While I was typing out all the causes from the wikipedia list of causes by death in the health I realized and it reinforced why I was doing this and how invaluable this tool could be to connecting people.

I also realized how massive this site would have to be and how much work would have to go into it and not just a few frames here and there but where the frames would need to be; making it user friendly but delivering massive amounts of information at one time. It seems to be going very text based and i've tried to integrate as many pictures as possible to keep it visually stimulating as well. 

The map might not happen in the back since the information that needs to be conveyed and communicated might trump the space needed for the map.

There's also the trouble of keeping someone 'hooked' onto the site rather than just creating a one time profile and leaving it at that. Maybe a desktop app can be developed that would make it easier to track and input information without the lengthy need to login to the site etc. This might encourage people to use it more if the app was an autoload app. 

More thoughts on a take away: a shirt that says 'living legacy' somewhere on it. that is sent as a gift when making a large enough of a valuable contribution. Someone else would have to purchase it for you in recognition and you can't just 'add to cart' for yourself. Or statements that say 'I've started my legacy, have you?'. A phrase to get people thinking.. yes you are living right now.. you are effecting people around you... for better or for worse.

I'm looking forward to sharing my findings on thursday and hopefully can get some feedback on different skins and maybe a better way to organize the architecture making it more accessible to people.

until then.. practice giving