Computers, internet and mobile phones all count as information technology or IT, to use the buzz initials. But paper and pen are still valid IT tools.

They may be old but they still pass information from one place or person to another. And at its core, this is what information technology is all about.
The Sumerians were the first to use codes or language to pass information, so in a sense they created information technology.
Before them, our stone-age ancestors painted on walls and invented language.
The Egyptians improved it by using paper rather than lumping rocks around and the Romans came up with the first PDA - a wax tablet which could be used many times.
All of these methods were constrained by time and distance. Information could only travel as fast as a man, running or riding - until flags, fire, bladders (yes bladders), the telegraph and then the phone came along - in that order.
Finally, news and knowledge could travel faster than a man.
As much as this was great for those in power it also caused problems. Not only did they know of unrest in the provinces, so did the other provinces.

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