I'm published in Creative Quarterly

This week I received the spring issue of Creative Quarterly and was very pleased to see one of my photographs printed full page in the magazine.

I've been working on my MFA degree for the last 2 1/2 years and it's good to see my work is getting some recognition.

Although this doesn't have much to do with archiving I do wonder how long artists, and others for that matter, will be published in a printed format.

The cost of printing and sending out a magazine in the electronic age is not very cost effective. It's sad because they may never know what it's like to open up a publication and see your work inside. There is also that new magazine smell!

The Dead on Facebook

With over 900 million users on facebook I, as a digital archivist, wonder about the dead on facebook. What happens to their account? I'd guess no one calls up facebook to let them know a person is dead. 
So......how many users are dead? We already know that many of the accounts are fake or that people have multiple accounts. But who keeps track of the dead? Also.....I do wonder what happens to all those posts and the dreaded timeline. Does the company keep all of that info? 
I would argue they should. If the web posts we make today are the record others will look at tomorrow then we should keep this information public and preserve it for future generations.