VOIP or just talki'n

Community sites have become huge among teens, in Sweden the most popular site is Lunarstorm, people often have their own nook where they keep a diary, send and receive messages from friends and share their pictures and files with their friends.

The Tsunami in Thailand last Christmas took the life of over 500 Swedes, many of them where young people. After the disaster the community sites have become a place for friends to show their grief of the lost one, the classmates and friends write down their feelings in a belief that their beloved friend will get the messages and the sorrow feels easier to bear.

So there seems to be a genuine need for people to be able to send a last message to a diseased friend. This also is something one should think about when designing new applications. SIP Presence allows for people to see each others online status. Today only physical places a person can be are defined such as: train, office, car, school is defined, but maybe also this should be expanded to cover place such as: in heaven and left the earth. This seems like a really special case but it could be very helpful for people in their grieving to be able to send a last message goodbye.