Of course I read a number of blogs and thought I’d pass on links to a couple I enjoyed.
The first post is by a blogging friend,
Photo courtesy of Andrea herself!
Andrea Huelsenbeck.
She recently wrote a blog entitled “What Happens to Your Blog After You Die or Lose Interest in It?”
Click this link to read her post.
Because of this post, I am leaving specific instructions for a family member to delete my blog when I die.
I wrote a few years ago about making arrangements for a friend to dispose of the contents of my quilt studio after my death. That’s an important thing to consider, too, since often a quilter’s heirs don’t know what half “that stuff” is or what to do with it.
Then there’s is Leo Babauta’s post on intellectual property and why he doesn’t copyright his blog.
I’ve followed Leo’s blog off and on for years because we share some of the same values and I like his perspective. It is because of his example that I have very little in the margins of my blog, while many of my colleagues have numerous icons, lists, etc. His example also helped me to decide against affiliate links in my blog.
A blog needs pictures, so here’s one of Leo. I just lifted it from his blog without worrying about it 😀
Photo courtesy of Zen Habits
Of course this is really a quilting blog, so here are pictures of a couple of quilts one of my groups recently made for Flying Horse Farms, a camp in Ohio that serves children with serious illness. The fabric draped in the upper corner is a pillowcase to go with the quilt.
Let me know what you think of the blog posts referenced above.
Zippy Quilts 
This is definitely food for thought, for those of us who blog. I’d hate to think that my 14 years of regular blogging could be hi-jacked. Now I’m curious to go visit the blog sites of the dozens of friends I know who have walked away from their blogs in the past six to seven years. Way more people have done that, than those of us who have hung on. I already have in mind what to do with my sewing room quilt-y and sew-y stuff, though I have yet to write it down. You prompt me to start taking action. Thanks for the push! Love the quilts you made, and with pillowcases to boot! You’re a very generous maker.
Thank you. And yes, we all need to be planning or the inevitable.
Yikes! Never thought about the possibility of someone hacking my blog.
There was a speaker at a guild meeting who talked about making plans for all your “stuff”. I discussed this with family and they know what to do with all my stuff.
I haven’t checked on your blog lately. In view of this, maybe you need to delete it? Bummer. Maybe get a blog book made from it before it goes?
Thanks for sharing! I would hate to have someone land on my blog only to see porn! I don’t know why I never considered this, since I have landed on hijacked sites before. I shall definitely have a discussion with my fam. 🙂
Thanks for letting me know. I certainly found Andrea’s post helpful.
Interesting. And yet maybe contradictory, the two blogs. One is to guard and the other is to give freely. I’m not sure it maters if one is dead or alive–if it does, then I guess they don’t contradict.
I had a webpage once and had a copyright notice on it, then decided to remove the notice. We stopped paying so it’s now gone. I’m wondering if after death blog acion differs whether one pays or doesn’t. If one pays, it seems it would stop when payment stops.
Definitely worth thinking about.Thanks for alerting us.
I have no idea what happens if I just quit paying, though I’m sure the blog URL would then become available. Hopefully without my prior content, but who knows? I thought Andrea’s advice to leave someone instructions for deleting it was sound.
Wow Mary – thanks so much for the links. I was skeptical before opening the link and reading about what happens to your blog when you die or you stop blogging. At first I was thinking – but you’d want your legacy to be there online – but yikes – hijacking and a porn site!??! The Leo B article was food for thought. This so him – I’ve listened to him over the years on podcasts and he is so Zen!
Wonderful quilts!
Aha! So we share a (distant) acquaintance with Leo B as well 😀
Thanks, Zip.
These suggestions are extremely helpful if not daunting regarding consequences of doing nothing! One of many things I have on my list of ‘techie things to figure out’. To be tackled during the summer. Ugh.
Yes, I had figuring out techie things! I’m so glad Andrea brought this to my attention and even told me how to fix it 😀
You have given me something to think about. Thanks Mary
Thanks for reading and commenting. I thought of you today because my borage looks like it’s about to bloom. I planted the seeds after learning about borage from you last year 😀
You have made my day! Enjoy those delicate furry blooms