Earlier this week, I was waiting for the plane to reach 10,000 feet and killing time by reading American Way.

In it was an article about e-state planning, or preserving your digital legacy for after you die.

How many of you have thought about this? I mean, seriously thought about what happens to your email, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, YouTube, Pinterest, Posterous, blog, website, on and on and on accounts after you die?

I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a friend who has died and then tweeted me a couple of days lately. Clearly he had scheduled tweets or Tweet Old Post installed, but it’s still extremely jarring for those of us still on earth.

And, as it turns out, there are legal and ethical pitfalls around not having your online you taken care of when you die. (more…)