Why This Blog Exists
My mom's been gone for thirty years. I had her voice on an old answering machine tape. Then I lost the tape. That loss — and the regret that came with it — is the reason VideoAncestry exists. I wrote the full story here.
This blog is where I share what I've learned building something around that pain point. Not marketing. Not press releases. Real talk about family, memory, loss, and what happens when you wait too long to hit record.
What You'll Find
Some posts are personal — the moments that shaped this project. Some are practical — what to record, how to ask the right questions, what to do this weekend with just a phone. Some are about the product itself — what we're building and why we made the choices we made. And some are about features we're considering — ideas we want you to weigh in on, because we'd rather build what matters to more than just us.
If you've ever looked at an old photo and realized nobody alive can tell you the story behind it, this blog is for you.
Start with Why We Built VideoAncestry. That's the real beginning.