Get online from beyond the grave
For anyone approaching the dying of the light, there are a number of concerns which will no doubt weigh heavily on the mind.
Ensuring that wills are up to date and last wishes fulfilled are obvious candidates. You might even consider how the news will reach friends, family members and acquaintances.
In days gone by we relied upon phone calls, word of mouth or perhaps an announcement in the local paper.
But in this online age, where the majority of us have built up (sometimes vast) networks of friends online, there are more and more people to tell – who can’t be reached by the traditional means.
Grieving relatives and friends have for some time been able to set up online memorial sites using sites such as www.gonetoosoon.co.uk but it seems that’s just not enough.
There is a whole new business in websites springing up to like www.deathswitch.com which will automatically send e-mails to all your online contacts if you don’t check in after a period of time.
Alternatively www.slightlymorbid.com will do the same thing once a trusted friend or relative has logged on using a secure password and registered the news of your death online.
It seems that even in death, online communication is impossible to ignore.