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 ...

Discarded metal file cabinets are a frequent sight at many thrift stores. While once the place for important papers in any ...

A man stood in a light drizzle Friday evening in a parking lot on Flynn Avenue, delivering what he called a sermon in the shadow of a 50-foot-high filing-cabinet sculpture. “None of us is the pinnacle ...

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, ...

Seventeen years ago, just as the periodic cicadas were getting ready to arrive in droves in the eastern United States, Google announced Gmail, an exciting new email service. It had three key features: ...

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, ...

When was the last time you cleaned up the family filing cabinet? Be honest. If you’re like me, that unsightly metal rectangle is probably overstuffed with old utility bills, medical records and tax ...