Kronomy, Another New Social Media Tool
Posted on August 16, 2008 - Filed Under Family Memories, Geneaology, Media Archiving, Networking, Personal History, Photo Restoration, Social Media | Leave a Comment
I have been playing around with a new online application called Kronomy. I’m not really ready to show the world my creation on there but let me tell you a bit about it.
There is a concept called collective consciousness which came out of the French social theorist Emile Durkheim’s work in the late 1800s that [...]
More News on Geni.com
Posted on July 27, 2008 - Filed Under Family Memories, Geneaology, Networking, Personal History, Social Media | 1 Comment
I’ve mentioned Geni.com a few times in this blog. It’s one of my favorite social networking tools that enable its users to find and stay in touch with their relatives as they capture and share their family’s history.
This past Thursday, Geni.com got even better. Coming out of it’s beta state, it just announced some new [...]
Legacy Multimedia in the Houston Chronicle!
Posted on July 20, 2008 - Filed Under Business History, Networking, Personal History | 3 Comments
Today is a pretty exciting day around here. My company, Legacy Multimedia, received a feature profile in the Houston Chronicle business section.
I was on my vacation two weeks ago (which is why I’ve posted so infrequently over the past couple of weeks), when I got the call that they wanted to write the story. Needless [...]
Family Photo Album
Posted on June 24, 2008 - Filed Under Family Memories, Personal History, Video Tributes | Leave a Comment
Flickr photo:AhmBeaux
I met this guy at a party the other night and when I told him that I was a personal historian and biographer, he became really, really excited. He said to me, “I have to show you this album I did with my son for his 5th grade class project. [...]
Read More..>>Looking Yourself Up On Google - the New Acknowledgment
Posted on June 19, 2008 - Filed Under Personal History | 1 Comment
Flickr photo:bryanbope
I was waiting in the dentist’s office yesterday and picked up a copy of July’s Redbook and began reading an article on “Men’s Secret Fears - the Good, the Bad and the Funny, Real Guys Fess Up.” Among such fears as “What’s Up With All This Body Hair,” “Do I Have What [...]
Read More..>>Texas Governor’s Mansion Damaged by Fire
Posted on June 10, 2008 - Filed Under Family Memories, Personal History, Social Responsibility | Leave a Comment
(AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)
This weekend, the historic Texas Governor’s Mansion caught fire and much of the 152 year old structure was seriously damaged. Arson is suspected and an investigation is under way.
Fortunately, at the time, the mansion was undergoing a $10 million dollar renovation and it’s current occupants, Governor and Mrs. Rick Perry, were relocated [...]
You’re Gonna Be In Pictures…
Posted on June 2, 2008 - Filed Under Family Memories, Personal History, Video Tributes | Leave a Comment
Flickr photo:kedziers
Last week NPR ran a segment on their show, Marketplace, entitled “Coming Soon, The Cash Peters Story” which was a look into the world of video biographies spotlighting one Los Angeles firm, Legacy Flicks, that charges $20,000 to put your name on the marquee for 30 minutes.
The segment was humorous [...]
Social Networking Squeezing Out the Sacred Yearbook
Posted on May 19, 2008 - Filed Under Family Memories, Media Archiving, Personal History, Photography and Snapshots | 1 Comment
Flickr photo:PreciousKittyKat
Time was when everyone had to have a yearbook. During the final few days of school, you would run around, getting your friends’ and teachers’ signatures and comments. Well wishes for the coming summer, confessions of un-actualized crushes, premonitions of future success or in some cases, failure. All of these with remembrances [...]
Read More..>>More on Geni.com and My Genealogical Family Tree
Posted on May 5, 2008 - Filed Under Geneaology, Personal History | 2 Comments
Late last year I started a family genealogy tree on Geni.com and blogged about what exactly Geni is.
Recently my parents were in town visiting and my dad and I sat down for a couple of hours at Geni.com, armed with an old genealogical tree that I had roughly put together about 20 years ago. My [...]
What Makes a Good Biography or Autobiography?
Posted on May 2, 2008 - Filed Under Family Memories, Geneaology, Personal History, Video Tributes | Leave a Comment
Flickr photo:Kelloriffic
May is Personal History Awareness Month with May 16th identified as the International Day for Sharing Life Stories. I know lots of people who plan on writing their autobiography ’some day’ so this month just might be as good a time as any to get started on that.
It would be fair to [...]
