GeekWire app of the week: Dead Set
Sep 28, 2012, 12:04 PM | Updated: Sep 30, 2012, 8:01 am
 Dead Set lets users plan their will, and lets their friends take a look at what they can get. (Image courtesy iTunes) |
Every one of us has to face death, and this week’s app of the week brings us face-to-face with it.
“I have to admit, I chose this not necessarily for the utility or the features but for the simple fact that I thought it would be fun to talk about on the show,” says GeekWire host Todd Bishop.
The app is called Dead Set and offers users a chance to prepare a will before it’s their time to go.
“You can essentially get your affairs in order. It allows you to document your assets. It allows you to create the will, but here’s the app twist,” says Bishop, leading to the clincher. “You can send messages after you document your assets to your friends and ask them what they want.”
GeekWire guests Monica Guzman and Alex Malik say getting your friends so excited about what they get when you die might not be a great idea.
“They may kill you, actually,” says Malik.
Bishop says the app has a good sense of humor, featuring quotes from famous people about death.
“Dead Set makes it easy, intuitive and even fun to handle the often unpleasant business of preparing for the great inevitable,” says the app description page at iTunes.
It even lets you give a star rating to your heirs so they can be rewarded proportionally.
Dead Set is available for purchase for $4.99.
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By JAMIE GRISWOLD, MyNorthwest.com Editor
