Digital Death Day

[lineofthought]

Dear Internet,

Today I met with my supervisor. Since leaving the meeting, my mind has been consumed by thoughts of death. Is this a normal response? I'm fairly upbeat about it, in a morbid kind of way. Actually, I'm beginning to find the whole thing fascinating.

Love, Ben.

No, really

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Digital Legacy

[ext_241063]

I found you post and wanted to let you know that I, too, am interested in this topic. I've been researching and speaking on it over the last year. I'm always open to hearing people's stories around the subject, so feel free to get in touch. You can reach me through my blog: http://deathanddigitallegacy.com

Thanks.

Re: Digital Legacy

[morsla]

Hi Adele.

Good to hear from you! I'll be in touch at some point in the next week. Apart from my personal interest in the topic, I'm looking at ways of storing documents online - as a project that grew out of the Black Saturday bushfires here in Australia. There are two main elements to the project: wills (and making them accessible to family members of the deceased), and identity documents (survivors often lost the necessary paperwork to apply for government aid, as whole towns burned to the ground).

[jod999]

One of my favourite meetings so far, too.