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During the pandemic I started recording videos for my young kids. I imagine they will watch them when they are 25 years old. I think it will be cool to see the young me (then) and get a first hand, 'historical' account of covid, Trump etc - it's just me, talking to the camera.

The tricky part is thinking about how to get them the videos at the right time. I plan to be very alive in (less than) 25 years, but who really knows what devices and formats we'll be using.

I took this idea and applied it to my parents - asking them to record their life story on video so that I have their stories and our family history. It's taken some urging for them to do it, but I figure that every video will be valuable at some point. Once I got my parents moving on this, I created an app to productize this idea - viography.co. It hasn't found the right fit or messaging yet, but it's inexpensive to run so I'm planning to keep it going as long as I'm using it for my family.