At OhLife (YC S10), daily e-mails motivate a new wave of online diarists

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Post by waderoush » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 2:26 PM UTC

At OhLife (YC S10), daily e-mails motivate a new wave of online diarists
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Post by dabent » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 5:05 PM UTC

I've been using this for a few weeks now. It's super easy to use, but I really wonder how they plan on monetizing this app.

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Post by tlrobinson » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 5:16 PM UTC

dabent wrote: post #2

I've been using this for a few weeks now. It's super easy to use, but I really wonder how they plan on monetizing this app.

Perhaps by offering a premium digital "archiving" service that aggregates the history of all of your online presences into one nice interface. It would be cool if I could see the activity on my Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc accounts along side my journal.

I'd pay for a service like that. I'd be worried about the service going away, but if they offered an easy export option I'd use it.

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Post by briandarvell » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 5:17 PM UTC

Cool idea. Basically it really offers nothing new except they have changed the way the game is played. You don't need to force yourself to begin, they're taking that first step for you.

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Post by sjs382 » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 5:18 PM UTC

dabent wrote: post #2

I've been using this for a few weeks now. It's super easy to use, but I really wonder how they plan on monetizing this app.

I think that selling you a printed version of your journal each year would be a great selling point. Not sure if it would have enough buyers, though.

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Post by nlanier » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 5:24 PM UTC

I signed up when it they first appeared on HN and have been using it ever since. It's a simple idea that's been well executed. Kudos to them, I hope the service sticks around!

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Post by sushrutbidwai » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 5:35 PM UTC

dabent wrote: post #2

I've been using this for a few weeks now. It's super easy to use, but I really wonder how they plan on monetizing this app.

one possible way of monetizing would paid iPad app.

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Post by marknutter » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 5:40 PM UTC

sjs382 wrote: post #5

dabent wrote: post #2

I've been using this for a few weeks now. It's super easy to use, but I really wonder how they plan on monetizing this app.

I think that selling you a printed version of your journal each year would be a great selling point. Not sure if it would have enough buyers, though.

I'd buy mine in a heartbeat.

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Post by swombat » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 6:06 PM UTC

To offer a counterpoint, I signed up, posted about 3 entries, then got distracted and added these emails to the masses of automated mails that my eye automatically glosses over while looking at my overtaxed inbox.

Then I unsubscribed the next time I had an automated-mail-culling exercise.

So, "one more email demanding my attention" didn't work for me.

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Post by grandalf » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 6:09 PM UTC

Shameless plug: http://www.onepageperday.com (similar concept but for authors, launched last winter, starting to go viral lately with NaNoWriMo around the corner)