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“Hands Up to the Sky” by Michael Franti & Spearhead: A surprisingly upbeat song about acknowledging both loss and the beauty of life -
Coping With Election Grief: While half of Americans are celebrating, the other half are in mourning
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Tag Archives: Social Networking
“If I Die” Facebook App
Facebook App Allows Users to Leave a Message for Loved Ones After Their Death
The “farewell message” has made its way to social networking. A new Facebook app allows users to schedule a message or messages to post to their wall after they have died. After installing the app, a person chooses three Facebook friends … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Facebook, Memorial, Post-mortem, Social Networking, Technology
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Grief, Loss, and the End-of-Life Experience in the Age of the Tweet
How do our online networks effect the way we address real-life death?
“Here it is. I’m dead…” Earlier this year, Derek Miller published to his blog a farewell post—the day after his death. Before this, Miller had been blogging about his fight with metastatic colorectal cancer. SevenPonds recently published a Just Passed … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Facebook, Grief Loss and Bereavement, Memorial, Social Networking, Twitter, Web 2.0
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