After almost getting killed while traveling in Cambodia (reckless motorcycle driver hit me), I was wondering about this. It dawned on me that it might take a few years for distant acquaintances to find out what happened, and a few people might just wonder why I dropped off the map. It also occurred to me that a couple bank accounts/brokerage accounts I had, no one knew about and I'd already gone to paperless statements. Things like that.
I guess in the grand scheme of things it wouldn't be a big deal in comparison to getting killed, but I started thinking about how people would do estate planning now that "their papers" aren't necessarily papers in a desk or safe deposit box any more, but frequently digital and password protected. This seems like a service that's going to be more important as time passes, and kudos for identifying the real objections people would have to and working through them. Good luck, this is going to be something that gets more and more important as we digitize things more and create physical copies less.
Edit: Quick feedback - you might want a more sober color scheme, was kind of jarring seeing the standard Web 2.0 app color scheme and design when clicking over. Or maybe not, but it's probably worth testing. After a couple google searches, looks like a lot of passing-away type websites look more like this - http://www.funeralhomeresource.com/
Thanks for the feedback. We debated quite a bit on the design/colors/name. We tried to optimize for what will best communicate 1) We are trustworthy 2) we'll be around forever and 3) this is going to be easy to do. Once we get some more use of the site we'll do some real testing on the design.
I guess in the grand scheme of things it wouldn't be a big deal in comparison to getting killed, but I started thinking about how people would do estate planning now that "their papers" aren't necessarily papers in a desk or safe deposit box any more, but frequently digital and password protected. This seems like a service that's going to be more important as time passes, and kudos for identifying the real objections people would have to and working through them. Good luck, this is going to be something that gets more and more important as we digitize things more and create physical copies less.
Edit: Quick feedback - you might want a more sober color scheme, was kind of jarring seeing the standard Web 2.0 app color scheme and design when clicking over. Or maybe not, but it's probably worth testing. After a couple google searches, looks like a lot of passing-away type websites look more like this - http://www.funeralhomeresource.com/