I was a guest on Paperclipping Roundtable today, discussing how to use modern media like Facebook, Twitter, and text messages in memory-keeping. It was a great topic!
Here are a few of my pages related to the discussion:
On this page of highlights from my first year on Twitter, I chose updates that were significant to the time period for me. The screen captures serve as my images, so I didn't feel the need to add any photos. After revisiting this page in preparation for the show, I really want to make another one with more current tweets!
To find your archived Tweets, go to twitter.com, click on the settings wheel, click "settings" and then scroll down and choose the option to have your archive emailed to you. It's simple to do, and fun to revisit old tweets.
This page was created by mining Facebook status updates for funny things Taite said over a period of about 6 months.
This is another one where the journaling was pulled directly from a Facebook update. I paired it with an unrelated photo of Taite reading.
An example of using text message screen shots on a page. I just print 'em out like regular photos.
It's fun to document how technology has changed (not to mention scrapbooking styles -- welcome to my border punch-a-palooza phase!)...
...and it's also a good idea to document things you love before they change.
I really like to include nods to pop culture in my scrapbooks, like this page that pokes fun at my compulsion to Instagram everything.
How do you include modern media and pop culture in your memory keeping?
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