Comments on: Are you ready for your digital legacy? http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/06/25/implications-digital-legacy/ Social media and creativity for the individual, plus frequent dissection of the physical and digital worlds. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:49:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ian Rountree http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/06/25/implications-digital-legacy/comment-page-1/#comment-5364 Ian Rountree Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:24:24 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=1140#comment-5364 Quite. Having a two year old (at time of writing) of my own, I know we can't protect them from everything, as much effort as we put into trying to do so. The teaching of these nuances is necessary as well.<br><br>Too often the obsession with child-proofing the world overcomes the task of world-proofing the child. Quite. Having a two year old (at time of writing) of my own, I know we can't protect them from everything, as much effort as we put into trying to do so. The teaching of these nuances is necessary as well.

Too often the obsession with child-proofing the world overcomes the task of world-proofing the child.

]]> By: cariofthevalley http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/06/25/implications-digital-legacy/comment-page-1/#comment-5363 cariofthevalley Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:11:18 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=1140#comment-5363 Ian - I completely agree with the need for balance! I am concerned about my little digital natives growing up in a world where they create a legacy that can haunt them forever when they are too young to consider the consequences. It's important, I think, that parents stay a step ahead in understanding these nuances so we can protect our children (and ignore their protests) until they are old enough to really understand the possible impact of their digital footprint. Ian – I completely agree with the need for balance! I am concerned about my little digital natives growing up in a world where they create a legacy that can haunt them forever when they are too young to consider the consequences. It's important, I think, that parents stay a step ahead in understanding these nuances so we can protect our children (and ignore their protests) until they are old enough to really understand the possible impact of their digital footprint.

]]> By: cariofthevalley http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/06/25/implications-digital-legacy/comment-page-1/#comment-5362 cariofthevalley Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:09:32 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=1140#comment-5362 That's actually a very interesting post. I just wrote a post about kids and their digital legacy (<a href="http://rawandrandom.blogspot.com/2009/08/children-and-digital-legacy.html" rel="nofollow">http://rawandrandom.blogspot.com/2009/08/childr...</a>) but hadn't given much thought to the reverse challenge. I am very careful about my online world...I do use my name but I am well aware that everything I say will be out there for a long long time, perhaps forever, and that anyone with a halfway decent ability to do a basic search can find what I've linked to, said, etc. Any thoughts on conveying this kind of information to kids? That's actually a very interesting post. I just wrote a post about kids and their digital legacy (http://rawandrandom.blogspot.com/2009/08/childr...) but hadn't given much thought to the reverse challenge. I am very careful about my online world…I do use my name but I am well aware that everything I say will be out there for a long long time, perhaps forever, and that anyone with a halfway decent ability to do a basic search can find what I've linked to, said, etc. Any thoughts on conveying this kind of information to kids?

]]> By: Ian Rountree http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/06/25/implications-digital-legacy/comment-page-1/#comment-5300 Ian Rountree Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:27:30 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=1140#comment-5300 There's a certain merit to being findable, though the compressed timestamp effect is a bit disturbing. I've known people who have been fired for Facebook uploads depicting them ten years ago as drunken adolescents, which is a bit extreme. Conversely, I spent most of my life intentionally being impossible to google, and only recently floated myself a plethora of social media involvements for the sake of avoiding identity theft (fifty pictures on ten disparate sites can't be wrong about who the real me is, right?).<br><br>There's a fine balance to walk here, and I think one of the tools the parents of digital natives will need to use is teaching their kids how to keep things in context. It's not just "don't friend strangers on Facebook" any more, is it? There's a certain merit to being findable, though the compressed timestamp effect is a bit disturbing. I've known people who have been fired for Facebook uploads depicting them ten years ago as drunken adolescents, which is a bit extreme. Conversely, I spent most of my life intentionally being impossible to google, and only recently floated myself a plethora of social media involvements for the sake of avoiding identity theft (fifty pictures on ten disparate sites can't be wrong about who the real me is, right?).

There's a fine balance to walk here, and I think one of the tools the parents of digital natives will need to use is teaching their kids how to keep things in context. It's not just “don't friend strangers on Facebook” any more, is it?

]]> By: Mark Dykeman http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/06/25/implications-digital-legacy/comment-page-1/#comment-5247 Mark Dykeman Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:36:12 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=1140#comment-5247 Plus no photo album, right? :) Plus no photo album, right? :)

]]> By: Mark Dykeman http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/06/25/implications-digital-legacy/comment-page-1/#comment-5246 Mark Dykeman Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:35:08 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=1140#comment-5246 Immortality, Adam? :) Immortality, Adam? :)

]]> By: mark mayhew http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/06/25/implications-digital-legacy/comment-page-1/#comment-5245 mark mayhew Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:08:55 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=1140#comment-5245 recommending: "Are you ready for your digital legacy" recommending: “Are you ready for your digital legacy”

]]> By: Michael Kozakewich http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/06/25/implications-digital-legacy/comment-page-1/#comment-5243 Michael Kozakewich Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:55:05 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=1140#comment-5243 I'm actually kind of excited to have an entire generation on file. I've read a couple of papery this-n-thats from my parents' early days, but they really don't have any sort of an online history.<br>It would be like looking at those old photo albums, and realizing your uncle in that photo was younger than you are now. Except more public. I'm actually kind of excited to have an entire generation on file. I've read a couple of papery this-n-thats from my parents' early days, but they really don't have any sort of an online history.
It would be like looking at those old photo albums, and realizing your uncle in that photo was younger than you are now. Except more public.

]]> By: Adam Singer http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/06/25/implications-digital-legacy/comment-page-1/#comment-5240 Adam Singer Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:18:54 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=1140#comment-5240 I love that my content will be around longer than me - hopefully forever. As an artist it is a real motivator to keep making more and better art. Same as a writer. I love that my content will be around longer than me – hopefully forever. As an artist it is a real motivator to keep making more and better art. Same as a writer.

]]> By: Mark Dykeman http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/06/25/implications-digital-legacy/comment-page-1/#comment-5239 Mark Dykeman Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:55:01 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=1140#comment-5239 I don't know if this is really a case of making you stronger, but it's certainly a smart approach. I don't know if this is really a case of making you stronger, but it's certainly a smart approach.

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