I found a helpful tool that lets me know exactly where packages of photographs are as they are  shipped to the magazine.  It is a free widget for the Mac called Delivery Status and I encourage you to use it if you need to easily monitor multiple shipments.

The idea is simple - tell the widget the shipping company, tracking number, how often you want it to update and enter an optional description of the package.  Now when the need arises to check on a package simply look at the dashboard. 

To make the notification process even easier (who has time or remembers to look at the dashhboard?)  have Growl display any change of status concerning the packages on the screen.   

Could it get any easier?  Let us know in the comments if you know of any great ways to stay on top of shipments of packages.

[Delivery Status via Delivery Status Package Tracker (Mac) on lifehacker.com and Growl.]

— Evan Wilder

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