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Explorations in Document Control, information architecture, and the convergence of construction technology and digital systems.
3 Lessons From the Slide Rule Era
“Navigation once killed more sailors than war. A tiny error in latitude. A misread star. A bad multiplication. Ships vanished.”
5 Records Management Lessons from 7,000 Years
“Records Management exists because human memory fails. It failed 7,000 years ago — and the systems ancient civilisations built to replace memory still protect modern organisations.”
How the Abacus Beat Early Computers
“In 1946, a soroban abacus defeated a U.S. Army electric calculator in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The story of how humans learned to think in systems long before silicon.”
Why Digital Computing Started With Hands
“Your smartphone runs on the same logic as an 8th-century monk's hands. Long before silicon chips, humans used fingers as memory, storage, and calculation.”