Lynda ArtesaniLegal Accountant and Data Migration Specialist at The Proper Trust

My how times have changed in law firms.... or have they?

19 Jan 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief excerpt from Lynda Artesani's YouTube video, three speakers reminisce about the evolution of legal office technology and the accelerating pace of modern life. Speaker C praises the author's nostalgic comparisons, recalling the era of transcribing machines, dictaphones, and fax machines—some of which still linger in law firms today. Speakers A and B reflect on how quickly society and legal practice seem to move, noting the contrast between past slower rhythms and today's rapid, almost "fast‑life" feeling. The dialogue blends humor, personal anecdotes (including a reference to "Steve"), and a sense of wonder at how early communication tools like fax worked over phone lines.

There were parts in there that were— it was almost comical to read because it was like we were going back in history.
Well, Steve lived it with me, so—
I mean, parts— I mean, you did actually too. Yeah, you started pretty young, and some of that— that— I mean, if you think about today's society, we're moving so fast. It like— we were just playing. It feels fast. Life feels fast.
I like the way you wrote your comparisons in the book, you know, back in the old days. We used to have these transcribing machines and dictaphones and fax machines and all. And, you know, and you said— I remember this specifically— you said, and there's so many law firms that still have fax machines.
Do you remember when they first came out? And I was like, how does this— I couldn't— how does it work? How does it get through the line, the phone line? You had to hook it up to the phone line, and it just seems so crazy that you could send it through.