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Bruce White wrote:
>The only sure way for going paperless that I am aware of is to remove all
>copiers, printers, fax machines, etc., any means for individuals to
print.
>I've heard one or two companies (maybe rumors) attempting this -
definitely
>a change in culture.
Paper's appeal is that it is inexpensive, portable, easily annotated, and
difficult to erase with a fridge magnet <g>. Plus, I experience less
eyestrain with paper than I do with a computer monitor.
Myself, I think a part of my brain has developed to recognize "information
fields" that are 8.5 x 11 inches. This helps me to organize, navigate, and
retrieve the content (i.e. "I think I saw that somewhere on the top left
corner of a right-hand page") in the process of turning data into
knowledge. 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.
But I grew up with paper; I'll be interested to see how (and whether)
future generations use it.
Cheers,
Taina Makinen
Vital Records Specialist
Canadian Tire Corporation
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