologies is Anoto functionality which gives software developers the tools to create innovative solutions. For the past several years I have been using a solution from Talario called xPaper. In it latest iteration xPaper, lets you print your forms on ordinary paper and write on the form with the digital pen. Once the pen is docked the ink is automatically downloaded to the form and within seconds you have a crystal clear PDF of your contents that you are ready to add to your work flow.


xPaper is comprised of several different components; the xPaper software, the xPaper printer driver, and a commercially licensed digital pen. Once you load the xPaper software and XPaper printer driver you are ready to get started. You simply open any form on your computer and using the xPaper printer driver you print the form on your color printer. Talario has a list of suggested and approved printers that can be used with their solution on their web site. Once the form is printed you will notice a light watermark dot pattern on your print out. These dots allow the digital pen, which has a camera at the base to know exactly where the ink is being written. It is quite ingenious to say the least. Now all you have to do is write on the paper and dock the pen to see the results. Within seconds the ink appears on the form and you are ready to add it to your work flow. Talario has a number of Connectors that let you decide what you would like to do with the form that is stored in the xPaper application. Using one of the connectors you could easily send the PDF to your Gmail account or FTP it to your server. In any case with a couple of clicks of the mouse you can transpose your form into a digital document and archive it.

This past semester I was teaching a graduate course in Action Research and utilized xPaper to record my biweekly meetings with my students as I mentored them through the process. To get started, I printed my Conference Log Sheet with xPaper and once the students met with me I would record our session notes with the digital pen along with my expectations for our next meeting. When my student’s left our meeting I would hand them the form as a review of the session for them as a take away and then I would dock my pen so that I had a record of the meeting. xPaper worked flawlessly and many of my students remarked at the end of the semester that having the progress notes really helped them to move through the process. Using xPaper saved me a great deal of time, energy, and paper. Having my students’ archived notes on my computer that I could quickly access worked out extremely well for me as well. Now that we are in the process of accreditation it is great that I can archive this information.

If you are looking for ways to add digital pen and paper solutions to your work flow send me an email and I can share with you how you can use Xpaper in the work that you do to increase efficiency. xPaper is ideal for anyone who uses forms on a daily basis and needs a way to move them to the computer for backup and archival purposes.

 

AssistiveTek, LLC

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This is a very well written informative article about local businesses.

Twenty-three-year-old Nicole Ort of the Long Valley farming dynasty is leading Ort Farms into a farm future that looks a lot like her grandfather’s past.

“We were dairy farmers,” said 85-year-old Harvey Ort Sr., whose father, Jacob, started the farm in 1916. “Through the ’60s there were 150 to 170 dairy farmers in Washington Township, but they had small farms with 25 or 30 cows. They started fading away in the ’70s.”

The healthy Ort Sr. has lived in the same house and eaten only local food, including family-raised meats, his whole life.

After a couple of generations of supermarket food, many people would like to turn back the clock.
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A great meeting and a very interesting presentation by one of our newest members, Brian Friedlander. In his presentation he demonstrated a new digital pen which can record live information and then transfer the text onto paper or a wall chart. This is a excellent new item which would enhance  your meeting and presentation.

  Letip of Somerset Hills is very proud to have him as a new member.

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Joel Shenman

JES Promotions

(908) 953-0575  phone

(908) 953-0840  fax

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Skin care needn’t be complicated. It’s finding the right products that work for your skin. And sometimes that means trying before buying and having the complete money back guarantee as your back up..
 
Finding a cleanser that delivers anti-aging products while still deep cleaning the dirt and make up isn’t that hard. Our TimeWise 3-in-1 Cleanser combines age fighting benefits plus three essential skin benefits in ONE product to cleanse, exfoliate and refresh. So while the base of the cleanser is cleaning, the pink microbeads are taking away dead skin and the green ones are refreshing the skin. The skin is left feeling clean and refreshed, but not tight.  That’s the feeling you get from soap and the residue it leaves behind…
And the TimeWise 3-in-1 cleanser comes in two formulations, normal and oily! We got you covered!
 
Tune in next week for that path to a miracle for your skin!
 
Cathy Ayres
Independent Mary Kay Beauty Consultant celebrating 35 years!!!

 

Here is a Gallup poll that shows more hope for the economy. -

By 22% to 8%, more U.S. small-business owners expect to increase than decrease the total number of jobs at their company over the next 12 months, according to a new Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index poll conducted Jan. 9-13, 2012. This 14-percentage-point advantage for expected job growth is the largest since the +15 of January 2008, suggesting small-business owners are more optimistic about hiring now than at any time in the past four years.

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 If you attended the February 10, 2012 Somerset Hills LeTip Meeting then you saw a demonstration of a number of innovative and easy to use digital pens solutions for your business. We first had a look at PaperShow for Teachers which was used to drive the PowerPoint slide deck and make the presentation more interactive by allowing the presenter to annotate on top of the slides. Following this the group had a chance to see how you could go directly from a filling out a paper form to a transcribed Microsoft Word  document by simply docking the digital pen into the USB docking station. If you have a business that processes a lot of forms and need a quick and secure way to enter the data then speak to me about this easy to use solution. Lastly, we had a chance to look at Quartet Kapture and easy way to save all ideas that have been generated and recorded  from a flip chart. Just imagine how great it would be to be able to capture all those great ideas from a flip chart and email them to the participants as a PDF file after the session is over. No need to worry about ever losing those great ideas from your brainstorming sessions.  If you would like more information to see how you can integrate these innovative digital pen technologies into your business work flow then please feel free to email me for more information or a demonstration in your office
Thanks
Brian S. Friedlander, Ph.D.
 

AssistiveTek, LLC

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Susan Olinger, of Sterling Horticultural Services, a full-service landscape firm, is designing a garden space for “Mansion in May”, Morristown Hospital’s fundraising event. This event showcases both landscape and interior designers. The photos show the garden space to be designed, and the view of the mansion from the space.

    The garden will be titled “The Lady’s Garden” and will feature the existing ancient sculpture, as well as additional statuary, a fountain, fieldstone wall and bluestone patio and pathways.  Plants will be chosen from a palette of green and white, creating a cool, serene and meditative ambience.
    For more information about Mansion in May, go to the website www.mansioninmay.com.  Susan Olinger’s work can be seen at Sterling’s site: www.sterlinghort.com

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It’s not so hard to believe when you live here but you never really expect to have it recognized nationally. There  are a lot of great things about New Jersey. It is easy to take your kids to NYC or Philli we have Princeton and Rutgers. The REAL Jersey Shore ( not the fake one you see on TV) and more

 

The United States created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to a near three-year low, Nonfarm payrolls jumped 243,000, the Labor Department said on Friday, as factory jobs grew by the most in a year.

 

 

 

McAleney Wealth Management, LLC

Jon C. McAleney

President

350 Main Street Suite 3A

Bedminster, NJ 07921

908-375-7970

jon@mcaleneywealth.com

February 2012

Hi Everyone!Wow no snow yet and it’s Febuary! Can you believe it? It’s sure helping  all of our heating bills!

Febuary also brings the time we start getting all your 1099′s. Most companies should have the 1099′s out by Feb 15th unless it’s apartnership investment which is March15th.

If you have any questions about your 1099′s, reach out to that insitution for an explaination or your CPA.

Enjoy the warm weather!!

Jon C. McAleney

Keeping Market Volatility in Perspective
When markets are volatile, sticking to a long-term investing strategy can be a challenge. It might help keep the ups and down in perspective to see how recent market action compares to previous market cycles.
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Many retirement plan and IRA limits are indexed for inflation each year. Many of the limits have increased for 2012.
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You don’t want to pay more in tax than you have to. That means taking advantage of every deduction and credit that you’re entitled to, and recognizing potential opportunities to save.
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Historically low mortgage interest rates have prompted many homeowners to think seriously about refinancing, but there’s a lot you need to consider before filling out a loan application.
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