towardsthepaperlessoffice
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7 Innovations Towards the Paperless Office
Kate HoSocial Informatics Cluster
Contents
BackgroundWhat do digital technologies need to compete
with paper
Demos7 innovations which will be significant3 innovations which might be significant
Sellen and Harper (2002) suggests that the increased amount of information we have access to increases our need to print more
Printers have gotten cheaper, faster, and better quality than before.
Print on demand, and people tend to print rather than photocopy
Instead of decreasing our paper consumption, we have significantly increased it despite widespread adoption of Digital Technologies
Why?
Digital technologies (e.g. PCs) don’t have the same attributes (or affordances) that paper has
What does digital technologies need to compete with paper?
Quick, flexible navigation through documentsReading across more than one document at onceMarking up a document while readingInterweaving reading and writing[Portability and Accessibility]
7 innovations which will make a difference
Bumptop (http://bumptop.com/)
Multi-touch screens
Perceptive Pixel (Jeff Han)
Multi-screens
Online annotations – Diigo/Fleck
Ultramobile(Asus EEE PC)
P2P Backups - Foldershare
Better interfaces for information sharing - tagging
3 innovations that “might” make a difference
Virtual Desktops - G.ho.st
Tablet PC
Google docs Zoho office suite
Microsoft Office Live
What won’t make a difference? E-paper