Category Archives: Process

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A reckoning with reality

April 26, 2010 – 7:03 pm

Is there such a thing as ‘reality’? I guess the answer depends on where one draws a line or whether a line can indeed be distinguished and/or drawn.
Can we really distinguish and be able to categorise data into neat buckets (or cells, columns, rows, stacks etc.)? Answer depends on who is distinguishing the data […]

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Hob nobbing, guanxi and not hot tubbing

May 24, 2009 – 3:27 am

Recently, I was at two events (ADR related) and both required me to note my carbon footprint.
My first event was ‘Resolving Business Disputes in Today’s China’ in New York City (organised by the JurisConference). It was a great event, great lunch and interesting lunch debate. Although the event has nothing to do with edisclosure/ediscovery, one […]

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EDRM project management framework

May 20, 2009 – 12:41 pm

The EDRM project management framework is in draft and available for public comment. The EDRM’s mission statement stated: The mission of the EDRM’s Project Management Workgroup has been to develop a framework and specific guidelines to serve as a standard in the electronic discovery industry regarding effective management of electronic discovery projects.
Here is my (initial) […]

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How to build bridges, start by building a raft?

May 8, 2009 – 4:10 am

I have been involved with countless IT software development projects whereby many stakeholders (including lawyers) tried to work as a team to deliver a system/software to meet various requirements. I said ‘tried’ instead of ‘must’ or ‘need’ or ‘should’.
In my role as an IT manager or project manager, I will never say to my team […]

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The Times They are A Changing – some secrets are out!

March 18, 2009 – 2:55 am

I was feeling nostalgic listening to Bob Dylan’s music and remembered my times in Zurich (back in the 1997/8) especially the stories and tales about the gold vaults underneath the streets of Zurich!
I wish I can trace my friends and ex-colleagues in Zurich so that we can re-visit and re-craft the tales in the light […]

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E-Discovery and Electronic Disclosure at the Peace Palace,The Hague

March 18, 2009 – 12:27 am

I noticed the use of  the terms ‘E-Discovery’ and ‘Electronic Disclosure’ and ‘Information Exchange’ for the May Conference in the Hague. See the programme listed at The University of Texas at Austin School  of Law.
Yes! E-Discovery and E-Disclosure or Information Exchange or handling electronic data or digital evidence are getting their footprints at the beautiful […]

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two worlds colliding

February 27, 2009 – 4:18 am

Yesterday I searched and located several groups in facebook. Being a spontaneous non-geeky fast typing person I launched and posted several messages to the groups. Damn easy to spot the difference between ‘e-Discovery’ and the ‘eDiscovery Facebook Group’. Not too easy to figure out which group to join, so I joined both & also another […]

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a newly coined word - protodigital

December 9, 2008 – 10:25 pm

Checkout Ralph’s blog on Why E-Discovery is Ruining Litigation in America and What Can Be Done About It
In the world of IT and wearing my project manager hat on, ediscovery/edisclosure is another ‘activity’ to add to the list of items to consider. In the past (before ediscovery/edisclosure is coined) and in projects I have been […]

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UK News – Data, Privacy and Digital Investigations and Evidence

November 30, 2008 – 6:13 pm

The Data Protection Act was given a new ‘shine’ in the name of new laws on data sharing. Check out at the Ministry of Justice website Information Commissioner to be given tougher powers’.
Besides giving the Information Commissioner tougher powers, organisations will need to improve transparency and accountability when dealing with personal information.
From the website, Jack […]

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things ediscovery/edisclosure related

November 21, 2008 – 1:51 am

For general resources related to Alternative Dispute Resolution, do check out at my networking iADRt site. Do please join iADRt. You may join as a guest of iADRt or better still become a sponsor and get your company name/logo on the iADRt site.
Data is contagious and any attempt to categorise or organise ‘data’ may […]

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