As Swedes, they were familiar with Swedish death cleaning, the idea that as you near the end of life, you declutter and organize your belongings so as not to burden those who survive you. When Liljenberg arrived to help his grandfather sort through his possessions, he didn't expect to be rescuing digital photos off a phone full of malware. The first time most of us face death cleaning isn't at our leisure with our stuff, but urgently and on short notice with our parents’ and grandparents’ stuff. I asked O'Keeffe for tips on organizing digital assets while death cleaning. While it's tempting to separate the digital cleanup from the physical, all too often the first step in organizing data is to scan physical documents.