48 Years.
Yup, that’s how long we’ve had the venerable and indispensable modern commercialized version of the fax machine at our disposal. That’s long enough.
It’s 2012.
There are MUCH more efficient ways of transmitting documents. Email is a universal way of sending documents these days. Just a few years ago, however, it did require you to possess a 40lb desktop computer with an internet connection.
But now, almost everyone I know has a smartphone that allows you to send and receive emails anywhere in the world. At home, work, school, the mountains, the beach, just to name a few (can you come up with a few more creative places??).
Ok.
So transmitting documents is a no-brainer. The problem now is signing and returning a document. That’s a wee bit more difficult…until now. Welcome to DocuSign Ink. They’ve just released their mobile apps for Android, iPhone and iPad. They literally just released this app last week (February 2, 2012). I have to say, I’m quite impressed.
DocuSign has been around for a number of years with some great products. However, the problem has been the lack of ease for end-users (clients) to sign documents. It generally required the use of an actual computer (perish the thought!), and then after a painful and slow process, you could actually coax digital signatures out of recipients. But not any more. DocuSign Ink is a FREE app, no subscriptions, no ‘pay per signature.’ It’s just ridiculously simple. Give it a shot and download the app!
Now that you’ve got the app, it’s time to find a home and write up a contract together! Without all that messy paper work.
However, if you’re just not thrilled about all this DocuSign sweetness, you can always resort to your PDF annotation app of choice on your mobile device. If you’re a iPad or iPhone user, I can only strongly recommend PDF Expert. This app totally rocks. Not only can you sign PDF documents, you can fill out forms, annotate documents with highlighters, draw shapes, strike-through words, re-organize pages (including inserting and deleting pages). This list goes on…
Honestly, I don’t work for or get any referrals from these two companies. I just dig what they’re doing.
I love it when tech ‘simply works.’ 
