I think this is a cool service and something like this has potential for not just reaching loved ones, but also CYA in terms of releasing information in the event that you are murdered or something.
Of course there are several problems with a dead mans switch service, such as being able to guarantee the integrity of the data and something happening, like a car accident, which prevents you from flipping the 'switch', whereby the information is released even though you are not really dead.
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
once obituaries are all online, you can have it pull the switch for you. there can be a way to gather data on who's just kicked the bucket and it will alert the service to send out all your emails etc.
some people will say, "but what if someone with the same name as me...", it won't happen because you would've entered enough data that can be cross referenced with the incoming data to make sure it is "really you who is dead".
Bodybuilding supplements
· 1 year ago
I think it could be a good service too. I'm sure you could get around the problem about worrying of integrity of data.
RPM
· 1 year ago
I love the notion of this. Of course. I might need to work on getting Digged while I still have a pulse. Sheesh. So much work to do.
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
dear RPM,
we could then change your screen name to RIP.
:O) ophelia
Judy C
· 1 year ago
I think you just created the next big thing - brilliant.
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
Call me Morticia Chong. I will not only Digg you while you are alive, I will Digg you up after you are dead.
:O) Morticia Chong aka the "One with the Shovel"
pol
· 1 year ago
it's allready online, RPM you should change to RIB, Rest in Bits. source: www.diegle.com
Jo
· 1 year ago
Oh man do I have some emails I'd love to "send later"!!! Although like Porch Lifts said below, I'd have to make sure I'm dead or else I'll be guaranteeing my death!
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
"Your breath can melt paint and kill small animals" "You wear clothes that not even a teenage girl would consider" "I won't need those DVDs that you borrowed anymore"
and more...
Jo
· 1 year ago
"He was sleeping with his best friend the whole time!" "Your wife is a b*tch!" "I slept with your best friend, on your birthday"
Ummm these aren't real or anything...just funny...yeah just funny! *LoL*
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
add these: "I peed in your pool"
"Your Thanksgiving turkey was always dry as dust"
" I never slept with your cousin Bob, but I did with cousin Sue"
"I am keeping your lawn mower"
gregorylent
· 1 year ago
and, for no extra cost, a special service to send your email password to the friend or relative of your choice. just in case there is something there they should find.
and for the same no extra cost, we won't do it. your choice.
jbrotherlove
· 1 year ago
Ha! I'm surprised this doesn't already exist, to be honest. Also, I'm thinking we'd each need some sort of email executor to carry out our wishes. You know, with us being dead and all.
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
Once you are dead, you really don't know if the emails are going out. So you would have to use a service that will stay around long enough. Or if someone writes an app that automatically sends it out for you.
Imagine the trail of "you did this..." and the "i always loved you, sorry for not showing it" emails.
could be interesting.
Andy Clarke
· 1 year ago
We'll have it built for you with the month! :D
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
Well, lets get started. And we can add a widget so that you can "Dugg" . Don't forget the levels of participation from the cheapest to the most expensive: Burnt Offerings to Embalmed Mummy
danhhoang
· 1 year ago
Count me in!
I love me some zombies.
sbspalding
· 1 year ago
Can we add some Seesmic style video commenting? Nothing says 'I hated you in life' better than a two minute video missive.
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
12 seconds will do too. Short and sweet. Trolls will love this because they will be able to leave the "last word"
Derrick
· 1 year ago
I could say something like *dead* which is what I'd say anyway, but given the context, I'll let the pun runneth over. And I don't know if I'm just not that connected, but I had to look up the TED conference. I thought it was that thing that Ted Turner does when he gets all his rich folk up to Wyoming and they chant in their sweat circle. Boy, was I wrong.
sbspalding
· 1 year ago
No, no that is called Turnerpalloza. Same basic idea though :)
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
Other pre-fab emails that can be offered:
"Yes you do look fat in those pants" "I faked it" "I lied when I said I loved you more than my chihuahua"
Chatmandu
· 1 year ago
I'm loving the idea :)
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
Imagine what the French could do with this. Be French for one, and then be obtuse and they would have to send one to each mistress and not mix them up.
Merci Mon Ami! Ou est le chien? Mon dieu! Le chien est dan le bains. (that's it for my Canadian french)
sbspalding
· 1 year ago
I didn't know the French canadians liked dogs so much Ophelia. I learn something new everyday ;)
Jay Cuthrell
· 1 year ago
This idea has legs. One leg is stepping... the other dragged slowly. :)
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
And imagine, we could charge the credit cards until they get shut down. I mean who's gonna know?
It is the age of the Zombie. The Emailing Dead. It is really Spam in a Can. okay, i am now grossing myself out.
sbspalding
· 1 year ago
I thought you said you were getting over your zombie fixation? Heh. On 8/20/08, Disqus <notifications-
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
Not now, since there's money in them thar Zombies! I am digging for bodies not gold.
What is our greatest fear? The dead. What will cure that fear? Certainly not this service...imagine the boon to the psychotherapy business...
Jay Cuthrell
· 1 year ago
The only cure for zombies is shotguns. Lots of shotguns. Or, for those more inclined to stealth, a cricket bat.
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
Machete. you can run out of bullets and gas for the chain saw, but a Machete will be your friend for life.
JBO
· 1 year ago
I'm sure someone, somewhere has already thought of it and is doing it but in a strange way I think it could work.
I remember watching the documentary by Bernard Manning after he died - he knew he was dying and made this clip for his friends and family - quite eery really.
sbspalding
· 1 year ago
As fun as this conversation is, I agree, there is a market here somewhere.
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
Hells yeah. (pun intended)
We have so much to say, and never enough time. What would it be like to actually record a message to a loved one? Would it make us rethink how we treat people?
Tom
· 1 year ago
There are several sites that will hold emails for years and years and years and send them way in the future. I set up a bunch of emails to be sent way in the future. Hopefully I'll live to see them sent, but if not it's kind of nice to think of still having a faint finger in the world.
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
A cold dead finger.
Wouldn't it be nice to get an email from a friend saying" I miss you, have a good life"?
or from a client "Sorry I forgot to sign the check, oops my bad."
RaePuttPutt
· 1 year ago
Ha! Yeah, I'd be in!
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
I bet there would be a few editors you could send emails to.:O)
RaePuttPutt
· 1 year ago
*snort*
Yup....
Emily Wong
· 1 year ago
Hi Ophelia,
You crack me up so much—thanks for today's chuckle. I see you've still got The Walking Dead comics on the brain! Mmm... Brains.
You should really get on these ideas, missy. Designer kitsch dolls, Tom Cruise pull-string toy, and now emails from the dead. Definitely let me know if you start this service. ~____^
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
That's what coffee and 6 hours of sleep will do to you. mmmm...brains.
oh wait i have a craving for sushi now.
Robbie
· 1 year ago
My, what a wicked sense of humor you have. This is all too surreal, but also makes a lot of sense. Excellent!
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
How this could make money:
1. Users can release their "Final Video" to the public to view, as a pre-death apology to the world or statement
2. Viewers can watch the videos and vote for the best "Final Statement"
3. Viewers can also reply to the Video comment by adding a video, text or audio.
4. Users can allow the comments to follow the Final Statement or not.
5. Users can post Homages to themselves.
6. Not Dead Yet But Still Want to Clear the Air by Anonymous Users
7. Pre Selected emails to friends telling them that they aren't Dead Yet, but just in case here is "what i reallly think of you".
8. Building a Dead Network before you die. You will need friends in Heaven or Hell.
Big Maori
· 1 year ago
did someone say sushi, great idea! Ophelia, I like the posts, fun!
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
raw fish meat........must have....on a small little pillow of rice. and a dab of wasabi with soy. okay, i would make the most fussy Zombie ever.
elyse Pastel
· 1 year ago
Great idea. I remember that when my grandfather died he had arranged to send my mother flowers every month for a year. You could send a message every month. If you know the person well you could try to anticipate what they would need to hear. Like, " You're doing great, everything will work out" or " I wouldn't do that if I were you!".
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
that's wonderful. it really shows the value of the relationship the way someone expresses it after they pass away.
Lars
· 1 year ago
LOL, that is a great idea! I sincerely think that this idea has a potential! I'm pretty sure that its going to be a hit to people with a good (make that odd) sense of humor... Excellent job!
ophelia_chong
· 1 year ago
thank you lars! there are sites out there that have a very serious "memorial" tone to them. This one is more lighthearted. Death is about loss, but it is also about remembering that person, and hopefully you can smile when you do.
:O)
wilson
· 1 year ago
Oh my, this picture really made me feeling creepy...
Well, to be honest, no many people are dare to discuss about the "Death" matter, as most of them think that this is not a suitable subject to talking with...
By the way, I loved the way you're presented your post, Ophelia :)
Hey Joshua you're right, but what site doesn't already exist, but we don't know about it ? Ophelia, dunno about the next big thing, but if you want to wait around long enough, it could become the next next next next huge thing - when the internet generation becomes seriously old. Then I can see millions of departure emails going off - we're just not ready for it yet.
sbspalding
· 1 year ago
So true, everything exists -- in general it's not about building it first it's about building it best.
Free Links
· 1 year ago
I really like this blog thumbs up
trinlayk
· 1 year ago
Twitter: July 10 2050 4am, Franciso Franco is STILL dead.
Michael
· 1 year ago
Yes this is brilliant thinking
Fashion Shop
· 11 months ago
That is a nice concept. How about writing our own death will online?
FloridaHealthInsurance
· 11 months ago
Nobody's moved down there for weeks
Peeking in on them from time to time simply won't work - long-term monitoring is usually required, as their movement can be so subtle. Stop-motion cameras work well for this. One of the best techniques is to detect their movement indirectly, by periodically checking the amount of junk food packaging in their trash cans throughout a workday.
NLP DEVON
· 8 months ago
I think the "Jetsons" isn't as close as you think.I would suggest getting a better understanding of something called human behavior and its interaction with technology....
All Comments
Of course there are several problems with a dead mans switch service, such as being able to guarantee the integrity of the data and something happening, like a car accident, which prevents you from flipping the 'switch', whereby the information is released even though you are not really dead.
some people will say, "but what if someone with the same name as me...",
it won't happen because you would've entered enough data that can be cross referenced with the incoming data to make sure it is "really you who is dead".
we could then change your screen name to RIP.
:O)
ophelia
:O) Morticia Chong aka the "One with the Shovel"
source: www.diegle.com
"You wear clothes that not even a teenage girl would consider"
"I won't need those DVDs that you borrowed anymore"
and more...
"Your wife is a b*tch!"
"I slept with your best friend, on your birthday"
Ummm these aren't real or anything...just funny...yeah just funny! *LoL*
"I peed in your pool"
"Your Thanksgiving turkey was always dry as dust"
" I never slept with your cousin Bob, but I did with cousin Sue"
"I am keeping your lawn mower"
and for the same no extra cost, we won't do it. your choice.
Imagine the trail of "you did this..." and the "i always loved you, sorry for not showing it" emails.
could be interesting.
Don't forget the levels of participation from the cheapest to the most expensive:
Burnt Offerings to Embalmed Mummy
I love me some zombies.
"Yes you do look fat in those pants"
"I faked it"
"I lied when I said I loved you more than my chihuahua"
Merci Mon Ami! Ou est le chien? Mon dieu! Le chien est dan le bains. (that's it for my Canadian french)
something new everyday ;)
It is the age of the Zombie. The Emailing Dead. It is really Spam in a Can.
okay, i am now grossing myself out.
On 8/20/08, Disqus <notifications-
What is our greatest fear? The dead. What will cure that fear?
Certainly not this service...imagine the boon to the psychotherapy business...
I remember watching the documentary by Bernard Manning after he died - he knew he was dying and made this clip for his friends and family - quite eery really.
We have so much to say, and never enough time. What would it be like to actually record a message to a loved one? Would it make us rethink how we treat people?
Wouldn't it be nice to get an email from a friend saying" I miss you, have a good life"?
or from a client "Sorry I forgot to sign the check, oops my bad."
Yup....
You crack me up so much—thanks for today's chuckle. I see you've still got The Walking Dead comics on the brain! Mmm... Brains.
You should really get on these ideas, missy. Designer kitsch dolls, Tom Cruise pull-string toy, and now emails from the dead. Definitely let me know if you start this service. ~____^
oh wait i have a craving for sushi now.
1. Users can release their "Final Video" to the public to view, as a pre-death apology to the world or statement
2. Viewers can watch the videos and vote for the best "Final Statement"
3. Viewers can also reply to the Video comment by adding a video, text or audio.
4. Users can allow the comments to follow the Final Statement or not.
5. Users can post Homages to themselves.
6. Not Dead Yet But Still Want to Clear the Air by Anonymous Users
7. Pre Selected emails to friends telling them that they aren't Dead Yet, but just in case here is "what i reallly think of you".
8. Building a Dead Network before you die. You will need friends in Heaven or Hell.
there are sites out there that have a very serious "memorial" tone to them. This one is more lighthearted. Death is about loss, but it is also about remembering that person, and hopefully you can smile when you do.
:O)
Well, to be honest, no many people are dare to discuss about the "Death" matter, as most of them think that this is not a suitable subject to talking with...
By the way, I loved the way you're presented your post, Ophelia :)
Peeking in on them from time to time simply won't work - long-term monitoring is usually required, as their movement can be so subtle. Stop-motion cameras work well for this. One of the best techniques is to detect their movement indirectly, by periodically checking the amount of junk food packaging in their trash cans throughout a workday.