MemoryArchive is a project I started with a group of intrepid undergraduates at American University in Washington, DC. It’s build on the following premise: everything currently stored in your memory will vanish either when you forget it or when you expire.
The constant disappearance of memory is a bad thing if you personally want to remember things or if—like archivists, librarians, and historians—you are in the business of remembering things for your community. MemoryArchive, then, is designed to allow people to capture their personal memories about significant events, share them with others, and store them for the delight and edification of people in the future. Just what “significant events” means depends on what you think is “significant.” It might be the 9/11 attacks, or it might be your first kiss. You get to decide.
Of course, you know what it’s like to be alive today. You take it for granted. But in a century there won’t be anyone around who remembers. Now you can do something about it.
By the way, if you want to read about playing basketball with Barack Obama, go here. He was good, but I schooled him.