Today, I just stumbled upon a free online tool called Penzu which allows any registered user to keep an online diary or journal for free.
In this digital age, anything that resembles writing on paper still makes an impact. To me, it has to do with my undying love for pen and paper and the need to feel the illusion of still keeping records in paper format even with the evolution of e-copies and e-books.
Penzu does a good job of keeping it simple and the look is that of a real journal. You simply type an entry which is already dated by default and you can lock it, save it, print it, share it and you can even insert a picture to your journal entry.
It does give that journal feel as you type in your entry. The only possible improvement is if this application will be able to incorporate inking as a method of data entry. Then we will have the feel of pen and paper in our hands.
If you are not aware, Microsoft OneNote is a much better journal that is available with your Microsoft Office 2007 package and it does give you the illusion of getting the book-and-pen note keeping because it allows inking which you can easily do using tablet and pen computer accessory.
The only advantage of keeping one online is the fact that you can access your journal anywhere for as long as you have an internet connection.
There are issues though that you must carefully consider like the security of your data and how much data integrity is provided with a free service.
As of this writing Penzu is obviously still in the works and still on Beta. You can check it out at Penzu. See for yourself.
In this digital age, anything that resembles writing on paper still makes an impact. To me, it has to do with my undying love for pen and paper and the need to feel the illusion of still keeping records in paper format even with the evolution of e-copies and e-books.
Penzu does a good job of keeping it simple and the look is that of a real journal. You simply type an entry which is already dated by default and you can lock it, save it, print it, share it and you can even insert a picture to your journal entry.
It does give that journal feel as you type in your entry. The only possible improvement is if this application will be able to incorporate inking as a method of data entry. Then we will have the feel of pen and paper in our hands.
If you are not aware, Microsoft OneNote is a much better journal that is available with your Microsoft Office 2007 package and it does give you the illusion of getting the book-and-pen note keeping because it allows inking which you can easily do using tablet and pen computer accessory.The only advantage of keeping one online is the fact that you can access your journal anywhere for as long as you have an internet connection.
There are issues though that you must carefully consider like the security of your data and how much data integrity is provided with a free service.
As of this writing Penzu is obviously still in the works and still on Beta. You can check it out at Penzu. See for yourself.
1 comment:
I built my own private journal web app on google app engine: http://my-life.appspot.com/. It's not as fancy as penzu, but does have some useful features implemented, such as tagging and displaying by months. I believe simplicity and usability are more important eventually.
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