Going Paperless
Tue, 04/01/2008 - 9:45am
For many years I've liked paperless solutions because of its convenience. Yet I often print article because they are easier to read and transport, which made me reflect on Espen Andersen recent article Time to Get Serious about the Paperless Office and what it would take to make me go completely paperless.
Of all the sayings I dislike, the most vapid is one I have heard as long as I have been working with IT: "We will have the paperless toilet before we have a paperless office." Normally uttered with a dry cackle and a finger pointed towards my office, which does not lack for paper. But the paperless office is on its way: Most people today (I am speaking about the most affluent third of the planet here) read many more words on screen than on paper every day, Internet newspapers have more readers than paper papers, and grandmothers and their grandchildren communicate via texting and e-mail. Nevertheless, paper is still here, increasingly as an irritant rather than a resource. What would it take to get rid of paper? To understand that, we need to be a little bit more specific about what paper really is - or rather, what we use it for. Here are the most common uses - and some guesses on their future.
I think it's tough to explain to non-bibliophiles the
Personally I like the idea of e-paper; it offers compactness and multimediability. But as a long time bibliophile, there's something about holding a book or paper that can't be imitated by hand held devices. These include heft,
But I think research will have to be done on the "optimal" size for reading screen, especially since it varies
But I think that e-paper will become a success once it add a new dimension
