I have read many articles on ways to prepare a digital legacy and this Wall Journal article What to Do Before You Die: A Tech Checklist, written recently by Joanna Stern is one of the best and most comprehensive. She…
60 Minutes recently ran a segment on a project that is currently in development where they conduct video interviews for a week with individual holocaust survivors for hours asking them around 2000 questions to answer. The survivors come in every…
In a letter to the editor at the New York Times Dr. Leslie Berlin recounts the untimely death of her Mom in a car accident. Dr. Berlin provides a detailed account of the steps she had to take to gain…
The Guardian recently did an interview with author Elaine Kasket on the dilemma’s faced when dealing with digital data after our deaths. Elaine is a psychologist in London and the author of the recently released book, All the Ghosts in…
I have found that Europe has been much more progressive than the US when it comes to digital legacy planning. I see many more articles and discussions coming from there. Perhaps it’s their greater openness to discussions about death. Here…
There’s an article over at The Sweet Setup that provides a how-to on creating a digital will using the existing functionality of 1Password along with some of their own tips. They begin by explaining the need for a digital will…
CNN created a new series called Mostly Human and released its first episode hosted by Laurie Segall titled Dead IRL. The video is available online and this episode focused on several different aspects of digital legacy. The show begins telling…
In 2012 I attended a panel at SXSW titled Digital Immortals: Preserving Life Beyond Death which began my journey exploring all the facets of Digital Legacy. I recently came across the audio (embedded below) for a SXSW talk from 2016 titled Everybody Dies:…
Bill Coberly is a writer whose Father recently died unexpectedly. He describes some of the issues which arise when a family member has an unplanned death in a recent article he wrote. He discusses many issues encountered after his death but discovers…
This year has seen both artificial intelligence (AI) along with bots dominate tech news based on the advancements that have been taking place in both areas. We’re just beginning to see the possibilities and implications that both of these technologies will…
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