Question: my friend would be perfect for this as a job for her, how might she go about applying?
As an aside could you also use it to write biographies? Biography-as-a-service I imagine might go down well..
Question: my friend would be perfect for this as a job for her, how might she go about applying?
As an aside could you also use it to write biographies? Biography-as-a-service I imagine might go down well..
I'm not mocking your idea, I genuinely think it's great, but I can imagine how depressing the Amazon "Biographies" section will be in a few years when it's filled with Youtubers and Instagram influencers who "made it" and think their stories are worth reading...
When we think about our goal for Artifact, we really want to create a space for people to explore the important stories and subjects in life, especially when someone might think that those things might not be worth capturing - they are! It's why Artifacts are default private or set up for easy sharing only among close friends, family, or colleagues.
Now if people want to share their interview more widely, they are of course welcome to do so, but I 100% agree with you that I think what we are building looses a lot if the assumption is that Artifacts are created for primarily public consumption, etc.
It's something we'll be paying close attention to going forward. Thank you very much for the astute comment.
I imagine a Borgesian world where all the stories that could ever be told are available to all the future ages of time. What incredible things could we do, as a people, if we truly were able to process in some way the lives of those who came before us, and knowing our own stories could be shared with generations to come? Narcissism notwithstanding, as for me it's the ordinary lives that have so much to offer us, in aggregate.
And yes, the little things are in fact the big things.
Your friend can email us at contact@heyartifact.com. George, my co-founder, will follow up from there.
Regarding biographies - great question. We don't currently do this, but it's an idea that make a lot of sense as extension of "Life Story" Artifacts. And in a lot of respects, "Life Story" Artifacts, which occur over 3 to 4 interviews, end up feeling a lot like an "audio biography" - with that intimacy of having the person's voice right there.
Thank for the suggestion and please do have your friend email us!