BLOG:  Digital Financial Reporting

This is a blog for information relating to digital financial reporting.  This blog is basically my "lab notebook" for experimenting and learning about XBRL-based digital financial reporting.  This is my brain storming platform.  This is where I think out loud (i.e. publicly) about digital financial reporting. This information is for innovators and early adopters who are ushering in a new era of accounting, reporting, auditing, and analysis in a digital environment.

Much of the information contained in this blog is synthasized, summarized, condensed, better organized and articulated in my book XBRL for Dummies and in the chapters of Intelligent XBRL-based Digital Financial Reporting. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Entries in Dead Tree Format (1)

Dead Tree and Dead Rock Financial Statements

I ran across two photos of old, old financial statements which I really got a kick out of and I thought I would share.  Check these out.

I have previously heard people refer to paper based financials as "dead tree format". This takes the cake though. Here is a "dead rock format" financial statement.

Early balance sheet

And here is one of those dead tree formats:

Wachovia National Bank balance sheet

Both of these photos come from Wikipedia

Posted on Sunday, January 3, 2010 at 09:10AM by Registered CommenterCharlie in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint