Indie Publishing: How to Design and Produce Your Own Book
Currently there seems to be surprisingly few books related to the topic of social archiving. The closest I could find was Indie Publishing: How to Design and Produce Your Own Book (2008). My copy...
View ArticlePutting together a physical yearbook: Step 1
A document of my process for putting together a physical yearbook for my family for 2009: Firstly an audit of some of what we have got to organize: 1272 iphoto photos + 86 cellphone photos 381 Facebook...
View ArticleArchive Facebook wall posts, status updates, photos and more
An alternate way to archive all your old Facebook activity is this new Firefox extension: Archive Facebook. Basically what it does is save you the hassle of going to your profile page, scrolling to the...
View ArticleHow do you extract a memento from the online world?
I came across a series of articles about how people lined up for a souvenir copy of a newspaper when Obama became president. Here’s some interesting quotes from them: “How do you memorialize an...
View ArticleMy Heart Will – Social Legacy Network
I was intrigued to read about a new “social legacy network” called MyHeartWill.com which enables you to create, share and store digital memories in a “safe, private and secure environment that will...
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Waiting patiently for my photo book delivery…
At 240 pages, it’s almost a page for every day I’m covering of my son’s first year. I’ve mixed in photos, scanned images, comments from Facebook, Twitter and his baby book. It’s a gift for his two...
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Yearbook design ideas
As I’m working on our 2009 personal yearbook, I’ve been pondering how to display status updates alongside our photos – keeping it as interesting and readable as possible. Here’s my current draft:...
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How to export and back up your Facebook content
In October, Facebook finally enabled downloading of your Facebook content. I strongly urge you to make a back up, even if you don’t plan to do anything else with it. If your Facebook account is hacked...
View ArticleKeep your Facebook updates forever in a printed diary
PRESS RELEASE January 1, 2011 Ever wished you could keep all your Facebook status updates as a real diary? Now you can. Launched on January 1, 2011, Like This Book is a real book version of your...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution: Print More Stuff?
A couple of articles have caught my eye this week: If you have lofty ambitions for your legacy, head for the attic and Cyberspace once you’re dead. Some quotes from the articles: “Did we ever give a...
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