How will you stay informed about digital immortality, digital legacy, digital life curation, and all things #Deathtech?Welcome to The Art of Memorialising - an audio newsletter by Peter Billingham from Death Goes Digital and Memorable Words Eulogy Writing services.The Art of Memorialising brings you the latest news on digital immortality, digital legacy, digital life curation and all things #Deathtech.Thanks for being here.Sponsoring this edition of The Art of Memorialising is 4everstoryA lifetime comprises a thousand stories. 4everstory is a secure and private digital story platform. 4everstory specialises in capturing digital memories and preserving special moments in a single and secure location. 4everstory encourages sharing and connecting family memories, strengthening family bonds, and family traditions. It is a simple way to continue telling life stories.What Will You Find In This Issue?* Happy Birthday to The Art of Memorialising!* 16 reasons #Digital Legacy Has Come of Age In Last 12 Months* How you can ask ‘Alexa’ to get grandad to sing his favourite song!Photo by Adi Goldstein on UnsplashHappy Birthday To Me! Well, to the newsletter, anyway! This edition marks one year of The Art of Memorialising. Twelve months of asking, how will we choose to live forever online? The actor Jeremy Irons wrote in his memoirs, ‘Our afterlife is what we leave behind in other people.’ Of course, that is true. But we can’t ignore what we leave behind online. Traces of our online lives will continue on long after we have died. Thank you for the feedback, encouragement and comments I have received. It lets me know you find the subject of #Deathtech as fascinating as I do. Over the last year I’ve reviewed many new ideas for how you can curate, store and tell the story of your life online. Started as a newsletter, back in December I added the option to listen via podcast to each episode. Here are some links to the main platforms where you can find the podcast.* Spotify * Amazon Music * Apple PodcastsWhat has been exciting for me to see is the creativity, innovation and breadth of ways #Deathtech is developing. Above all, seeing how AI can ‘keep alive’ those we love has been the most fascinating. Yes, some ideas seem spooky and weird to me too! As the mainstream catches up with the culture of change, new ideas appear and some will fall by the wayside, but one thing is for sure, in the next 12 months the pace will only speed up! Startup SpotlightsWant to check out some Startups profiled? June - Webacy & Chronicle February - Timecapzle and Legacy Stories December - Vocapsule and Re-cordisNovember - Mind Bank AI & Hearafter AIOctober - Live Will & LanternSeptember - Whiteballoon & Shared AffairsAugust - After Cloud & CakeJuly - GoodTrust & MemoriesHeard of a startup in digital life curation or #Deathtech?Please let me know. Email info@deathgoesdigital.comSponsored Product or Service - 4everstoryThere is nothing worse than an untold family story lost forever. We forget valuable old photographs and family movies stored away in boxes. Memories fade. Every year, thousands of digital images and videos stored on smart phones are accidentally deleted or misplaced. Increasingly, family history is lost because family stories are no longer shared. Parents or grandparents are no longer here to tell their stories. So what is the solution?John Withers, the Australian founder of 4everstory, has announced that its secure and private web-based digital story platform is now available.As life becomes increasingly complex and digital, so has the interest to create unique permanent online spaces. Now it is easy to create tribute experiences rich in mixed media content. These can be collectively shared with family and friends anywhere in the world to create a wider sense of connection. 4everstory creates lasting, meaningful, and dynamic digital narratives that connect lives today and tomorrow.John Withers and Martin Christmas are IT technologists who work to make digital experiences more personal and emotional. John and Martin passionately believe that everyone has a story to share, and created this product to honour and cherish the lives of their loved ones.Interested in sharing your new product or service with readers of The Art of Memorialising? (check here) We highlight your product, service, or idea sponsoring an edition. We give you the space; you get to tell the world about what you are doing or have created.You and your business can become part of the adventure now. Secure your month in 2022/23 now. MM’s (Memorialisation Morsels) 5 meaty bites of news for YOU to stay ahead of the conversation on Digital Legacy, Digital Life Curation & all things #Deathtech.1 - Will We Fear Death Less In The Future Metaverse?How Will Death Exist in the Metaverse and Web3? (Via Psychology Today) is worth a read on the question of how digital technology could help in dealing with ...
