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[Steve Sherlock]

Rosa, how about replacing carbon paper with a decision on who to send the email message to. I don't always copy my manager. They get copied on the ones that may be in escalation mode but not before.

Or even better than carbon paper, to make a good decision to use "reply" or "reply all"? If someone is foolish enough to send a message to 20+ people and then make a mistake, reply directly to them to let them know. They will appreciate you more for this step than if you had done a "reply all" to let them and all the "world know".

[Rosa Say]

Good one Steve. As a single innovation, email has led to obsolescence both good and sad - like the near disappearance of the handwritten thank you card. It may also have the distinction of being the most ubiquitous digital advancement we have universally adopted.

Funny that you bring up carbon paper, for I just stumbled upon an old box of it when cleaning our office supply cabinet. Kept it, but moved it to the box of art supplies we have when kids come to visit.

[Innercents]

This is too funny - I used to have an owl calculator exactly like that!!!! I loved it! I would have never remembered except that I saw it here...sorry - reverting back to my childhood...

I remember carbon paper too...and the resistance I felt when they introduced the mouse ("you mean I have to take my hands OFF the keyboard?").

I love what technology has done for us. Although it certainly hasn't reduced paperwork. (Made more, possibly - but thankfully carbon paper isn't the norm!)

There are so many more opportunities and changes that will be coming in the next generation of full of nanotechnology.

Being able to facilitate change to a resistent crowd take a great deal of skill. There will always be traditionalists who don't want to let go.

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[Rosa Say]

Your mouse story made me think about how things can go full circle too Innercents, for I was the same way, and now I have the opposite problem of letting go of the mouse when I know that turning on my keyboard shortcuts for things like GMail and Firefox would make me so much more productive.

It was such a bear for me to learn Excel after using those /commands in Lotus for so long...