Wednesday, August 27, 2008

The importance of preserving stories from one's life

The other day I was having a conversation with my daughter in front of a group of shelves in our house containing a number of photographs. As I looked at the various photographs of my parents and grandparents, I decided to quiz her on who they were and what they did in their lives.

Sadly, while she was "pretty sure" of who the people were, she was not clear on what they had done in their lives.

It was clear to me that I had to do something about this. So I went out and did some searching on the web for some sites that would support what I wanted. Although there are some that do what I wanted, I did not find what I liked.

More searching brought me to a new website called Told4Ever.com. I have been trying it out and it seems to be exactly what I need.

I can download photographs, create a Friends List, and create stories - linking the desired people and photo's to each story.

I can share my stories on three levels:
1.) Private - which allows only me to see and edit it
2.) Shared - where I can select the friends I want to share each story with
3.) Public - which shares the story to the Told4Ever "public"

It is perfect for me and I am pointing all my friends to it.

When I setup my account I received a User Guide that really made it easy.

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