This is the presentation I gave in San Antonio on March 12, 2010 on the role of the crematory, cemetery and funeral association in preserving, navigating and helping us discover our digital legacies.
9. “we’re writing
our histories
one blog post
at a time.”
David Weinberger, 2004
10. twitter 18m + estimated ‘users’
57% women
35-54 year olds represent the largest twitter population
50 million tweets sent per day
~75M unique visits to twitter.com in January 2010
75% all Twitter activity comes from 5% of users
94% of Twitter users have <100 followers
92% follow <100 others
stats from: eMarketer Aug09, Harvard Study June09, Brian Solis Oct09, ComScore Sep09
11. date: March 4, 2010 @7:55pm by @bitstrategist at http://twitpic.com/16n7gp
12. facebook >400m + estimated active ‘users’
3.5 million events created each month
35 million users update their status daily
5 billion pieces of content shared each week
60 million status updates posted every day
3 billion photos are posted every month
stats from: Facebook public Statistics March 2010
13. social
networks SN’s more popular than email (67% - 65%)
Women are more active in most SN’s (avg 53%)
Social networks are more popular than porn
Social networks are likely to overtake search soon
Amount of time spent on FB increased 566% in 09
stats from: Neilsen Mar09,
56. “A local legend around Salt Lake City.
No one is sure what it means that this woman was
"Victim of the Beast 666" but many have tried to find
out!”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomigraphics/1351654737/