It's a great idea. I might just try it myself. My dad is turning 63 and I wish I still had with him the kind of bond I have now with my 4 year old son. I'd try anything to keep the relationship strong.
The skeptic in me wonder though how sustainable it is. Credentials can be lost, accounts can be wiped out, or you may just stop contributing after a while.
A service such as one you described would be essential to support this idea. Perhaps a non-profit foundation.
Yes, a dedicated service would be great.
For now, I hope Gmail would be reliable enough for our purposes. We stored the passwords to the account, and we plan to visit the account every couple of days (If not for keeping a tab on the account, I would do this just to learn what my wife has been writing to my son ;-)
It would be nice to have a script that occasionally downloads the emails and make them into a big pdf file.
The skeptic in me wonder though how sustainable it is. Credentials can be lost, accounts can be wiped out, or you may just stop contributing after a while.
A service such as one you described would be essential to support this idea. Perhaps a non-profit foundation.