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> they printed nearly 60 percent fewer pages What on earth are they printing at Microsoft?

by chrisseaton 5y ago

robotresearcher 5y ago
Draft resumes? </friendly_banter>
kosvke 5y ago
Unfortunately, everything is printed in the work culture in Japan.
- throwaway3699 5y ago
  Same with Fax machines: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34667380 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34667380
- ironmagma 5y ago
  Unfortunately? These kinds of cultural differences are what make countries different. We could use more variety like this. There are probably a lot of downsides to having everything digital as is done in America.
  - quartesixte 5y ago
    That moment when the the Jira server goes down but no one cares because the production teams were all working off of good ol' whiteboards to do their Kanban.
  - rvba 5y ago
    Better from ecology point of view. More trees are cut than planted (also new trees are very small / often dont survive).
    - ironmagma 5y ago
      From https://theconversation.com/is-the-paper-industry-getting-greener-5-questions-answered-76274 https://theconversation.com/is-the-paper-industry-getting-gr...: > Each year the amount of wood harvested from U.S. forests is much less than annual forest growth. Land covered by forests in the United States increased by 4.5 percent between 1997 and 2012, even as suburban development expanded.
  - chrisseaton 5y ago
    > We could use more variety like this. I don't think anyone 'could use more' paper work.
    - joejerryronnie 5y ago
      One of my previous projects included replacing an Excel/email based approval process with an online process within the system of record. One goal was to reduce outdated offline copies of approval records being stored in people’s inboxes. Actual result: everyone began printing screenshots from the system and storing these in file cabinets.
    - ironmagma 5y ago
      I quite enjoy working with paper when it’s convenient and fun. From what I read, much of the paperwork in Japan is handwritten, which sounds a lot better than sending Word docs all day.
29athrowaway 5y ago
Japan still makes extensive use of old school technologies like fax. Once you are using fax, you'll have many paper documents to scan and copy.
kqr 5y ago
Paperwork is the national sport of Japan.
ddnb 5y ago
Hello world

> they printed nearly 60 percent fewer pages What on earth are they printing at Microsoft?

robotresearcher 5y ago

Draft resumes? </friendly_banter>

kosvke 5y ago

Unfortunately, everything is printed in the work culture in Japan.

throwaway3699 5y ago
Same with Fax machines: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34667380 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34667380
ironmagma 5y ago
Unfortunately? These kinds of cultural differences are what make countries different. We could use more variety like this. There are probably a lot of downsides to having everything digital as is done in America.
- quartesixte 5y ago
  That moment when the the Jira server goes down but no one cares because the production teams were all working off of good ol' whiteboards to do their Kanban.
- rvba 5y ago
  Better from ecology point of view. More trees are cut than planted (also new trees are very small / often dont survive).
  - ironmagma 5y ago
    From https://theconversation.com/is-the-paper-industry-getting-greener-5-questions-answered-76274 https://theconversation.com/is-the-paper-industry-getting-gr...: > Each year the amount of wood harvested from U.S. forests is much less than annual forest growth. Land covered by forests in the United States increased by 4.5 percent between 1997 and 2012, even as suburban development expanded.
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  > We could use more variety like this. I don't think anyone 'could use more' paper work.
  - joejerryronnie 5y ago
    One of my previous projects included replacing an Excel/email based approval process with an online process within the system of record. One goal was to reduce outdated offline copies of approval records being stored in people’s inboxes. Actual result: everyone began printing screenshots from the system and storing these in file cabinets.
  - ironmagma 5y ago
    I quite enjoy working with paper when it’s convenient and fun. From what I read, much of the paperwork in Japan is handwritten, which sounds a lot better than sending Word docs all day.

29athrowaway 5y ago

Japan still makes extensive use of old school technologies like fax. Once you are using fax, you'll have many paper documents to scan and copy.

kqr 5y ago

Paperwork is the national sport of Japan.

ddnb 5y ago

Hello world