My research on digital legacy issues over the last 18-months has led me to explore the area of content ownership, copyright, data portability and that dry, dusty thing that everything online has: Terms of Service. When was the last time you read the TOS of Twitter, Gmail or Facebook (whose TOS has more words than [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Death and Digital Legacy'
TOS: The (Con)fine(d) Print
October 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Business, Communication, Death and Digital Legacy
Tags: copyright·exclusive·Facebook·Flickr·terms of service·TOS·Twitter
PodCamp Montreal This Weekend
September 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Death and Digital Legacy, Event, Montreal
Despite not being a podcaster (yet), I love attending podcamps. This weekend is the third edition of PodCamp Montreal and the first time at UQAM’s Coeur des sciences. (It’s also my seventh PodCamp!) Once again, I am looking forward to a weekend full of tech, social media and great discussions around digital communications and community. [...]
Tags: dea·Media Camp·PodCampMontreal·speaking
Avoiding Extinction in a Digital Dark Age
August 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Death and Digital Legacy, Event
I’m excited that my panel submission has been accepted to the voting stage of the SXSW Interactive festival, happening March 11 – 15, 2011 in Austin, Texas. More than 2,400 proposals have been submitted for consideration. Please vote for my session from August 9 to 27 to help it through to the next round of [...]
Twitter Recommends Dead Friends
August 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Death and Digital Legacy, Social Media
If I feel that a post I’ve written over on DeathAndDigitalLegacy.com may be of interest to readers of this blog, I may post an excerpt here. It is intended as a way to alert people to possible relevant content, without re-posting the entire piece. However, I recognize the sensitive nature of the topic may not [...]
Tags: @liliyhill·dean whitbread·friends·recommendations·Twitter·who to follow
One Year Update: Digital Legacy
July 12th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Death and Digital Legacy, Uncategorized
For much of the last year, I’ve been working on a side project to research, speak and write about issues surrounding digital legacy. It’s been an incredible experience to meet and interview experts in archival issues, lawyers, writers, service providers, wills and estate planners, identity specialists, palliative care doctors and some mighty big thinkers in [...]
Tags: blogging·media·one year anniversary·speaking·SXSW·year in review
