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Post by orde on Nov 17, 2017 21:56:49 GMT
When we were compelled to convert to all electronic records I remember a selling point being the massive decrease in paper waste production. It has of course had the opposite effect. I print all records for background info, transcribe them by hand along with my written notes, then put them back into electronic format because I can't think a problem out properly unless I write it down. A single page written document converts to about 8 pages in electronic format, and all told I figure we generate 10x the paper waste we used to. Trying to extract data from such poorly organized electronic records is mind numbing work as well. On the plus side, I don't have to spend time yelling at some poor wretch to fax paper records nearly as often any more.
My writing worsened considerably from age 20-35. Not from lack of use but from persistently writing at great speed and very small. Now I find it difficult to write slowly and in a fashion that anyone else can read.
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Post by Mandochris on Nov 18, 2017 11:39:23 GMT
I have gone paperless. I used to win calligraphy prizes for my beautiful handwriting. I loved drawing letters of all shapes and ages. Now I never write and my handwriting, when I do, is a disaster. I learned to touch type without looking, on an old mechanical machine so I migrated easily to computers in the 80s, and now smartphones, cloud storage and apps have allowed me to go paperless. I even have an app called Home Inventory where all my stuff is listed with photos, serial numbers, scanned guarantees and receipts, and I scan in annual maintenance contracts as well. I threw all the originals out. I even download the manuals and store them on Dropbox for easy access. I now actually have shelves and drawers around the house with nothing to put on or in them! CDs are all on hard drives and in boxes too, except the personally signed ones, which I keep out but never look at! I'm thinking of getting out my favourites and recording them again on higher quality bit rates. I've started doing that with my Dead albums. Is all that a bit anal? Maybe, but it's fecking handy.
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