simcoe county ogs - death and digital legacy
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This is my presentation to the Ontario Genealogical Society, Simcoe County branch on June 5, 2010. It discusses Death and Digital Legacy as it relates to genealogists.TRANSCRIPT
Death andDigital Legacy
Simcoe County OGS - June 5, 2010
Presented by:Adele McAlear@AdeleMcAlear | @DigitalLegacyadele@DeathandDigitalLegacy.comDeathandDigitalLegacy.com
Intro
I help people understand thedigital world.
Social media early adopter.
Integrated marketingconsultant.
Digital legacy speaker.
Death
That’s a bitmorbid,isn’t it?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tstadler/393482519/
What to Expect
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tstadler/393482519/
Quick history review
Some mind boggling stats
Mac’s Story
Action points
Wrap up / Q&A
A Little History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lascaux-aurochs.jpg
30,000 years ago --> for public use
A Little History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lascaux-aurochs.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Weighing_of_the_heart3.jpg
30,000 years ago --> for public use
2,100 years ago --> wealthy
A Little History
30,000 years ago --> for public use
2,100 years ago --> wealthy
600 years ago --> clergy/wealthy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lascaux-aurochs.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Weighing_of_the_heart3.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Illuminated.bible.closeup.arp.jpg
A Little History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Printer_in_1568-ce.png
574 years ago--> mass media is born
A Little History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brownie2_overview.jpg
110 years ago--> snapshot photography is born
A Little History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brownie2_overview.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_garland/3197568476/
110 years ago--> snapshot photography is born
78 years ago--> home moviesbecome affordable
Physical Assets
http://rootsnleaves.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-uncle-ralph-never-wrote-to-me.htmlhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/bdorfman/15846725/http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolbrowne/2184235729/http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadsidepictures/307113147/
Digital Dominance
The Internet started being
widely used
by the public
only
15 years ago.
Digital Dominance
http://hattrickassociates.com/professionalbloggingservices/everything-counts/http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/01/22/internet-2009-in-numbers/http://www.adelemcalear.com/2010/04/14/chirp-twitter-conference-full-of-developments/http://www.insidefacebook.com/2010/05/17/does-facebook-traffic-data-show-any-fallout-from-privacy-issues/
105 million Twitter users
Estimated 150 million blogs
234 million web sites
400 million Facebook users
Digital Dominance
200 Billion emails are sent every day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8&NR=1
Digital Dominance
200 Billion emails are sent every day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8&NR=1
(90% are spam.)
Digital Dominance
http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/01/22/internet-2009-in-numbers/
4 billion photos
hosted by
30 billion photos per year
uploaded to
Digital Dominance
In 4.5 years, YouTube became the 2ndlargest search engine and housed over100 million videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM-kGGURWCE
Digital Dominance
In 4.5 years, YouTube became the 2ndlargest search engine and housed over100 million videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM-kGGURWCE
It would take 28 years withoutsleeping to watch the videouploaded to YouTube this week
Digital Assets
http://rootsnleaves.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-uncle-ralph-never-wrote-to-me.htmlhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/bdorfman/15846725/http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolbrowne/2184235729/http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadsidepictures/307113147/
The Future
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_coming_data_explosion.php
“More data will be created
in the next
four years
than in
the history of the planet.”
Mark Hurd
CEO, Hewlett-Packard
June 2009
Where Are You?
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
Digital Files
Paid Services
MacTonnies.com
Online Income
Digital vs. Analog Life
Now what?
?
If you put things on the web
what should you do
with your own accounts today
to prepare for the future
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
Accounts/Passwords?
Digital Executor
Consider appointing a Digital Executor
to take care of your wishes.
Let them know where to find your information.
How to Hand it Over
No Tech Low Tech Mid Tech
Freemium Services
Start Now
Talk to your
family and friends
about it.
Today.
Accessing Online Data
Do you have the passwordto their email account?
Their computer?
Do you know where to findtheir online accounts?
Policies
History on Twitter
History on Twitter
History on Twitter
History on Twitter
History on Twitter
Q&A
Digital Legacy
Share Your Story
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