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...London with her husband, Patrick. But before she can join her staff in feeding and tending to residents, she must tackle mounds of paperwork - a task that takes up about a quarter of her time. "What elderly people need is time spent with them," she sighs, picking up a folder thick with documents. "Paper doesn't look after people." Government regulations mandate that Gallagher must assess the performance of each staff member six times a year, and review the care plans of each of her residents once a month. She must pay out certain benefits, like tax credit or maternity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's A Small World | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

There’s always that one person who breezes into section, not a hair out of place, seemingly carefree. When she opens her perfectly organized folder, a straight A paper peeks out. As she leaves class, her cell phone rings with a call from one of her many admirers...

Author: By Diana E. Garvin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Put Me In Coach | 12/4/2003 | See Source »

...recent weeks, iTunes use has exploded on the Harvard campus, with e-mails going out on house lists imploring studentsto download the program in order to create a wider network of shared music. Sadly, after this initial rush, many have remarked that, for the most part, their shared folder still extends only as far as the walls of their House or dorm...

Author: By Steven N. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: iTuning In To Free Music | 11/7/2003 | See Source »

...copy machine, possibly the only device on earth less reliable than the computer, obsolete.) Students would take notes on their laptops in class, then take their laptops home and do their homework on them. To turn in an assignment, they would simply drag and drop it into the appropriate folder, where the teacher could wirelessly retrieve it. Voila: the paperless classroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old School, New Tricks | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...Brookfield Correspondence stationary will make you think twice about using looseleaf in your monthly letter to grandma. Patterns in blue, red, green and grey. Eight folder cards, eight envelopes, printed letterpress. $11.95. Bob Slate Stationary...

Author: By Christine Ajudua, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pick of the Square | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

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