Cyberspace When You're Dead, by Rob Walker, is a well-done article about what happens (or could happen, or should happen) to the stuff we put online after we die. It ranges from archival issues to SF to real-life services that offer various options for managing one's post-mortem internet presence. A compelling read.

Because this needs to have a wider audience: LJ are planning on purging inactive accounts and communities. "A journal is defined as inactive if it has not been logged into for 24 consecutive months. A community is defined as inactive if has not been updated for 24 consecutive months. Once an account is eligible to be purged for inactivity, the ( Read more... )

When Suspicion of Teachers Ran Unchecked. (The archives part is midway through the first page, and concerns the issue of individuals named in records' right to privacy.)

I'm sure many of you have noticed the brand-new White House website, complete with shiny new blog. Apparently it was up and running by the time Obama had finished taking the oath of office. And it's certainly very snazzy-looking, and I can see why people are excited about it. But as someone who spent an hour or so this morning typing a response ( Read more... )

Just a link: "History is truly the poorer for the Bush administration."