Memory Forever
Can you imagine if you found a journal written by your great great grandfather Now imagine that he wrote in that journal every day even if it was only 140 characters. This week, one of my favorite tech blogs featured a series of post on the topic of memory. Being a tech blog they obviously discussed computer memory, however they also touched on my generations obsession with social networking sites and how our descendants will be able to read our tweets, status updates, view our Flickr and Facebook pictures and more. This was the revelation that followed. I have the opportunity to leave a detailed record, an account of my life, my children’s lives, maybe even my grandchildren’s lives for future generations to explore. . Thats a good enough reason on its own, but I also considered the fact that I have a somewhat dangerous job. If something ever happened to me my children will have a way of recalling good times we shared together. So, I’m doing it. I’m leaving a legacy, a written and visual account of mine and my immediate families lives. I plan on writing something everyday. Wether it’s a blog post, an twitter update, mobile picture upload to Facebook or whatever else the internets have invented years from now. I also will be writing exclusively to my descendants. So, it’s up to you. If you would like to continue to subscribe to this blog, just know I won’t be writing for you. However, if you decide to stick around, hold me accountable. I really want to do this. Feel free to leave comments it will be interesting to see how my friends and family virtually interacted with me years from now.
As for my previous activity on this blog, I plan on leaving old posts as they are just incase lower branches on my family tree want to see my first experimentation with blogging.
For those pessimists and over thinkers who believe that 100 years from now the internet will be reconfigured and old websites like WordPress and facebook will be forgotten about… I’m with you. I fully plan on backing up posts and pictures by printing the pages and storing them, all the while conforming to the latest trends in “lifecasting”.
My Internet Accounts in chronological order:
MySpace
Facebook
Flickr
Twitter
Vimeo
