Virtual Memorial Websites and Apps
List and Comparison of Virtual Memorial Cost and Features If you anticipate a death in the family or if you’re in the funeral business, you might find it useful to have a list of virtual memorial/digital memorial/digital afterlife/end-of-life websites and apps....Selfies: Today’s Kodak Moment
Last spring I jumped at a once-in-a-lifetime chance to visit Paris. Ticking all the Travelocity boxes, I tromped off to the Louvre one morning to see the Mona Lisa. Passing through corridor after corridor of imposing canvases and statuary, I finally reached the Mona...
Transcribing Audio (Yawn!!)
The word “transcription” comes from a Latin word meaning “tedious.” OK, not really, but it should. Transcription is a mind-numbing task, but it’s a necessary one if you have a trove of family audiotapes.
Works in the Public Domain: Why Buy the Pig?
Jazzing up a virtual memorial with commercial music and stock photos can quickly relieve you of your cash. But why buy the pig when all you want is a little sausage? Creative works (music, recorded interviews, images, and so on) in the public domain are like free...- Dealing with Opioid Overdose in an Obituary
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- Sample Barf Draft of an Obituary
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- Using Historical Photos in a Virtual Memorial
- Best Podcasts on Death, Dying, Aging, and Grief
- Medical Data Mining in Online Obituaries
- Crowdfunding a Funeral: Tacky or Smart?
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- Digital Objects Are a Virtual Rip-Off
- Virtual Memorial Websites and Apps
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- Crowdfunding Pays for Funerals After Disaster
- Quick-Start Guide to Obituary Writing (Free!)
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- Transcribing Audio (Yawn!!)
- Dear Johann: Obituary Tradition in Iceland
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- Works in the Public Domain: Why Buy the Pig?
- Toss the Template and Tell the Story
