BSLA Fieldbook BSLA 2014 Fall Fieldbook | Page 112

BSLA / TOOLBOX FROM SHIPPING TUBE TO DATA TRANSFER 1883 1952 Messenger: Bike, Horse, Trolley, Train 1964 1973 UPS 1980’s 1990’s FedEx 2000’s Email Floppy Disk Fax FTP Owned Internet Transfer CD’s DVD’s Flash/Thumb Drives Mail Did you take the BSLA Member survey in August? Here are the results– US E WHAT ? Ro u t i ne Sometimes R a re / Special No Lo n g e r N eve r S u p p o s i t i o n s Digital 95% 5% 0 0 0 Almost 100% Flash 24 % 44% 2 8% 3% 1% Back up plan? Fe d Ex / U P S 1 5% 51 % 31% 4% 0% Also a back up plan? M es s e nge r 1 2% 26% 26% 9% 28 % US M ai l 7% 38% 46% 4% 5% U s e fu l l n e s s ex p i r i n g ? Fa x 3% 5% 33% 48% 11% M o re t h a n h a l f d o n’t Sm all W H I CH ALL D I G I TA L FIRM S Firm s (24 ) Med Firm s (25) Large Firm s (11 ) Urban use only? Multi US (1 1 ) Global Firms (8) Suppositions Drop b ox 78% 83% 92 % 91% 27 % 75% All but big US firms! Emai l 73% 7 9% 84% 82% 55% 38% For single offices FTP 60% 29% 56% 91% 82% 88% For the big guys W eTra n s fer 2 1% 8% 24% 9% 27 % 63% Interesting... G o og l e 16% 8% 12% 18% 1 8% 50% Surprised? S e nd I t 16% 13% 1 6% 18% 1 8% 25 % An also-ran 3% 0% 0% 0% 0% 25% Used in C hina QQ 110 BSLA Now