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.

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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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@DigitalLegacy

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