This is my homemade blog. (Taken with Instagram at Urban Outfitters)

A brilliant startup idea: Heaven™

What if we’ve already forgotten all of the things we wanted most to remember? What if the things we remember are the bad things and the backwash, laundered with moments of twee? I read somewhere once that the subconscious mind “hears” negative more profoundly than it does positive, leaving a deeper line in the brain. Those impressions linger longer and echo louder within. This is why we sometimes need to remind ourselves to think positively but negatives slip effortlessly into our line of thought. It’s the moments that lay between the high/low extremes and the rites of passage that shape us the most, and those are the ones I want to always remember. Those are the ones we’re most likely to forget.

It’s profound how much gets lost. When I was packing to move I spent a lot of time revisiting old journals and sentimental memorabilia I’d saved over the years. I was reminded of so many experiences and people that I’d completely forgotten, and that struck me. I was also reminded of my own internal banter at the time, which has changed considerably depending on how far back you go. That was what most reminded me of myself, reliving my old perspectives.

I think this is why people are so innately adapting to sharing the minutia of their daily lives with social media. Yes, a considerable amount is probably driven by ego, but I’d like to think that really, we’re documentarians. We want to look back and remember… ourselves.

We’re creating threads of our existence like a time capsule to live on in the cloud. Now there’s a great startup idea. Your entire online existence (or at least whatever you’ve connected) is guaranteed to live forever in Heaven™. The ultimate cloud storage service. Your friends and loved ones can visit “you” whenever they want and generations to come can see the world through your eyes. Expired services would be saved and stored automatically… 100% controlled by you and accessed by only those you’ve left your password to.

Live until we all die or the machines take over. Whichever comes first. Sign here…

Oh hai: that would be me! (Taken with Instagram at Techcrunch Disrupt SF 2011)

#protip found in the ladies room #tcdisrupt (Taken with Instagram at Techcrunch Disrupt SF 2011)

Pie @ Pie (Taken with Instagram at P-I-E)

tristanx:

Whoever operates the @2011Census account needs a raise.

Epic.