Can this be automated as a script such that if I forget a day, the computer will automatically write something like "walked the dog, was nice"?
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#12I laughed out loud when I saw this and thought "Genius!" I love the negative reinforcement and I love the cheat day upgrade. Being a huge type snob / nerd / jerk, I, too, would love to at least have some exemplars of the finished product (maybe even a size? perfect bound? saddle stitched?) before plunking down my money. But the psychology is a home run. Kudos.
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#13Read the first two words of the page. Thought "fuck you". Closed the page. Try and make something actually useful.
really? you took the time to write that as feedback for this project, and couldn't think of something more constructive to say. How about "I was put off by the negative tone. I see what you were going for there, but it came across as too strong for me."
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#14While there is no way I'd use this service - I value my privacy to an abnormal degree and am not interested in a hard copy of my journal - I'm baffled by the negative feedback so far. This service clearly is not for me. But to say that it is therefore a bad service is logically inexplicable. Do people not have the imagination to conceive of a situation in which (for some) amusing negative rhetoric may have a marketing value? Is it so hard to find something to admire in the audacity of this idea? I have no use for menstrual cups, but I wouldn't scream "But I don't even menstruate!" in a thread started by someone trying to sell them.
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#16Great idea, and I like the approach. Something like this can be tricky to pull off.
I did something similar, but as a 30 day meditation challenge: http://tinyurl.com/gskmt7d
Note: my site isn't operational at the moment.
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#17Nice work! Fun service, Keep it up!
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#18Can this be automated as a script such that if I forget a day, the computer will automatically write something like "walked the dog, was nice"?
Haha I'm sure you could. I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader :)
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#19This seems similar to DayOne. I left day one when they went to their second version where they wanted to keep my journal on their servers. For similar reasons, I won't be signing up for your service. I know your journals are cheaper than self printing (I think you said $29 vs $79) but my privacy and controlling my journal data is easily worth $50 if I wanted a hard copy.
Best of luck going forward!
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#20You don't display any details at all about the final product. Always refer to it as a "beautiful journal" but fail to picture anywhere. If anyone was even interested in the premise in the end they want the deliverable... So show it.
Hi CaveTech,
I've added an FAQ (should be percolating through the Internet as we speak, with some very basic details about the book. For anyone who is interested, the book is a 5x8inch (203x127mm) hardback with a cloth cover and professional typography and layout. You will be able to personalize the cover color and book title.
Thanks for your comment!