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The Fax Machine Begins to Slide Into Obsolescence

Ever since the first networked copier/scanner was installed in my office, I wondered how long it would be before the fax machine became obsolete. The copier/scanner makes it easy to scan any document to PDF and attach it to an e-mail – providing greater efficiency, privacy, and accountability than the old faxing process.
Today I received my fist “standardized corporate” business card that did not have a fax number. This was not from a techno-evangelist eschewing vestigial technology – it was from a salt-of-the-earth program manager. When I asked her about she said she wasn’t concerned that the number wasn’t there since she never uses the fax. Think about it. A program manager that coordinates scores of vendors, clients, events, contracts, etc. – and never uses a fax.
I take this as a sign that the fax machine has entered its golden years and will soon go the way of the telegram. My prediction is that we have about five more years before the need to scan paper-based transactions into digital form will become a relic as well.

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Learn to Adapt Links for May 15th

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Learn to Adapt Links for May 13th

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Learn to Adapt Links for May 13th

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Learn to Adapt Links for May 12th

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Learn to Adapt Links for May 8th through May 9th

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Learn to Adapt Links for May 7th through May 8th

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Learn to Adapt bookmarks for May 1st

These are my links for May 1st:

  • Buried Prejudice: The Bigot in Your Brain: Scientific American – "Deep within our subconscious, all of us harbor biases that we consciously abhor. And the worst part is: we act on them." Important article re: the bias we all bring to our perception of the world: great implications for diversity and inclusion
  • Sonivis – Anew entrant in the growing "KM 2.0" movement. It offers a quick overview on current Wiki states or developments, e.g. author activity levels, edit growth, or collaboration index (and more). Very interesting graphical presentation of data.

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Learn to Adapt bookmarks for April 30th

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Learn to Adapt bookmarks for April 30th

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