About LifeTimeLine
What is a LifeTimeLine?
A LifeTimeLine is an organised collection of Moments and information about a person.
Moments are bits of content (initially just photos, but we are working on other content like videos too) that you can upload, document and share. Being able to describe the details of a Moment, who is involved, where and why it was taken, can add an important dimension to each Moment and your story as a whole.
What should I put in a Moment?
A Moment can be about anything. It might be an important event such as when you started a new job or moved into your first house. It might also be an everyday Moment such as you enjoying a ritual morning coffee in your kitchen. It's these Moments, anecdotal or defining, that so often get lost to time but can be a fascinating insight into your life.
Who would be interested in my life?
Primarily, friends and family, as well as descendants - even ones you may never meet. Imagine being able to open a detailed pictorial account of the life of one of your great, great grandparents. But even if you have no family, we are all connected and everyone's story is important. Think of where you live or work. Was there someone there 50 or even 100 years ago? What was their life like? Who will be there 100 years from now?
Does it take long to build?
You can build your story over time. Set a goal of uploading a moment, say, every week or so. You'll be surprised how quickly you build up a meaningful archive.
How does it work?
The LifeTimeLine.com platform allows you to upload and document a pictorial story of the Moments that make up your life experience, or that of someone close to you. It will publish your LifeTimeLine forever in a moderated, safe and importantly ad free environment.
Why we built it.
Rawdyn Nutting - Co-Founder & CPO
As my father aged and communication became more difficult, members of the family gradually took over various tasks for him. One of my roles was keeping him in touch with his old classmates from Royal Military College Duntroon from which he graduated in 1955. Duntroon was an incredibly important part of Dad's life. I noticed a very close camaraderie between the graduates that has lasted over 60 years and continues today. As part of my communications with the class, I have been privileged to hear many great stories. Along the way I was also saddened to see a few names disappear from the active registry. It struck me these stories are being lost forever and I was filled with a sense of urgency that we need a way to capture and share them.
That is exactly what LifeTimeLine does.
You can check out my Dad's LifeTimeLine here where I hope you will get a good idea of what this system can do.
Is it really online forever?
Our technical team are very experienced in delivering stable online software specifically designed to survive long periods of time with minimal intervention. We also have in place a proprietary business model with multiple levels of redundancy to ensure, as much as is possible, your data will be visible into the future - even if we go out of business. We have even gone so far as to making contingency plans should the internet ever stop existing. It sounds crazy, but we have planned for it.
How is it different?
We are a service provider to our end customer, you. Many other systems treat the user as an asset to sell by way of selling advertising or selling user data to business. We don't do any of that. We don't share your personal data with anyone. We have no ads anywhere. We exist to provide you a platform to tell your story and that's it.
Product Roadmap
We have a vast feature roadmap which will keep us very busy for years to come. Without giving away too much, we can mention some of the items on our 'to-do' list.
Genealogy Tool, Tagging, Collaboration, Video Moments, Messaging, Granular Privacy Controls, Moderation (internal and community), Alerts, Saved Searches, Watch for Changes to a LifeTimeLine, Image tools (crop, rotate etc.), print a book from a LifeTimeLine ... the list goes on.