Using Historical Photos in a Virtual Memorial
Whether you’re building an online obituary, putting together a full-fledged virtual memorial, creating a mood board, or preparing any other sort of online tribute or genealogy project, supplementing your own images with historical photos and illustrations can...
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...
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...
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.
Ordinary People Frozen in Time
Obituary Clichés: What to Say Instead
Writing about Smells in an Obituary
If Passwords Die with You, Your Loved Ones Are Screwed
Image Orientation for Online Memorials
Using Historical Photos in a Virtual Memorial
Best Podcasts on Death, Dying, Aging, and Grief
Crowdfunding a Funeral: Tacky or Smart?
Is It Sexist to Use an Old Photo in a Woman’s Obituary?
Virtual Memorial Websites and Apps
Geofilters Create Custom Geofenced Funeral Stickers
Digital Objects Are a Virtual Rip-Off
Medical Data Mining in Online Obituaries
The Simple Mistake That Guarantees a Schmaltzy Obituary
Grandmother’s Obituary Used to Scold Sinners
Mean Girl: Should Her Obituary Tell the Truth?
Quick-Start Guide to Obituary Writing (Free!)
Do Obituary Templates Shortchange the Dead?
Toss the Template and Tell the Story
Is Digital Immortality a Creepy Concept?
Tragic Death and Obituary Writing
Are Pet Sympathy Cards Absurd?
Making a Mountain Out of a Dime Bag- Selfies: Today’s Kodak Moment
Crowdfunding Pays for Funerals After Disaster
Saying Goodbye to My Dad
Regrets…Still Missing Maggie
Sexism and Stroganoff
Destination Funerals Change Scenery
Dear Johann: Obituary Tradition in Iceland
Should Registered Organ Donors Be First in Line?
Works in the Public Domain: Why Buy the Pig?
Is Hospice the Only Thing Americans Agree On?
Get Well Soon? Awk-ward! Farewell cards find a niche
Drones Give Bird’s-Eye View of Funeral Processions
Sample Mindmap for a Father’s Obituary- Sample Barf Draft of an Obituary
Transcribing Audio (Yawn!!)