Thanks for that, I'll have a listen.
I've been thinking about it quite a bit since my mother-in-law died a
couple of years ago. Her stuff was all analogue, so we could go
through all the old folders and boxes of documents and sort everything
out. I have so much digital stuff, a lot of which is protected by
passwords. Even on my own machine (and even getting into my own
machine) would be an issue.
But I'm not a security nor legal expert and I can imagine there might
be some issues and approaches that already exist that one could draw
upon. From a personal standpoint, the questions it raises for me is
who you would trust and whether you would trust a "digital executor"
or a third party company? How much would someone pay for, ahem,
lifetime membership?
Best,
Andy
On 31 Oct 2008, at 09:54, Meredith Noble wrote:
Andy, you might be interested in this segment from CBC's great
digital culture show, Spark:
http://www.cbc.ca/spark/blog/2008/04/full_interview_derek_k_miller_1.html
(CBC = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation... Canada's BBC or NPR)
It's an interview with a man who has cancer and is thinking about
his digital legacy.
"One of the things that Derek has been thinking about his digital
legacy, and what should happen to our web presence when we die. Do we
need to appoint a digital executor to oversee our online belongings?
Someone who would know all of your passwords and keep up the payments
for your domain name, for example, so your site would live on even
after you have gone?"
I listened to it a few months back so don't remember details, but
I'm sure you'd find it interesting.
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