I haven’t tried ghost. But it needs to be hosted and can’t be static and served from github or netlify tho? The only features I need for editing can all be satisfied by vs code or markdown editors better so I don’t really need a CMS system.
Aha! Yes, I remember now, I must have seen jrnl here on HN. I certainly imitated its interface. Looking at the project again I'd recommend using jrnl instead of my one-off scripts, it's seen a lot of recent activity!
Now that my memory is jogged (amusing, for a journaling discussion), I opted for my solution because I wanted as few dependencies as possible for workflow reasons. Journaling is very personal, and I wanted the ability to quickly change the tool if it didn't suit me. Now that I better understand what I want, I may switch to jrnl. I also built a rudimentary task tracking system on top of my system as a separate tool, but that part really isn't worth sharing.
jrnl interop sounds useful, especially if bidirectional and automated (and for me personally, available on Android).
Thanks! Editing will be coming, at some point, due to overwhelming demand. :) Hesitant about threads at the moment, as don't want to complicate existing interface. Some also suggested using horizontal scroll for different streams to separate work and life for example.
For threads you could implement something like Telegram's "Reply" feature. E.g. long press or swipe on a prior entry when typing a message, then when it's sent it has a clickable link to the prior message embedded above it.
Either way I'm definitely going to be checking this out as it's very similar to how I already use the Notes app for journaling type entries.
Would be great to see the thread of "replies" functionality also. I use that feature in Telegram and WhatsApp for chaining related stuff. I have long lists like that.
And separate streams for work and personal is definitely one use for me. And I create temporary streams for a project or a trip. Horizontal scroll could work great!
Thank you for the shoutout. Yeah most of the features are free but with subscription you are supporting me and also unlocking the photo logs and fonts and hopefully more in the future.
Haha thanks for the feedback. I definitely am hearing some echos. I was inspired by apples keynote grid design but then realized maybe for a landing page it’s a bit too chaotic? And your eyes don’t have a linear place to start and have to do some extra work. Definitely thinking ways to mitigate this.
There are a few different issues. I think part of the problem is that it looks a bit busy but ok when the window is narrow. But at full width on my screen I get 5 columns, and nothing to signify what is important. You'd improve it massively by just setting a max width so it's never more than maybe two columns, maybe three at a stretch.
But secondly I think it's a "brand" issue even with two or three columns. You're selling a minimalist app, but the homepage one of the most cluttered I've seen (at my window width, anyway). To give you an idea of how busy it feels, take a look at this page [1] (yes, I'm exaggerating for effect).
I get that you want to showcase everything, but I think you need to really consider that the people to whom the simplicity appeals are not likely to respond to a cluttered homepage.
1920 pixels on a 27" external monitor. And yes, usually full width. I did test your site with narrower windows and it becomes a lot easier to read then, hence why I think a quick and dirty first step you could make it just reducing the maximum number of columns.
Thanks for the added context! It's been almost 2 years of idleness from me. Although I've released the android version and few small changes in between, I wish one day I'm updating the app frequently enough that I need to post every year. :D
Interesting. I've seen people using telegram to post messages to their Roam graph, it will require some significant work considering this is an offline-only app. But then again, if I do support all these log types, why not just go to the app directly? I do like your auto prompt feature and have thought about it as well (or even support different scripted prompts as plugins), some people do like the prompt and structure, maybe someday when there is enough user interests...
