Legacy MattersMena Trott is one of the founders of Six Apart, the company that brings you Typepad and Moveable Type, this blog's platform. Here is an excerpt from an interview with Mena conducted by Shel Israel.
He's writing a book on Business Blogging with Robert Scobel, the famous blogger who put a human face on Microsoft. You can follow their progress and get an early look-see at The Red Couch.
I post it to show you how easily a blog can be used for your own Personal Legacy Archives, what you choose to leave to the future.
Sometimes just a detail can be the thread to lead you back to a memory. A photo and a few words may be all you need.
I post a picture of myself on a private weblog every day with my camera phone. I'm able to look back and see how I've changed over the year. People say it's the most egotistical thing, but it isn't, if only a few people read it. My mom loves it. She calls me up and tells me how she loved my hair on Wednesday and she knows I’m okay on days when I can’t call her. It’s valuable to me because I can look at every picture and tell you something about that day. I remember what I'm wearing, reflect on where I was at. It's the best way to capture individual days just by looking at the pictures. I can see the months fill up. I think web logging is almost a way to slow life down. At the end of the year, I'll probably post it publicly.
People did this. People kept journals all through history and it's important. As soon as you stop, keeping track of what you do, things go by too quickly. This is one of the things we like doing. I should write a post about it. Life slows down by posting everyday.