With a history spanning around 1,500 years, chess is one of the oldest continuously played games in the world. For almost all of that impressive history, human players were the uncontested champions of the game. All of that changed in …
Before the printing press, information moved very slowly. Historical intellectuals flocked to major hubs like London and Paris because the only way to communicate quickly and consistently was face-to-face communication. The opportunity to talk face-to-face with a fellow expert was …
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Since their invention over 100 years ago, document scanners have become standard office equipment. Document scanners are so ubiquitous today that the global market for document scanners is roughly the same size as the market for toasters. Document scanners are …
The digital age is bringing people together in new ways. More people than ever are working from home, over 92% of surveyed workers use the cloud for storing office data, and online dating has become so prevalent that a new …
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Author Theo Gold once said, “Communication is your ticket to success if you pay attention and learn to do it effectively.” Communication is an essential part of business. In the past, business communication has included memos, financial reports, and requisition …
The Library of Congress contains more than 34.5 million books. It contains so many books that storing them all requires over 800 miles of bookshelves—about the same length as the distance between the Library of Congress in Washington DC and …
The 2020s have been the decade of remote access. From quarantine to “van life” to working from home, people access documents differently today than they did in the past. While businesses are scrambling for new ways to make their documents …
As MythBuster Adam Savage once said, “the only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.” Whether your project is a cutting-edge science experiment or designing business software, documentation is an important part of your project management. Project …
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In 2012, only 21% of Americans had at least one tattoo. Today, that number is 35%. Due to the permanence of the medium, artists almost never tattoo freehand or impromptu. Artists use sketches of ideas to create stencils, which serve …
In 2007, violinist Joshua Bell conducted a now-famous experiment in the DC subway. With no fanfare and a $4 million-dollar 1713 Stradivarius, the world-renowned virtuoso played 40 minutes of music for rush hour commuters. In that time, only one passerby …
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