Digital Death is the title of thefirst thesis of this series;‘Missing Bits’ is an apt addition tothis title, as it refers both tocomputer ‘bits’ which have been losti.e. ‘missing’ but also to the factthat a person may be emotionally‘missing’ their lost ‘bits’(of information or memory.)This title also subtly informs thereader that this book has been writtenwith the purpose of extending mythesis by covering any bits missingfrom previous work.

Digital Death

{MissingBits}

Stacey Pitsillides

7. Destruction of aHard Disk,37 8. Living Archives,42 9. The Ex-Box,4510. Museum of the Self,52 11. Splitting of theDigi-self,6112. Sci-Fi and the WayForward,68

Index:

Introduction,1 1. The Pet Cemetery,52. The Missing,93. The Waiting E-mail,134. Grief Goes Public,165. I am...Record,246. Share YourEmotacons,30

“When we change theway we communicate,we change society”

DATA DIARIES

physicaldigitalmeet R in location 1exchange detailse-mail Re: 1e-mail Re: reply 1 Facebook comment on statusFacebook invite to location 2accept invetation to location2call C and inviteto location 2journeyplanner.complan travel and timesexcited tweet about goingto location 2arrive C meets Rtake photographslocation 2 is great!C/R dance and pose.facebook status updateput up gallery of pictureson Facebook/ TwitterJ comments saying we shouldcatch up!bump into J and arrangeto go to location 2call E, F, K to joingoogle maps: find location 2Scype messanger chatchat, drink, singE creates facebookinvite, group V allcoming..return to location 2chatting about it nextday in unitaged in 10 picturesstatus update promisingto never drink againfriends suggest going tothe pub for a drinkafter classes

Figure 1:

One week documented and divided intodigital and physical interactions.