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The Social Life of Paper (2002) (newyorker.com)

4 points by pasbesoin ↗ HN
Reports on the continued use of paper records not just as a better visual interface but also as an enabler of different ways of working including utilizing spacial orientation.

This thread

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=434023

made me dig this article up. I believe it's interesting enough that I'm posting it separately, rather than just as a comment.

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pasbesoin
Reports on the continued use of paper documents not just as a superior visual interface but also as an enabler of additional ways of working, including using our natural ability for spacial orientation.

Seeing this thread

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=434023

encouraged me to dig the article up. However, I think it is interesting enough that I decided to post it separately rather than merely as a comment in the other thread.