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One of the big events at RootsTech today was the Innovator Showdown. There were 60 applicants who applied
for the $100,000 grand prize. It’s a combination of cash and other products and
services. There were many excellent presentations. Here's what caught my
attention:
JRNL.com
It’s a way to curate the myriad of
social media (Facebook, Instagram, etc), email and photos. It includes
commenting, sharing and an event based collaboration feature (great for family
reunions). You can then use their publishing platform to produce a book of your
“journaling.”
The
History Project
Allows you to bring together
documents, photos, audio files, etc about one of your family members to allow
their lives to be remembered.
Studio
A 3D
lazer scanner for albums
We will see later this week who the
finalists are.
This morning I met with Ben Gunther from MacFamilyTree. They are preparing to launch version 8. More on that later.
This afternoon is ramping up in terms
of places to go and people to see. I’m attending “France Internet Sources – Top
Research Sites” in hopes of getting some ideas for researching the 25% of my
ancestry that is French.
I have a practice session for the
first of my presentations, “The Non-Scientist’s Intro to Genetic Genealogy and DNA.” That session is tomorrow, Thursday at 1:30. My second speaking
session is Friday at 1:30 when I talk about, “Digging for Ancestors: The Bureau
of Land Management.”
With any luck, I’ll be able to catch
Judy Russell’s, “More Than Just Names: Advanced US Census Research,” at 4:30.
The day rounds out with the RootsTech Media Dinner which I’m excited for.
For those of you who aren’t attending
RootsTech in person, remember some of the sessions are streaming live. Check
out the schedule.
More
to come both at this blog and over at The In-Depth Genealogist. They have quite a contingent attending this year.
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