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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.
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Death and Digital Legacy Simcoe County OGS - June 5, 2010 Presented by: Adele McAlear @AdeleMcAlear | @DigitalLegacy [email protected] DeathandDigitalLegacy.com
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Death andDigital Legacy

Simcoe County OGS - June 5, 2010

Presented by:Adele McAlear@AdeleMcAlear | @DigitalLegacyadele@DeathandDigitalLegacy.comDeathandDigitalLegacy.com

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Intro

I help people understand thedigital world.

Social media early adopter.

Integrated marketingconsultant.

Digital legacy speaker.

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Death

That’s a bitmorbid,isn’t it?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tstadler/393482519/

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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

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A Little History

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lascaux-aurochs.jpg

30,000 years ago --> for public use

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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

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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

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A Little History

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Printer_in_1568-ce.png

574 years ago--> mass media is born

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A Little History

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brownie2_overview.jpg

110 years ago--> snapshot photography is born

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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

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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/

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Digital Dominance

The Internet started being

widely used

by the public

only

15 years ago.

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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

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Digital Dominance

200 Billion emails are sent every day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8&NR=1

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Digital Dominance

200 Billion emails are sent every day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8&NR=1

(90% are spam.)

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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

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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

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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

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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/

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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

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Where Are You?

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Meet Mac Tonnies

• Published Author• Futurist• Speaker• Blogger• Twitter faithful• Barista• Cat lover (Spook & Ebe)• Fascination for Mars• Fortean (interest in anomalous phenomena)

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Mac’s Digital Footprint

Frequent guest on audiopodcasts,video shows andnumerous blogs

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Sunday, October 18

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Absent

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Discovery

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Shock & Grief

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Family

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Saving Work

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Digital Files

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Paid Services

MacTonnies.com

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Online Income

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Digital vs. Analog Life

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Now what?

?

If you put things on the web

what should you do

with your own accounts today

to prepare for the future

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What About YourFamily?

Does your familyknow about your life

online?

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Who’s Key Online?

Who is important to you online?

Who can inform your community?

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Money In/Money Out

Income Services Paid Services

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Accounts/Passwords?

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Digital Executor

Consider appointing a Digital Executor

to take care of your wishes.

Let them know where to find your information.

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How to Hand it Over

No Tech Low Tech Mid Tech

Freemium Services

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Start Now

Talk to your

family and friends

about it.

Today.

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Accessing Online Data

Do you have the passwordto their email account?

Their computer?

Do you know where to findtheir online accounts?

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Policies

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History on Twitter

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History on Twitter

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History on Twitter

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History on Twitter

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History on Twitter

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Q&A

Digital Legacy

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http://DeathAndDigitalLegacy.com

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