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Article: Technology for technology's sake. (computer applications) (Technology at Work)
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- Association Management
- Article date:
- November 1, 1992
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Don't let what the computer can do define what you do do.
I am a techno-junky. I delight in finding new ways to make my computer process information.
I think it's fascinating, for example, to have instant access to the most detailed information imaginable about my record collection. Using my omnipresent notebook computer, I can easily find out if I have any recordings in which both Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton perform, on dates recorded outside of New York City, after World War II.
Interesting data, but is it really useful? And is it worth the effort it took to construct the data base and keystroke the information? It doesn't really matter, since I ...