Tag: JOURNAL

In the words of MotoDiary's creator, a blog is not a journal. Sometimes you need a secure, quiet location to jot down your notes. MotoDiary is an attempt to provide you with just such a place. It's HTML5-powered, but it feels very minimalistic – even austere. Your notes are encrypted locally using your browser's power (even if you're writing from a mobile device), and then uploaded to the ...

Dear diary, Today I found OhLife. It's an interesting service for maintaining a private journal. It aims to do the same thing Penzu does, but offers a different take on things to help people journal more consistently: Writing is done over email. Once you sign up, you get a nightly email, asking how did your day go. You simply reply and jot down whatever it is you have to say about the day. OhLife ...

I don't get it. A Web application for "writing in private?" What's the point? Penzu apparently received glowin praise from some of the best-known media outlets on the Web. PC Mag gave it the "Best Free Software of 2009" award. Am I the only one left wondering what the ...? Penzu puts you in front of a neat little paper-like "page" that is lined and everything. You can then write your thoughts and ...

There are many ways to keep a diary or journal. You can use pen and paper like people have been doing for centuries. Or you can open a Word or TXT document and just start writing. But sometimes it's nice to have an application that's actually designed for the task, and which will separate your journal entries by date, let you search your diary for specific keywords, and offer some form of ...

Fans of 37signal's online task management and information gathering tool Backpack will be excited to hear about the tool's latest addition, a Journal page. Backpack recently underwent a major update that moved the tool from a single-user focus to a tool intended to allow teams that are working together to keep information organized. The new Journal function continues the tool's move to more of a ...