[LINK] RIP Printed Evidence of Payments

[Michael Skeggs mike@bystander.net]

On 1 November 2013 11:26, Jim Birch <planetjim at gmail.com> wrote:

> ... No one I know
> is complaining.
>
> Mote generally, I photograph a lot of receipts and other stuff with my
> mobile and they are automatically uploaded to Google.  Paper is too hard,
> too unreliable and too much effort.  My daughter and a lot of her friends
> has a paid Evernote account and uploads just about everything and anything,
> including lecture notes, pdfs, photos, etc.  $50 per year for practically
> unlimited lifetime personal storage.  You'd have to trust the system to a
> certain extent to do this...
>
> I agree that a well thought out electronic system is an improvement for a
majority of people, but this article was talking about recipients that
don't have the infrastructure of PC skills, smartphones etc. to easily deal
with this channel of information delivery.
I recognise that many people in IT don't know anyone who is complaining,
but that speaks more to the narrow circles many people mix in (me included)
not a reflection of the real environment.
Case in point, I am involved in a newish community group who does almost
100% of our coordination online.
We now have a few members who do not have access to email, and only patchy
access to a website. Communicating with them is hard.
They would certainly struggle if the only channel to monitor their income
statements was online.
Regards,
Michael Skeggs