Word: sellen
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...just read e-mail attachments on the PC? Paper is easier on the eyes than a computer monitor. That may change as technologies like ClearType render electronic text easier to read. But for now, says Sellen, "the office we are moving toward is not an office that uses less paper, it's an office that keeps less paper--one where paper is a temporary resource...
Information technology managers at 150 U.S. companies reported a spike in printing after they opened access to their firms' data networks, according to The Myth of the Paperless Office by Abigail Sellen and Richard Harper. Long e-mail messages and attachments tend to be printed, causing about a 40% jump in paper consumption when an office first gets e-mail. But e-mail also cuts down on workers' use of expensive overnight mail and courier services...
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