"One of the most interesting things to come out of the secret sites discussion
is that people are keeping their private journals on the web instead of in a
paper journal under their mattress or in a Word document on their computer. This
sounds surprising, but there’s a couple of good reasons for it:
-The tools for writing, organizing, and searching an online journal
written with Typepad or LiveJournal are superior to those for writing a paper
journal or an electronic diary (in Word or text format) stored locally.
Hyperlinks, entries organized by date, mood, category, if you’re used to using
these things writing a public site, you might have trouble going back to just
text in a Word document for your important innermost thoughts.
written with Typepad or LiveJournal are superior to those for writing a paper
journal or an electronic diary (in Word or text format) stored locally.
Hyperlinks, entries organized by date, mood, category, if you’re used to using
these things writing a public site, you might have trouble going back to just
text in a Word document for your important innermost thoughts.
-Your diary may actually be more private and secure on the web. A
password protected online journal is more difficult for a parent, significant
other, or parole officer to stumble upon and read than a document sitting on a
hard drive of a shared computer or hidden on the top shelf of a closet,
especially if you’re careful with your cookies, browser history, choose a good
password, and are more computer savvy than said parent/S.O./P.O."
password protected online journal is more difficult for a parent, significant
other, or parole officer to stumble upon and read than a document sitting on a
hard drive of a shared computer or hidden on the top shelf of a closet,
especially if you’re careful with your cookies, browser history, choose a good
password, and are more computer savvy than said parent/S.O./P.O."
"Under the Digital Mattress"
Jason Kottke
Image: "Be Seeing You"
By Olivander @ Moleskinerie/FLICKR.
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I’ve at times wondered if it made more sense to keep my journal electronically. The ability to back it up and search it are huge advantages. But I would miss the tactile feel of pen and paper. And if not backed up correctly and regularly, you could lose it all in a moment. A very scary thought.
If you’ve been usign multiple journals over the years and one gets lost or damaged, you’ve only lost the one.
Chris
http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/
Journal writing is an activity I have persued since I was a teen in the 60′s. I love being able to go back to each book and see what I wrote and how it was written. If I had writen all these years in a digital format I would not be able to see the progression in handwriting skills or be able to “read” the mood I was in from the way the handwriting appears. I think a person loses a lot by committing their deepest emotions in a digital format. Handwriten is so up close and personal.
You also lose the doodles in the margin and drawings/sketches on the page. Another insight lost in digital formats.
Besides, there was no digital format for me in the beginning and if there had been, what software would I use today to read it?
Kasandra S.