http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/04/21/preserving-our-lives-after-death-on-the-internet/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/04/21/preserving-our-lives-after-death-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-3465 Chris E. Avis Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:35:54 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/04/21/preserving-our-lives-after-death-on-the-internet/#comment-3465 I am not doing anything quite as ambitious as you (yet) but I do have a huge digital camera picture archive of my family and life events that I want preserved even after I am gone. It is a partial history of my life and those around me. While some may feel it is an ego trip to want it to be around for hundreds or even thousands of years, would those same people feel more or less connected to their ancestors if they had a pictoral archive going back a few hundred years? <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> I have subscribed to your feed and look forward to future posting on your endeavor to catalog this data for those that come after us. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Chris I am not doing anything quite as ambitious as you (yet) but I do have a huge digital camera picture archive of my family and life events that I want preserved even after I am gone. It is a partial history of my life and those around me. While some may feel it is an ego trip to want it to be around for hundreds or even thousands of years, would those same people feel more or less connected to their ancestors if they had a pictoral archive going back a few hundred years?

I have subscribed to your feed and look forward to future posting on your endeavor to catalog this data for those that come after us.

Chris

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/04/21/preserving-our-lives-after-death-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-3464 Sam Curren Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:01:59 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/04/21/preserving-our-lives-after-death-on-the-internet/#comment-3464 Over the last few years, I've been thinking about what I can do to make my personal history easily accessible for my family and ancestors. This mostly includes pictures, but extends to typed journal entries, important dates, and audio and video as you mentioned. I try and avoid using software or systems that do not allow me to export my data into an open format so that I can move my information if needed and keep an archive. I feel that part of my work is to make it easy to access, including browsing by dates, keyword searching and the like. I also try and limit my media to just the good stuff, instead of keeping every lousy picture I have ever taken. Random thoughts, but I relate to your project and ideas. Over the last few years, I’ve been thinking about what I can do to make my personal history easily accessible for my family and ancestors. This mostly includes pictures, but extends to typed journal entries, important dates, and audio and video as you mentioned. I try and avoid using software or systems that do not allow me to export my data into an open format so that I can move my information if needed and keep an archive.
I feel that part of my work is to make it easy to access, including browsing by dates, keyword searching and the like. I also try and limit my media to just the good stuff, instead of keeping every lousy picture I have ever taken.
Random thoughts, but I relate to your project and ideas.

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