(USA Today) Mourning becomes electric: Technology changes the way we grieve

Posted by Kendall Harmon

A video camera, audio files and blogging software all helped Diane DiResta handle the recent deaths of loved ones.

When her 91-year-old aunt passed away in 2010, DiResta videotaped the eulogies to create a record of the moving words spoken. She wasn't ready to talk about her aunt at the service, so she used AudioAcrobat to record her thoughts, then e-mailed that audio file to close family.

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Filed under: * Christian Life / Church LifeParish MinistryDeath / Burial / Funerals* Culture-WatchBlogging & the InternetPsychologyReligion & CultureScience & Technology* TheologyEthics / Moral TheologyPastoral Theology

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