What's next: Views beneath the surface
Dealing with legacies we receive and legacies we leave. Techniques and technology to organize, access, and savor photos, video, objects, writing, and more.
You’re getting older. You’ve had some interesting experiences. Maybe you’ve learned something you want to share. Or maybe you want to understand how your life became what it did; was it the result of a series of accidents, careful planning, the expression of your character? Sometimes family dinners or reunions are an occasion to share. … Read more Sharing Life Stories via Zoom
You’ve inherited your Swedish grandmother’s silk wedding wedding dress from your mother, Elin but no one in the family wants Hilda’s dress. You don’t want to throw away; that seems wrong. Now what? My sister Julie, who was storing the dress after our sister, Marcy, died in 2017, came up with a great solution. Elin … Read more Hilda’s Chinese Silk Wedding Dress
Digital follow on: If you have a smart phone or digital camera, it’s easy and free to make good quality digital photos and video clips and then share them via texting, email attachments, or social media. But then what? Delete them from your phone or camera once they’re posted to Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube? Let … Read more Storing and Accessing Digital Photos and Video Clips
Issue: You have tens of thousands of digitized photos that you almost never look at. You have paper albums you rarely take off the shelf. You have a family website that add to but don’t review. You have some prints on the wall but they represent a tiny fraction of the photos you like but … Read more Pictures of Boats; Pictures of People