pcto10 death and digital legacy
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Presentation given February 20, 2010PodCamp TorontoIf you were at my session, please take a moment to rate/give feedback:http://bit.ly/pctorateIf you passed away today, how would your online friends find out? Will your digital media stay online forever? Should logins and passwords be in your will? Has technology changed mourning? What are the issues for developers? Our lives are lived and documented online, it’s time to talk about the implications of death and digital legacy.TRANSCRIPT
Death andDigital Legacy
PodCamp Toronto - February 20, 2010
Presented by:Adele McAlear@AdeleMcAlear | @DigitalLegacyadele@DeathandDigitalLegacy.comDeathandDigitalLegacy.com
Meet Mac Tonnies
• Published Author• Futurist• Speaker• Blogger• Twitter faithful• Barista• Cat lover (Spook & Ebe)• Fascination for Mars• Fortean (interest in anomalous phenomena)
Mac’s Digital Footprint
Frequent guest on audiopodcasts,video shows andnumerous blogs
Sunday, October 18
Absent
Discovery
Shock & Grief
Family
Saving Work
Paid Services
MacTonnies.com
Online Income
Digital Files
Digital vs. Analog Life
Now what?
?
Where Are You?
What is YourDigital Legacy?
-Blog posts
-Tweets
-Photos
-Video
-Research
-Game accounts
-Online Stores
What About YourFamily?
Does your familyknow about your life
online?
Who’s Key Online?
Who is important to you online?
Who can inform your community?
Money In/Money Out
Income Services Paid Services
Who’s Your PointPerson?
Consider appointing a Digital Executor
to take care of your wishes.
Let them know where to find your information.
Accounts/Passwords?
How to Hand it Over
No Tech Low Tech Mid Tech
Freemium Services
Start Today
Talk to your
family and friends
about it.
Today.
A Final Thought
“Maybe death is a good time to go offline?”Sylvain Carle
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Adele McAlear
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