*Office 2.0 and its implication for the Paperless Office*

The Paperless Office is a vision that has been discussed for the
past two decades. Spurred by the availability and adoption of the
Personal Computer, computers are now the predominate tool in the
workplace. However, due to the affordances of paper, the paperless
office is still a myth. Part of the reason is that one of the core
affordances of paper is its usefulness in collaborative work.

In this talk, I will discuss the concept of the Paperless Office,
followed by recent innovations at two levels - the interface level
and the collaborative work level. Examples of innovation at the
interface level includes BumpTop (adding physics to the Desktop
metaphor), G.hos.t (remote desktop environments), multiple
touchscreens, and mobile office suites. At the collaborative work
level, I will mainly draw from web based technologies which
facilitate distributed working practices including wikis and
groupware. Examples of which include Huddle, Basecamp, MediaWiki.
I finish the talk by discussing the implications these innovations
will have for the paperless office.