Perhaps so, Steve, but not with today's common versions of PCs and
laptops and handhelds and other devices. They are too limiting in their
input/output and physical characteristics to meet the demands of the
human mind and body to perform at their full potential.
One example: If I need to analyze a problem and think through various
scenarios and alternatives, I sure don't turn to my keyboard. I get up
from my cushy chair, grab a marker, and scribble thoughts and ideas all
over the big whiteboard in my office. I erase, I add, I change, I draw
arrows and asterisks. Periodically I step back and look for themes and
relationships, and eventually put order to the chaos and come up with a
solution. A computer screen can't give the same big-picture vision and
physical involvement in the analytical process. Today's computers have
their uses in many situations, I'll agree, but they also certainly have
limitations that prevent them from being the best solution in all cases.
I've adapted to the technology for many years. At some point the
technology is going to have to adapt to me (and the generation after
me).
Happy Friday, Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 5:10 PM
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Subject: OT RE: Standard Record Boxes
I disagree Greg. I firmly believe that the generation following us will
achieve a nearly complete paperless state; probably in the last 10 years
of their working career.
Best regards, Steve
Steven D. Whitaker, CRM
Records Systems Manager; City of Reno
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Taina Makinen wrote:
"I find it more difficult to achieve the same results with spreadsheets
and word processing files because I can't see all of the information at
once in the same way. (And web pages are even harder for me to
handle.)
This isn't to say that I don't like electronic documents; it's just more
work for me to take in the data in the same way as I do for paper."
Exactly. Ergonomics, ergonomics, ergonomics!!!! It's the key.
Sorry, Steve, but we'll never achieve 'paperlessness' until some genius
solves the very real ergonomic issues that hinder human interaction with
a computer. Like Taina, I need more interaction with my information
than what my computer affords. When somebody can put computer
information into a thing that I can hold in my hand and flip through
like a sheet of paper or a book while moving around my office, instead
of sitting in one place staring at an illuminated screen 28" in front of
my nose, then I may be willing to stop printing every email that's over
2 sentences long. Until then, I guess I'm a confirmed Gutenberger.
Greg Schildmeyer, CRM
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