Comments on: Yahoo! Time Capsule http://www.foundhistory.org/2006/10/11/yahoo-time-capsule/ by Tom Scheinfeldt Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:11:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: History Carnival XLI | ClioWeb http://www.foundhistory.org/2006/10/11/yahoo-time-capsule/comment-page-1/#comment-50 History Carnival XLI | ClioWeb Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:45:40 +0000 http://www.foundhistory.org/2006/10/11/yahoo-time-capsule/#comment-50 [...] The big questions this time around for digital historians are: What do we leave behind? How do we find it? And who’s in charge? Past Thinking and Tom Scheinfeldt’s Found History discuss History Matters’s effort to “[raise] awareness of the importance of history in our everyday lives and encouraging involvement in heritage in England and Wales.” Found History also critiques the Yahoo! Time Capsule. [...] [...] The big questions this time around for digital historians are: What do we leave behind? How do we find it? And who’s in charge? Past Thinking and Tom Scheinfeldt’s Found History discuss History Matters’s effort to “[raise] awareness of the importance of history in our everyday lives and encouraging involvement in heritage in England and Wales.” Found History also critiques the Yahoo! Time Capsule. [...]

]]> By: Sheila http://www.foundhistory.org/2006/10/11/yahoo-time-capsule/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Sheila Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:39:51 +0000 http://www.foundhistory.org/2006/10/11/yahoo-time-capsule/#comment-44 Thanks for the tip, I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the tip, I’ll have to check it out.

]]> By: DavidR http://www.foundhistory.org/2006/10/11/yahoo-time-capsule/comment-page-1/#comment-42 DavidR Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:51:35 +0000 http://www.foundhistory.org/2006/10/11/yahoo-time-capsule/#comment-42 Hi ! I have studied the time capsules idea/phenomenon for the last 2 years. Yahoo's time capsule carry the same flaw as any 'generalized' time capsule. What is the value in this? By default every time capsule is flawed as it's content is edited. The second largest flaw is there is no individual recipient which creates messages that are trivial in nature. To really have value in a time capsule, there needs to be a clear contributor and recipient. A parent-child is the perfect example. Why all this? I was writing a journal for my daughter and I couldn't write what I wanted since she might read it at age 5. Thus I created www.electronictimecapsule.com I applaude Yahoo's initiative...althoug I think they could have brought the time capsule concept to the 21st century. Hi !

I have studied the time capsules idea/phenomenon for the last 2 years. Yahoo’s time capsule carry the same flaw as any ‘generalized’ time capsule. What is the value in this? By default every time capsule is flawed as it’s content is edited. The second largest flaw is there is no individual recipient which creates messages that are trivial in nature.

To really have value in a time capsule, there needs to be a clear contributor and recipient. A parent-child is the perfect example.

Why all this? I was writing a journal for my daughter and I couldn’t write what I wanted since she might read it at age 5. Thus I created http://www.electronictimecapsule.com

I applaude Yahoo’s initiative…althoug I think they could have brought the time capsule concept to the 21st century.

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