Using predictive coding in Microsoft 365 to find records

In November 2012, I published a post titled 'Can predictive coding be used to classify records'. My post referred to an October 2011 article by (now retired) Judge Andrew Peck, at the time a judge for the Southern District of New York. Peck's article was titled ‘Search, Forward: Will manual document review and keyword searches …

Changing patterns of office work

A recent (September 2021) Verge post titled 'File Not Found' by Monica Chin (@mcsquared96) noted how pre-defined storage locations for digital content have become mostly redundant for the younger generation that grew up using Google to find content - 'the concept of file folders and directories, essential to previous generations’ understanding of computers, is gibberish …

Are auto-generated topic cards the future for aggregations of records?

Humans have natural instinct for grouping, classification and categorisation of things. It helps us find what we are looking for and gives us a sense of satisfaction, whether it be household items, computer storage, or much broader social and population groupings. Humans have created and kept records ever since we developed a way to record …