An Australian palliative care nurse catalogued the regrets of her dying patients, and identified the most common issues. Workaholics take note: not spending enough time at work was not among them. More »
It’s not the cheeriest subject to contemplate, but when you die there’ll be bits of your life splattered all over the web and out of your control. Life Insurance Finder has a handy roundup of the “death policies” that apply to popular services such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, as well as a discussion of your options. More »
In the pre-Internet era, obituaries represented one of the major sources for information about individuals. Obituaries Australia is an online index of obituaries for a wide range of Australians, drawn from newspaper and magazine archives. More »
Dealing with the death of a loved one is hard, but sorting through the processes involved in organising a funeral and sorting out an estate makes it much harder. WrappingUp.com is an Australian-developed site which aims to share information on the processes and legal issues involved in “wrapping up” someobody’s life. More »
The fate of your house, car and Action Comics collection after your death can be planned for in legal documents. Your Gmail and Facebook accounts? That’s a bit murky. New legacy service Entrustet aims to help create legally sound post-mortem password vaults. More »
Though maudlin to consider, it’s important to think about what happens to your email and social networking accounts when you die. Will your relatives be able to gain access, or will the accounts simply fade away? That depends. More »
It’s not all that exciting to think about, but what happens to your online bank account, email, Facebook account, blog, and the rest of your online presence when you cease to be? More »
Do you want to be sure that your final messages and missives are heard? Death Switch is a service which sends out emails upon your unfortunate demise. Why would you want to do such a thing? The company’s website points out a variety of potential reasons like not leaving your coworkers and family high and dry without important passwords or information and being able to get a secret off your chest now that you’re gone. Over at the CNET news blog Technically Incorrect they highlight another potential use of the service, the ability to contact people you don’t have real life contact with after your death. You could set up the service to send out emails to members of mailing lists, gaming guilds, discussion boards, and other virtual communities you participate in. The basic service is free and includes a single email. The pay service, $20 a year, allows you to compose up to 30 emails with 10 recipients each. Only the pay service allows you to include attachments. Death Switch determines when to send out the messages by sending out messages to you on a regular basis. If you fail to respond to enough of those messages in a row, the emails are mailed out. What say you dear readers? A novel way to wrap up your virtual life after death or a bit too creepy? Photo by hansvandenberg30. Death Switch [via CNET: Technically Incorrect]
