Foreword

By Omar L. Gallaga

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Omar L. Gallaga

Photo: Mark Matson, Austin American-Statesman

In March 2009, the authors of Your Digital Afterlife co-presented a “Core Conversation” at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival called “Who Will Check My Email After I Die?” Core Conversations are stripped-down panels with only one or two speakers and lots of audience participation. By all accounts, the discussion, which was also facilitated by entrepreneur Matt Ludwig, was a huge success. It generated enthusiastic chatter from several people I was following on Twitter, was the jumping-off point for several great blog entries on the subject ...

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