While this 1979 ad from Xerox looks incredibly primitive, it shows you just how much has changed in the office. The idea of any kind of WYSIWYG editing and printing is what really stood out to me. Although looking at the way the guy is sitting in the ad, I’m glad we’ve invented ergonomics in the meantime. Also oddly prescient, Mr. Manager is echoing the speech-to-text hellscape we’re now entering with IoT.
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