Re: Platform for gathering memories?
Nick Arnett wrote: Julia's question reminded me that you folks are a bit of a brain trust... I need to figure out what would be the best platform for gathering pictures, stories, videos and such about my sister, particular for her daughter to know her as she grows up. Wikipedia once began a project dedicated to the memories of the victims of 9/11, but latter the scope was changed to include the memories of everyone. I guess the project is still not active, after 6 years of useless discussions: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipeople But I think you should start by keeping it simple: just dedicate one directory to her memories, and backup it to your niece's computer as frequently as she changes computers or you digitalize more stuff. That's how I keep my electronic memories. Alberto Monteiro ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Platform for gathering memories?
On Jan 8, 2010, at 2:50 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Wikipedia once began a project dedicated to the memories of the victims of 9/11, but latter the scope was changed to include the memories of everyone. I guess the project is still not active, after 6 years of useless discussions: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipeople After a couple of weeks, when you get trolls marking the pages for deletion because our loved ones are not sufficiently notable? Dave Tragedy of the Commons Maru ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Platform for gathering memories?
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Dave Land dml...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 8, 2010, at 2:50 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Wikipedia once began a project dedicated to the memories of the victims of 9/11, but latter the scope was changed to include the memories of everyone. I guess the project is still not active, after 6 years of useless discussions: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipeople After a couple of weeks, when you get trolls marking the pages for deletion because our loved ones are not sufficiently notable? Dave Tragedy of the Commons Maru ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Platform for gathering memories?
Julia's question reminded me that you folks are a bit of a brain trust... I need to figure out what would be the best platform for gathering pictures, stories, videos and such about my sister, particular for her daughter to know her as she grows up. Lesley has a Facebook page, but that doesn't really seem right for this. Anybody know of a site or software that might work well for that purpose, where people could upload, write, etc.? I was about to use a Wordpress blog, but then realized it really is for one author, not many. I need something where lots of people can contribute and share text, pictures, video and such. I keep trying to find time to research this, but I am just exhausted. I'm still in California, heading to North Carolina Sunday probably and up to Pittsburgh sometime next week. We'll be doing memorials in both places. Thanks for any suggestions about what might work. There's probably something obvious, but my brain isn't working well. This has been so stressful, I've slept so little... keep trying to get a little rest during the day but it hasn't happened so far. Nick ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Platform for gathering memories?
Nick Arnett wrote: Lesley has a Facebook page, but that doesn't really seem right for this. Anybody know of a site or software that might work well for that purpose, where people could upload, write, etc.? First of all, since you've been playing with Wiki tools for the Imaginaria Wiki you could probably setup your own simple family wiki in the time it takes to research this. One site you might look at is Geni.com. It attempts to be a social network built around your genealogy tree so it has many of the Facebook-like things of photos and profiles, but it has family-oriented privacy settings (like only my immediate family and all blood relatives). It might particularly be of interest in bringing family history to young kids because you get the graphical tree of relatives to navigate. On the other hand, I'm not sure how easy it might be for friends, rather than relatives, to contribute, if that were a goal you had in mind. I know there are also several virtual memorial sites around, some better funded than others. About a month or so ago that was a big next thing in the VC world-- Facebooks of the dead so to speak-- but I think it has already mostly fizzled out as quickly as it became a fad. Of course I'm just judging by what I read in tech journals. -- --Max Battcher-- http://worldmaker.net ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Platform for gathering memories?
On Jan 7, 2010, at 3:02 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: Julia's question reminded me that you folks are a bit of a brain trust... I need to figure out what would be the best platform for gathering pictures, stories, videos and such about my sister, particular for her daughter to know her as she grows up. Lesley has a Facebook page, but that doesn't really seem right for this. Anybody know of a site or software that might work well for that purpose, where people could upload, write, etc.? Actually, Facebook might _be_ the right venue: they recently introduced a procedure to convert deceased members' profiles to memorial pages. In fact, here's the form that you use to request this conversion. http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=deceased Louis' mom, Cindy Cara, is considering this right now. Otherwise, Facebook has been known to just shut down profiles, with the attendant stress to family and friends. Dave ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Platform for gathering memories?
On 08/01/2010, at 10:02 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: Thanks for any suggestions about what might work. There's probably something obvious, but my brain isn't working well. This has been so stressful, I've slept so little... keep trying to get a little rest during the day but it hasn't happened so far. I'd say initially, get a big photo album/scrapbook, and set up a dedicated email address. See what comes in, and start collating. If you find that there's a lot of electronic media other than photos, then that's when you start looking at clever ways to present it all (personally I'd create a simple website that runs off a CD and put it in the front of the album), but for now, just start gathering while the tragic event is still fresh, people are grieving and the events and memories that made her special to people will be at the fronts of the many minds that encountered her. Charlie. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
