Today, most people have a computer in their home. They are an integral part of our everyday day lives and help us accomplish the most simple of tasks, right down to getting a needed phone number. Do we really appreciate and know how the computer was first developed and where it came from?

IT STARTED WITH THE TYPEWRITER…

Before the computer and electricity there was the typewriter. There were many contributors to this invention, so there can be no credit given to any single person. The history of the typewriter starts in 1714 with Henry Mill, British Inventor, who obtained a patent for what seems to be similar a similar invention to the typewriter.

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The Post-it note, invented by Arthur Fry and manufactured by 3M, is a piece of stationery with a strip of adhesive on the back, designed for temporarily attaching notes to documents, computer displays, and so forth.It’s hard to believe after seeing these pictures that when Post-It Notes were initially launched by 3M the product failed. 3M started out by giving away the product for free in Boise Idaho. By 1980 post-it notes were being sold nationwide and the product took off.It Looks Like It Could Have Been Painted…

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As we’re entering the new year, we are once again faced with a highly critical yet greatly dreaded task of organizing for tax preparation. Every year we avoid the tasks of preparing for April 15, yet we could avoid most of the stress by adopting simple tools that can be maintained easily year-round.

Consider the key pitfalls of poor organization to tax preparation: we run the risk of misplacing important receipts, rack up hourly fees for tax preparers to wade through unorganized receipt piles and potentially miss out on maximizing our deductions, resulting in a lower return or higher payout of our hard earned money. In addition, we are unnecessarily adding a stressor in our lives that could have been avoided if we simply “had a system!”

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