Reflections Archives - Permanent.org https://www.permanent.org/blog/category/reflections/ Nonprofit. Secure. Digital Archives. Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:36:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.permanent.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-Permanent-Icon-512-32x32.png Reflections Archives - Permanent.org https://www.permanent.org/blog/category/reflections/ 32 32 Whose Data Is It, Anyway? How Permanent.org Stands Apart https://www.permanent.org/blog/how-permanent-org-stands-apart/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/how-permanent-org-stands-apart/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:41:01 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?p=8197 As we celebrate Love Your Data Week, take a moment to reflect on how you’re making informed decisions to preserve and protect your digital legacy.

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/how-permanent-org-stands-apart/feed/ 0 Imagine a World Where All People Are Included in History https://www.permanent.org/blog/imagine-a-world-where-all-people-are-included-in-history/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/imagine-a-world-where-all-people-are-included-in-history/#respond Mon, 22 Jan 2024 20:54:21 +0000 https://permanent.org/?p=5953 Imagine a world where all people, regardless of their circumstances, financial means, or social status have the opportunity to be remembered for generations to come. Imagine a world where all people can be remembered for who they are and where they have control over how they are remembered. Imagine a world where anyone – students, scholars of history, your descendents – has access to the first-hand accounts of anyone who lived before them. Donate today at Permanent.org/donate to make that vision a reality. Create a history of all people At Permanent, we believe that all people leave an impression on the world that deserves to be preserved. We believe that individual stories can have a ...

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/imagine-a-world-where-all-people-are-included-in-history/feed/ 0 Building Towards a Sustainable Future https://www.permanent.org/blog/building-towards-a-sustainable-future/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/building-towards-a-sustainable-future/#respond Mon, 21 Aug 2023 22:18:08 +0000 https://permanent.org/?p=5539 Our mission is to preserve and provide perpetual access to the digital legacy of all people for the historical and educational benefit of future generations. Providing perpetual access is a commitment that requires a stable, reliable and trustworthy steward to facilitate that access.

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/building-towards-a-sustainable-future/feed/ 0 Thoughts on Digital Preservation and Improving the Software Development Process with Nix https://www.permanent.org/blog/thoughts-on-nix/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/thoughts-on-nix/#respond Mon, 17 Apr 2023 22:55:17 +0000 https://permanent.org/?p=5189 I recently had the privilege of attending the Southern California Linux Expo, where I attended a variety of talks covering PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, the intersection between open source and public policy, protecting yourself from surveillance on the Internet, and more.

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/thoughts-on-nix/feed/ 0 Five Things We’ve Learned About Legacy Planning https://www.permanent.org/blog/five-things-weve-learned-about-legacy-planning/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/five-things-weve-learned-about-legacy-planning/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:40:56 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?p=5093 A vital part of Permanent.org’s original manifesto and long term plan includes creating a way for members to determine how their digital legacy on Permanent.org will be managed beyond their lifetime. In 2022, we began planning how to best implement a legacy planning feature by researching best practices, creating a workable prototype, and having members of our community and our partners provide feedback about the prototype and about legacy planning in general. Over the three months that we surveyed our members and partners about the legacy planning prototype, we received feedback from 40 people. Here are five takeaways we learned from our members about legacy planning and how we’re using that feedback to inform the ...

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/five-things-weve-learned-about-legacy-planning/feed/ 0 Capture and Preserve Traditions with Your Loved Ones https://www.permanent.org/blog/preservetraditions/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/preservetraditions/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:13:53 +0000 https://permanent.org/?p=4932 When you save to Permanent, you'll be able to look back, year after year, on your shared memories and the people or traditions that made them so special.

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/preservetraditions/feed/ 0 Download and Secure Your Twitter Data Now https://www.permanent.org/blog/download-twitter-data/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/download-twitter-data/#respond Fri, 18 Nov 2022 21:01:09 +0000 https://permanent.org/?p=4917 Permanent.org exists for the preservation of your digital legacy, as you define it, not for profit.

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/download-twitter-data/feed/ 0 Storage Grants for Historically Marginalized Narratives https://www.permanent.org/blog/storage-grants-for-historically-marginalized-narratives/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/storage-grants-for-historically-marginalized-narratives/#respond Thu, 22 Sep 2022 07:50:22 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?p=4863 Our Byte for Byte program provides archival storage grants to nonprofit and community-led organizations that advance diversity, equity and inclusion in cultural heritage, preservation and history. Today we are excited to announce our newest Byte for Byte partners and grantees. This cohort of 12 organizations represents an impressive diversity of collections and focus areas: Washington State Jewish Historical Society Gerlind Institute for Cultural Studies King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center Wasted Ink Zine Distro Texas Heritage Project of American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions Splinter Art and Community Fund Jewish Zine Archive Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation Inside Books Project Archive Perilous Chronicle African American Museum of Southern Arizona Arizona ...

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/storage-grants-for-historically-marginalized-narratives/feed/ 0 The Letter https://www.permanent.org/blog/the-letter/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/the-letter/#respond Thu, 26 May 2022 08:30:00 +0000 https://permanent.org/?p=4519 Take an old letter, add some photographs, and create a place for family to share stories.

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/the-letter/feed/ 0 Can We Have Nice Things on the Internet? https://www.permanent.org/blog/can-we-have-nice-things-on-the-internet/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/can-we-have-nice-things-on-the-internet/#respond Tue, 26 Apr 2022 22:42:46 +0000 https://permanent.org/?p=4520 Permanent.org exists for the preservation of your digital legacy, as you define it, not for profit.

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/can-we-have-nice-things-on-the-internet/feed/ 0 ALA Conference 2021 https://www.permanent.org/blog/ala-conference-2021/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/ala-conference-2021/#respond Wed, 14 Jul 2021 01:45:00 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?p=3852 I was excited to attend the American Library Association (ALA) 2021 Conference on behalf of the Permanent Legacy Foundation last week!  At this online conference, I learned Permanent Legacy Foundation, an online archiving platform for individuals and organizations, is more important than ever in order to empower people to create and preserve their personal history. Wisdom Making meaning of data is something Permanent is striving to do. The files and photographs that our members trust us with are not just data to us. The experience of helping your elders upload family history to our platform provides a window into the lives they led along with the wisdom they carry that can be added to the ...

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