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Paperless Office
Reading Expedited by SDS Judicious Review

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0605 - Summary/Objective
0606 -
060601 - Follow up ref SDS 19 0000, ref SDS 15 0000.
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060603 - An article, ref OF 8 0001, in the San Francisco Chronicle on page B3,
060604 - published 990913 explains advantages of printed media...
060605 -
060606 -        portability
060607 -        ease of use
060608 -        privacy
060609 -
060610 - ...that restrain the move toward a "paperless" office, also, called a
060611 - "virtual office." ref OF 8 1081
060612 -     ..
060613 -     Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 to Anne Blackman who mentioned over
060614 -     the weekend that she has an email address.  Anne might enjoy this
060615 -     article that supports a popular view about advantages of printed
060616 -     material.  Linked to the letter for Craig Boulris at Kaiser,
060617 -     ref DIP 7 0001, which shows how the web supports medical practice,
060618 -     from the record on 990913. ref SDS 17 7728
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060620 -        [On 991001 followed up. ref SDS 20 0001]
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060622 - This assessment reflects in part the article in Today's Engineer
060623 - reviewed on 980613 that cited limited progress toward the "virtual
060624 - office" lauded by technologists for the past 15 years. ref SDS 4 0526
060625 - The Today's Engineer article said the problem is information overload.
060626 - ref SDS 4 2109
060627 -
060628 - The article in the Chronicle does not explain how continuing to use
060629 - paper relieves information overload.
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060631 - I have noticed that some people do "paperwork" while traveling to and
060632 - from work on BART trains.  This reflects portablity and ease-of-use,
060633 - cited in the Chronicle, as advantages of printed media.
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060635 - I, also, notice, however, that the work performed is cursory and
060636 - awkward.
060637 -
060638 - Reading, alone, which can be done well with printed media, reduces
060639 - productivity in management.  Reading novels and magazines for
060640 - entertainment, therefore, works well in printed media.
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060642 - The management arena needs connections between what is read, and
060643 - objectives, history and other sources.  Without connections, which are
060644 - easily accomplished in SDS, reading, alone, reduces productivity
060645 - because it provides only cursory understanding, and no opportunity to
060646 - create controllable action items.
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