Comments on: QR and the digital afterlife https://archive.richardlittledale.co.uk/2012/03/03/qr-and-the-digital-afterlife/ Reflections on preaching, communication and story Mon, 28 May 2012 08:38:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: Anselm and the lullaby « Richard Littledale's Preacher's A – Z https://archive.richardlittledale.co.uk/2012/03/03/qr-and-the-digital-afterlife/#comment-1290 Mon, 28 May 2012 08:38:54 +0000 http://richardlittledale.wordpress.com/?p=4789#comment-1290 […] mausoleum?) of me.  I also wrote about it when a memorial company in the States started installing QR codes on gravestones.  These codes act as gateways to a personalised digital archive for the deceased – with […]

]]> By: Jonny https://archive.richardlittledale.co.uk/2012/03/03/qr-and-the-digital-afterlife/#comment-1289 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:39:15 +0000 http://richardlittledale.wordpress.com/?p=4789#comment-1289 I agree with Nancy that this technology will become obsolete long before the gravestone has crumbled to indecipherability. Telephonic global positioning is getting very close to being sufficiently accurate for a simple app that can say “you are currently standing on the grave of John Doe – click the link to see his facebook page now!”

]]> By: preachersa2z https://archive.richardlittledale.co.uk/2012/03/03/qr-and-the-digital-afterlife/#comment-1288 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:37:45 +0000 http://richardlittledale.wordpress.com/?p=4789#comment-1288 In reply to Claire.

I haven’t – as I’ve never been to Durham. What does it say?

]]> By: preachersa2z https://archive.richardlittledale.co.uk/2012/03/03/qr-and-the-digital-afterlife/#comment-1287 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:36:57 +0000 http://richardlittledale.wordpress.com/?p=4789#comment-1287 In reply to Greg Wack.

Fair point Greg. I don’t think there is anything WRONG with photos on gravestones…just that I don’t actually relate to them. My problem, I guess!

]]> By: Greg Wack https://archive.richardlittledale.co.uk/2012/03/03/qr-and-the-digital-afterlife/#comment-1286 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 14:27:31 +0000 http://richardlittledale.wordpress.com/?p=4789#comment-1286 From one perspective, if I came across this for a relative I never knew, such as a grandfather, it could be very meaningful. The first picture I ever saw of my maternal grandfather was on his grave stone.

]]> By: Claire https://archive.richardlittledale.co.uk/2012/03/03/qr-and-the-digital-afterlife/#comment-1285 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:30:19 +0000 http://richardlittledale.wordpress.com/?p=4789#comment-1285 From a historical interest point of view something like that might be quite fun at Highgate. But I agree with your feelings of discomfort. Who decides what to put on the website? What if the family’s version of who that person was actually erases some aspects of their identity? A gravestone with a name, some dates and a clever poem is much simpler. There’s a very clever short ditty on a tomb near the big doors to the Galilee chapel in Durham cathedral. Have you seen it?

]]> By: Nancy Wallace https://archive.richardlittledale.co.uk/2012/03/03/qr-and-the-digital-afterlife/#comment-1284 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:25:54 +0000 http://richardlittledale.wordpress.com/?p=4789#comment-1284 I wonder how long it will be before the technology used will become obsolete and/or the QR code becomes unreadable?

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