This is Stevea Robbins.

Welcome to the get it done guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Yay, we live in the future with matter duplicators, instant teleportation, and a free, moneyless society in which the world's abundance is shared with all who need it.

No, no we don't.

Just kidding. And in our world of scarcity, the 1,500 families

that own everything want to make sure that no one ever has anything they're not supposed to.

So, when we travel, go on work lunches, or buy stuff that's deductible, refundable, returnable,

we have all kinds of receipts to collect and take care of, to make

sure that no one has anything they're not supposed to have, because that would be bad.

Eight years ago, I did a groundbreaking episode that disrupted how the world manages

receipts.

That was in the pre-cell phone era, however.

Listener Giles Bartlett wrote in, and he asked me,

In the 21st century, how do I organize receipts?

Wise, observant, Giles, thank you for pointing out this additional opportunity to completely

disrupt receipt management.

As the get it done guy, I must rise to the challenge.

If smartphones have changed the game, then once again, we must

win the game. We must wrangle all receipts into submission. Can you tell that I haven't

had my coffee yet this morning? Your new receipt wrangling toolkit is your smartphone camera and

PDF technology to capture and store receipts.

First, get a scanner app. Now this is different from just a photograph app. When

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