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By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Legacy Locker: An Online Will For Your Digital Life

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:00:55 +0000

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By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Legacy Locker: An Online Will For Your Digital Life

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:00:54 +0000

[...] For another death-related service, check out MyWonderfulLife, which allows users to plan their own funeral. [...]

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Legacy Locker: An Online Will For Your Digital Life — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:59:46 +0000

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By: jenny

jenny — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:09:28 +0000

i like the ifidie.org site. i like the carte blanche – there’s more room to write whatever you want, and less of a sense of impending doom!

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:01:18 +0000

ifidie.org does a similar thing, but in a more personal way. not sure if the website is officially launched? also, it seems less appropriate for funeral planning, but more appropriate for communicating with loved ones from beyond the pale…

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By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:47:40 +0000

Unfortunately, online “when I die” sites (TC July 2006 youdeparted) tend to enable actions which only should be undertaken in legal documents. Worryingly, with over 70% of Americans without a Will, sites like MWL are in danger of misleading and giving a false sense of security to those who use them – and to those who write about them.

When someone dies, lines of responsibility are clear. Most funeral/memorial/preplanning online services respect the line between legal and personal. However, more problems than solutions are created by MWL offering only part of the process yet encouraging naming someone to receive a specific possession (outside of a Will) or listing assets (without any real info) or leaving instructions for care of minor children (without naming a Child’s Guardian and Child’s Trustee) on a website accessible by up to 6 people.

While it is correct to question the lifespan of a site such as MWL (it has to be there when you die), it is wrong to say the same for “online will” sites offering legal estate planning documents which become legal just as soon as they are printed, signed and witnessed.

http://www.itsmylife.com is an all inclusive “online will” service which has been offering estate planning (inc private letters and funeral wishes) for over 4 years. During our current upgrade we are extending the service to include more of the “create your own memorial” capability, having researched the many existing services available to those who have lost someone. Even if MWL correct their offering, it will struggle to compete with existing online will services, online memorial players (some of which are moving into preplanning next year) and those who are launching real innovative services such as eternalspace.com.

All those who are deathblind and/or find deathplanning morbid – it’s not for you, it’s for those you care about! If done right, the difference is immeasurable and positively life changing for the living people left behind.

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By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:12:56 +0000

Great Idea

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Ad Manager — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:26:11 +0000

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By: Chief Wiggum

Chief Wiggum — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:47:00 +0000

Hey Michael – Love your site and I visit several times a day when I can.

BUT – I AM GOING TO TAKE A FEW WEEKS OFF AND NOT VISIT FOR AWHILE…

…until you decide to ban that spammer “loc@#$%.com.

We’ve all asked you to ban him, but you won’t.

So I’ll ban you.

I’ll miss your site terribly, but there are alternatives out there.

We’ve repeatedly ask you to ban this spammer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s fricking annoying!

By: b j

b j — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:40:13 +0000

I just had to go through burying and planning a memorial for my father. Unfortunately he didn’t leave many instructions except that he wanted to be buried. Something like this would have been a godsend. However, I think most people are too scared to think about death to do something like this. Scrambling to put together a memorial in a week or two is a very difficult experience!

By: dave g

dave g — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:51:33 +0000

I think it is a really good idea – Ive often said “I want this song played very loud at my funeral” (which freaks out my wife) – but on the flip side – I may hesitate to actually dig in and plan my death/funeral.

I do like the fact that they are from Minnesota!

Best of luck!

By: Plan Your Funeral Before It’s Too Late

Plan Your Funeral Before It’s Too Late — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:23:07 +0000

[...] this is too morbid for a hump day blog post, but the folks at TC have brought a new Web site to my attention: MyWonderfulLife. The Minnesota-based startup gives [...]

By: dave

dave — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:22:24 +0000

hmm, sounds like a ripe acquisition target for eons.com…..yawn

By: Mathew Carpenter

Mathew Carpenter — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:34:31 +0000

I agree, what a great concept! Hopefully I don’t need to deal with that stuff just yet.

By: deathcab

deathcab — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:34:59 +0000

hey maybe the deadpool can use this

By: deathcab

deathcab — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:33:53 +0000

I am looking forward to this

This is right up there with the credit/financial crisis

but this is likely the last thing I would think of before I die

By: Tony "the chain" Zambino

Tony "the chain" Zambino — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:30:40 +0000

I might be interested if it could help me plan some else’s funeral.

By: Miiko Mentz

Miiko Mentz — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:10:49 +0000

What a great concept. I love it! There’s nothing worse than having your heart ripped from you, being in a state of shock and having to plan someone’s funeral in a state of shock, denial, anger, sadness, etc; not to mention all the family drama (people sometimes get ugly when one dies). This site, along with a living will, can certainly avoid some of that family drama.

And it’s the perfect site for control freaks. They can now control the last moments after their death before they get dropped six feet under or torched, and let’s not forget the option to be frozen (cryogenics). If Ted Williams set up a profile at mywonderfullife then maybe they could have avoided all that family feuding over him being frozen.

I love the casket cam video. That rocks! http://is.gd/4add

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:50:56 +0000

cute concept – bit it’s going to be deadpooled, no pun

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:23:55 +0000

I have run a memorial site for 2.5 years (http://www.rememberwell.net) and been keeping a blog (http://www.reme...t.wordpress.com) of resources; primarily having to do with home funeral and “green” burial. I find this particular funeral planning website kind of clinical, personally. But never-the-less, it is essential that you know what happens to your body when you die and decide how you want to be treated…fact of life.
The majority of people in the US hand their bodies over to corporations upon death and your loved ones have NO control what so ever…although they certainly do by law. So it is important that you know the process and the laws AND that you know if your body is going to become a pollutant (by being embalmed) or returned to nature (natural burial).
If we were all CLEAR on what goes on with a dead body in America, we all opt for home funeral and green burials. It is the only thing that makes sense. So the fact that these folks are bringing this subject to the surface at the very least raises awareness and dialogue about a very important subject.
Be empowered or empower others to make decisions that the can live with by getting your head out of the sand and coming to terms with the fact that we will all die and leave a body that others want to honor with ceremony and dispose of respectfully. Know what the procedure is so that when the funeral director feeds you a line of bs you know it. Or better yet find your local home funeral midwife and enjoy the experience instead.

By: Charmaine Chen

Charmaine Chen — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:19:20 +0000

Not a service that I would be interested in, but the web application itself is commendable.

By: musicextreme

musicextreme — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:46:22 +0000

I signed up and got this?
“We’ll send you an email shortly that has a link for you to click to finalize the process”.
So if i click on the link I AM FINALIZED?
Too scary, Happy Halloween to you!