Legacy is anything that is passed down through generations to the next whether it is a story, object, and/ or language. It has been shown in many different ways like photos, sculptures, books, and movies. People are always looking to be different and/or to be the fist to do something and in the rapidly devolving world the internet has shown light on leaving a legacy in a new way.
The reason why I think many people leave their legacies online because they would want people in the world to know who they are and what they went through during there life time. Also I think that people leave their legacies online because it is a simple way to pass on stories to the viewers to portray their lives which would be able to stay online until it is removed. I believe that internet legacies will never be removed and will remain on the internet due to its importance.
One example I found of legacy someone that left online is a blog about things that happen to this person daily http://youssef2k.blogspot.com/.She states that “No word processing, lots of bad spelling and the aim is to share my expertness with my friends, family and loved ones and the combination of all these groups”. The blog was created by the author using an online blogging website called http://www.blogger.com/start. The second example I found of someone that left their legacy online was a website that was created for the victims of September 11. http://www.911digitalarchive.org/stories/. Most likely the author created this website in a remembrance for the victims of Sept 11 and to be a memorial for them and also so that the stories of what happen that day will never be forgotten.
In media seminar we have used the internet to leave our own legacy so that other classmates and other people around the world can view my thoughts and opinions. We used many tools to better our ideas for our blogs. Some of the tools we used was Macromedia Flash, Adobe PhotoShop, Blogger (an internet blogging site), and many others. Some of the things I would like and would want to be able to leave behind are pictures, videos, and stories of my accomplishments and the most important things to me that I have received in my life. It would be good because I would want my family (pertaining to the next generations) to remember me so that they could know who what a type of person I am.
In conclusion I believe that people leave their legacy online because it will be present of a long period of time or there forever. So there fore I know that if I put my legacy online then it will remain available forever and will be available for all my future generations and others around the world to view and talk about. These are the reason why I would like to leave my legacy online. Will you leave yours?
