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We may earn a commission from links on this page. One bit of wisdom that has come to me with age is that, sometimes, there is value in doing things the way they've always been done. Just because ...

Ms. Paul is the editor of the Book Review and the author, most recently, of “100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet.” Remember filing cabinets? Those lumbering, clattering towers of drawers stuffed ...

You can make a planter out of pretty much anything. An old metal file cabinet is just about the perfect size for a raised planter you can roll in and out of the sunlight as needed. Remove the drawers, ...

The way we represent, organize and share our knowledge propels us forward. It can either constrain or extend our abilities to think and create. In 1964, in his groundbreaking new media studies, ...

In The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information, Craig Robertson chronicles the history and influence of the titular 19th-century invention that revolutionized offices. The machine—for it was ...