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Lifestreaming: a physical yearbook application

In the lead up to celebrating my son’s first birthday last weekend, I have been deliberating over how to handle the mass of accumulated photos, memories, mementos and messages from others – let alone...

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My Status Diary Experiment

I once regularly kept a week-at-a-glance diary much like this one.  I still have ones from high school stacked in my attic and there’s no way I’d throw them out.  What once formed most of the content...

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When Twitter and Facebook are but a distant memory…

…what will we have to show for all our social media energies?  What will we have to show our children and their childen? There is long term value in our tweets and status updates – maybe not all of...

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Exporting and seeing all your old Facebook statuses

If you would like to try out my application to export your old Facebook statuses, click here – once you’ve given the application the right permissions, a CSV file will be downloaded. It’s very much in...

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The Social Networker’s Greeting Card for 2009

Why not try taking a friend’s tweets/Facebook status updates for the year and using a tool like Wordle to create a personalized greeting card for them? Inspiration for the wording inside the card came...

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On context

There’s so much emphasis on making sure you back up your files otherwise things could be lost forever. This is just part of the solution. Another important aspect is organizing the copies (disks,...

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Yearbook design ideas

As I’m working on our 2009 personal yearbook, I’ve been pondering how to display status updates alongside our photos – keeping it as interesting and readable as possible. Here’s my current draft:...

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New Year’s Resolution: Print More Stuff?

A couple of articles have caught my eye this week: If you have lofty ambitions for your legacy, head for the attic and Cyberspace once you’re dead. Some quotes from the articles: “Did we ever give a...

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