Posted by Larisa | Mar 27th, 2009 4:10pm
A few weeks ago, I had the good fortune of attending the interactive portion South By Southwest. I attended almost 20 panels, keynotes and conversations over 5 days. The discussion that gave me the greatest pause as this: Who will check your email when you die?
I never thought about long reaching ramifications of this – let’s face it most of us don’t think a lot about what goes on after we leave! But our digital reputation and assets can be a really important part of our lives. So, it turns out state laws differ greatly on the topic of digital asset distribution and access after death.
Also, those T’s and C’s you quickly blow through when signing up for a yahoo account or facebook – technically when they find out you are dead – they remove your accounts! so giving your family access to your stuff isn’t good enough.
What happens when your favorite picture of you grandma that only lives on flickr get’s blown away by the yahoo terms of service?
Lastly, people have of course found ways to monetize this gaping hole in our culture – places like https://www.legacylocker.com/
and http://vitallock.com/blog/ are beginning to get traction
oh! and… www.Greatgoodbye.com will even allow you send personalized messages to your loved one after you’re gone!
Posted in Conferences, Inspiring
Posted by EatonGolden | Mar 16th, 2009 2:41pm
Many of us recognize the name Lifetouch as the school picture pros. But what you might not know is that their talented photographers do senior portraits, as well.
Lifetouch National School Studios partnered with EatonGolden to provide the site strategy, information architecture, design, and development of the new site.
We built a high-performance XHTML site and used the jQuery library (+ plugins including HighSlide and Accordian) for added functionality. We brought Lifetouch’s design vision to life using advanced Adobe Flash 3D animations.
View the site: lifetouchseniorportraits.com
Posted in Development, Information Architecture, Interface Design & Prototyping
Posted by Mollie | Mar 11th, 2009 3:06pm
Love you
Dear Chess With Friends,
You are one of my favorite iPhone apps. You let me play chess with my friends and we don’t even have to be in the same room. I think you’re the best thing since maple syrup and I’m hopelessly addicted to you.
Hate you
Really, Chess With Friends?
You’re going to prohibit me from playing any of my games in order to tell me that there’s a newer version available and I have to install it right now? And when I tap “OK” (because you tell me to), you don’t take me to the Apps Store for your update (like you said you would), but instead take me to another page with a “tap here” button? And when I tap there, you take me to a page that describes you and notifies me that I’ve already installed the old you? Thanks for that.
You’re right, Chess. Had I read the long paragraph of text after the “tap here” link I would have learned that the update might not be ready for a few hours, and that the newer version will show up in the Apps Store just as soon as it’s available. Fine. Thanks again. Now, about continuing that game (because I am crushing my opponent for the first time in 3 games)… What do you mean I can’t?! You mean that pop-up that leads nowhere is going to keep getting in my way and not allowing me to do anything with my games until your update is available?
Bad, Chess With Friends! I still love you. I’m just really mad at you right now. And the smiley face after your explanation didn’t help.
Posted in Mobile, User Experience
