The Myth of the Paperless Office – Abigail Sellen & Richard Harper

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Human–computer interaction / workplace studies

Year

2002

One-line gist

Explains why paper stubbornly survives in “digital” offices and what that says about how we actually work.

Best when

You’re staring at a desk that’s half notebooks, half spreadsheets, and feeling mildly hypocritical.

My take

It’s technically a research‑driven book, but it reads like a very detailed ethnography of our collective stationery habit. Made me feel oddly vindicated about printing slide decks to scribble on the margins.