Michael Jay Lissnerhttps://michaeljaylissner.com/2009-05-15T12:22:02-07:00The Difficulties of Managing Online Estates2009-05-15T12:22:02-07:00Mike Lissnertag:michaeljaylissner.com,2009-05-15:posts/2009/05/15/one-more-project-posted-the-difficulties-of-managing-online-estates/<p>Well, one more paper down, one more to go! Today I completed the final paper
for <a href="http://courses.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205/s09/index.html">my class on information law and policy</a>, which was one of my best
classes this semester. It was a pretty tough one that required a <em>lot</em> of
reading and a lot of extra work for the assignments, but I found it quite
rewarding in the end. </p>
<p>The <a href="{filenames}/pdfs/online-estates.pdf">attached assignment</a> is in a similar vein to the one I posted on
Tuesday, but approaches the topic from a slightly different angle. The assignment in
this case was to present an analysis of some of the policy problems that are
raised by a project of our choice. Since I had already done a lot of thinking
about the policy implications of how we handle online assets after a death, I
decided to analyze some of the problems that are raised, and to postulate some
solutions of my own.</p>Final Paper on Online Memorialization by Default2009-05-13T11:25:10-07:00Mike Lissnertag:michaeljaylissner.com,2009-05-13:posts/2009/05/13/final-paper-on-online-memorialization-by-default/<p>Yesterday I had an epic writing session, and finished <a href="https://michaeljaylissner.com/pdfs/online-grieving.pdf">my final paper</a> for
my class on the social and organizational issues of information.</p>
<p>The topic of my paper was a bit on the morbid side, but somehow that’s what
I’m doing a lot of work on this semester. The concept for the paper is
that as more and more people create and have online profiles on social
networking sites, a system is created where more and more people have an
online memorial when they die, whether they intend to or not.</p>
<p>This topic became interesting to me about a year ago when my friend Blake
Bigler died of a sudden heart attack (at the age of 25). Immediately
afterwards, his Facebook page became a memorial to him where friends posted
messages, pictures and the like. To this day, friends still wish him a
happy birthday, and post notes on his page.</p>
<p>I thought that this was a dramatic change to the way that deaths occur and
are memorialized, and that it needed to be analyzed more carefully,
and so my paper was born. If you’re interested, please feel free to read.</p>