What Are We Leaving Behind?

What will future generations find from 2014?

"It's about time we started asking ourselves: what are we leaving behind for future generations? When our descendants look back on the computer revolution, what will they still have access to?"

"When future historians look back at cloud computing, there will be nothing but a big, black hole."

Ron Amadeo published a very well-written and insightful story on ArsTechnica this week. It's definitely worth reading.

He's really concerned that while cloud-based apps and storage are great, they have a way of completely disappearing, leaving nothing for people in the future. He points out that this is very different from previous forms of software and storage, where if someone retained their computer, software and data, they had a reasonable chance of seeing what it all looked like.

Ron Amadeo does a great job explaining one of the problems that we have worked hard to solve with Timebox. While we are big believers in "the cloud" we also realize that it can become inaccessible over time, taking all of your valuable data with it. For that reason we designed Timebox to always maintain a complete copy of your stories and favorite photos on your iPhone and iPad. The Timebox Cloud is a great way to sync and backup your devices, but it's just one copy of your data, not the ONLY copy of it.

Len 

 Photo by Martin Neuhof, http://martin-neuhof.com

Father's Day

Share some fun childhood memories, maybe one or two from your teenage years and a couple that are more recent, with your Dad and the rest of your family for Father’s Day. 

When you put your photos and stories into Timebox you'll find that making a book or magazine is easy - time permitting.

If you are in a bit of rush you can email or print the photo story for free. Either way your Father’s Day stories will always be part of your Timebox.

Photography and Memory

On May 21st the National Public Radio (NPR) program All Things Considered started a series on photography and memory that that explores the relationship between human memory and photography in the age of smartphone cameras. The series touched on many things that are important to us and we thought we would share them with you. 

We all take a lot of photos and want to easily organize, share and print them. We also want to remember the stories about the photos. Who was there? What were we doing? Where were we? When was it? Timebox can help with all of that and more by making it easier to look at your photos.

Part 1 - Take Photos To Remember Your Experiences? Think Again

The first segment talks about how looking at your photos can preserve and revive your memories. 

Part 2 - Overexposed? Camera Phones Could Be Washing Out Our Memories

The second segment talks about important it is to learn how to weave a story line around your experiences.

Part 3 - How To Stay Afloat In Your Infinite Stream Of Photos

The last segment talks about the need to make our digital life more analog and that printing out our photos will help solidify our memories. It also mentions how easy it is to personalize & customize our cherished moments these days.

Enjoy the series.