Archive for the ‘Death + the Web’ Category
Crowd-sourcing Genealogy at Find a Grave
15, Mar 2010Tracking Down Relatives, Visiting Graves Virtually
Lauren Silverman, NPR (March 15, 2010)
NPR has a nice short piece on Find A Grave, a one-man operation founded in 1995 fueled by an interest in famous persons’ graves that has become a full-on crowd-sourced enterprise for finding anybody’s headstone worldwide, famous or not. People can request photos of graves [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Cemeteries| Death + the Web
- Tags: genealogy, headstones
R.I.P. on Facebook
Lisa Miller, Newsweek (February 17, 2010)
Grieving and memorializing through Facebook, along with Twitter and other sites, has faced criticism for being impersonal and superficial. Lisa Miller, religion editor at Newsweek, introduces a religious perspective on Facebook as a community space for grief:
We live in a disjointed time. Many of us reside far from [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Death + the Web| Grief + Mourning
- Tags: Facebook, religion
The Dark Arts
27, Feb 2010Etsy.com, the DIY/craft juggernaut, is the go-to place to buy and sell all things handmade. If you are familiar with this phenomenon, you would know that if it’s vintage button earrings and owl-themed stationary you desire, then Etsy has it locked down.
The Etsy craze is so hot right now that it was recently featured in [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Death + Art / Architecture| Death + Popular Culture| Death + the Web
- Tags: crafts, Etsy, jewelry
A Funeral Is Being Held for IE6 on March 4. Browser to Be Buried Without the Body
MG Siegler, Tech Crunch (February 23, 2010)
In response to Google’s announcement that come March 1, it will no longer support Internet Explorer 6, the Aten Design Group is holding a funeral for the much be-loathed, cantankerous old man that [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Death + Humor| Death + the Web| Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: mock funerals
Life Insurance Site Makes Death Entertaining
9, Feb 2010Life insurance makes me uncomfortable. While it saves many a grieving family from hardship, the industry is essentially rooted in fear — and, of course, inevitability. Preparing for something that you know will happen anyway doesn’t make you paranoid, it makes you smart. The effects of death can be diminished through proper planning and premiums… [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Death + Humor| Death + the Web
- Tags: infographics, insurance, marketing, statistics