When I was your age, we didn’t have sites for writing our biographies

Walt I toy with the idea of writing my biography, at the very least for my kids and grandkids. But there are a number of sites that might give you a hand. And then there are sites that will publish your life story, be it a tragedy, comedy, or just plan boring.  :o)

Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal (or WSJ or the Journal as it is called around this house) writes a piece comparing some of the options in the state of the art technology associated with this.

"They may not ever be best-sellers but they have a built-in loyal readership of friends and relatives, at least. A number of new Web sites are helping people to write accounts of their life stories or family histories to preserve for posterity.

Many of these services promise to keep the authors’ autobiographies and biographies online forever. It is up to the writers whether they want to limit readership with the use of passwords or to make their stories available to the world.

I tested two of the sites: LifeBio.com and biowriters.NET. Both proved helpful in organizing key parts of my life and prompted me to remember important moments, people and situations — some of which I would prefer to forget."

Read more…

Being a professional writer, okay technical writer to be clear, I should be able to do this. But it reminds me of the old canard that goes something like, "The best mechanic drives a car that needs a lot of maintenance." Because it is your job, sometimes the last person who gets benefits from your talents is you.

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About Gandalfe

Just an itinerant saxophonist trying to find life between the changes. I have retired from the Corps of Engineers and Microsoft. I am an admin on the Woodwind Forum, run the Pacifica Big Band (formerly the Microsoft Jumpin' Jive Orchestra) and participate in other ensembles. Mostly enjoy time with family and friends.
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3 Responses to When I was your age, we didn’t have sites for writing our biographies

  1. Unknown's avatar Embrace says:

    Hello,
    Just wanted to let you know that it was so nice to have you come by with your nice commet . I look forward you your next visit. Thanks again
    Take Care
    Lisa

  2. Unknown's avatar tressie says:

    dear gandalfe – now the problem with admitting that you liked my info about putting your friends in your preferred order is that now i am AWARE you have this information, i am ON your friends list, and i am NOT at the top.  hmmmmm….  hmmmmmph!  lol  just kidding – i am glad you liked that.  while looking at your space i noticed you have a very clever little kitty on the photos.  is he/she a Bengal?  we have two bengals and recently got the second, who is a marble…………..oh wait – i will wait for a yay or nay before i bore you with details.  Anyway – your cat looks like a Bengal and so i was curious if it is.  Thanks for putting your pic on the guest book – your wife looks like she is STILL in high school (where you met her) and is impossibly young looking – and you are grandparents?  whew – good for her.  thanks for stopping by – always fun to have someone come around who’s new to your space, more or less, although i know we "met" before and i have seen you around.  take care ttfn ~ tressie

  3. Unknown's avatar Kathryn says:

    Hello! stopping by to say hi…..*smiling*

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