Of course the technology exists and has for a long time. Interesting though 
how even at Microsoft, we had more paper than I had ever seen. And I used to 
work for a paper making company!

Elminating paper is more than making something a priority. It is a huge 
cultural shift  Paper has this feel to it - it offers security because we 
can touch it and measure it and do stuff to it like fold it into paper 
airplanes. Paper is fun and we look important when we carry it.

But don't get me wrong - I'm not a paper person. And I agree - I believe the 
next generation will be the ones. Seeing it here already.
All the best!
Sharon Burnett


>From: Steven Whitaker <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: OT RE: Standard Record Boxes
>Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 15:16:15 -0800
>
>Paperless office is not a myth.  The technololgy is here.  Image
>Information Inc. (down in Georgia) is an example.  You have to make it a
>priority to do it.
>
>Again, it will not be our generation that will change the expensive
>paper process paradigm, it will be the generation following us.
>
>Best regards, Steve
>Steven D. Whitaker, CRM
>Records Systems Manager; City of Reno
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 12/08/05 02:57PM >>>
>I remember a few years back being so excited when my late partner,
>Dave,
>brought home the first prototype of a Tablet PC for us to test out. Wow
>- a
>screen you could write on! And the machine would "learn" (actually the
>user
>learns) your handwriting. Then you could save your notes as a word doc
>or
>forward as an email. This was like a perfect score on the cool list.
>
>Unfortunately the Tablet PC has never really taken hold. Probably they
>were
>too expensive. I just saw an NEC advertised at $1400, but I didn't look
>at
>the specs. Originally they were closer to $3K.
>
>You've all probably read this book "the myth of the paperless office"
>by
>Abigail J. Sellen and Richard H. R. Harper, but if not check it out.
>The
>psychology of paper is fascinating.
>
>Rock on!
>Sharon Burnett in sunny, but cold Seattle WA
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