John Quiggin on 'The myth of "The Myth of the Paperless Office"'

[mmcirvin]

After a long increase, office paper use is starting to decline. (Quiggin also explains why this does not at all invalidate the lessons of the actual book "The Myth of the Paperless Office").

I think I first noticed this in the contexts of academic publishing and job searching. For years I did have a cubicle piled high with vast stacks of paper, but it was because I was making software for office printers. Sometimes particularly gnarly bugs would produce op art of quality suitable for wall display.

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If the labels on the boxes are to be believed, we have (paper) time card archives going back to at least 1997, which is the earliest date I can see through the door of one of the finance department's closet.

We need to have our sheets countersigned by our manager (for whatever reason)... so I guess doing electronic sheets was put on hold for this reason.