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Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-focused online journal

#21

Is it just me or does everyone need to enable JS and allow cookies to see anything at all? Not very privacy-focused.

I made a web app so I need Javascript to do so :)

I want to share with you something I've used back in 2013-2014. [1]

You won't need Javascript to use this ;)

[1] https://jrnl.sh/

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-focused online journal

#23

Private and distributed? .... Why?

Because the journal is online. Data should be stored somewhere so I choose Gaia Storage. [1]

I have explained more about this in this tweet: [2]

[1] https://github.com/blockstack/gaia

[2] https://twitter.com/pixelwerk/status/1159532787843706881

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-focused online journal

#24
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I like the concept but share some of the blockchain concerns here. In particular, I'm interested in how the Gaia "driver model" [1] is actually architected, and how this compares to local storage: > Gaia enables applications to access [it] via a uniform API. [1] https://gekri.com/privacy

I have been told that the privacy page [1] is reads poorly. I will rewrite the copy ^^'

You can learn more about Gaia storage here: [2]

[1] https://gekri.com/privacy

[2] https://github.com/blockstack/gaia

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-focused online journal

#25

I really like UI/UX. It takes very little to get use to. The only thing is that I wish I know how blockchain technology is actually tied into this?

Thank you :D

I use Blockstack to allow users to create an identity which is handled on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Essentially when Blockstack IDs are created for users during registration, they are saved to the Bitcoin blockchain immutably so that the user him or herself is the only one who can control their ID using their private key. This is the way in which user independence is secured so that neither app developers or Blockstack controls their identities.

Take a look to the whitepaper [1] to go deeply in the details.

I use Gaia storage [2] to store data.

[1] https://blockstack.org/papers

[2] https://github.com/blockstack/gaia

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-focused online journal

#26

KevinNTH could you give us a showcase of how you use it? When I look at your demo GIFs I'm noticing that I'm journalling in a seemingly very different way. I journal once in the morning or twice (morning and evening). My journal is mostly a list of likert-scale type questions on which I want data. It also has a qualitative section on the lower end if I feel the need to be qualitative, but I don't feel the need to do…

Thanks for your feedback :)

I have to say that my journaling is very basic as I am only a beginner (1 year). I just write down my thoughts, tell things about my day or comment about my mood of the moment.

I read great content [1] about journaling so I will try to improve the way I write in my journal.

I've never thought about implementing likert-scale type questions in the journal but it's a great idea. I put this in the roadmap [2] so I'm going to have some thinking about it.

I have planed a feature to have gratitude journaling which can be similar to likert-scale type questions but without the likert-scale. So I definitely can implement this kind of feature too :)

[1] http://benjaminhardy.com/journal/

[2] https://trello.com/b/sHBLZTeQ/gekri-product-roadmap

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-focused online journal

#27

Very cool UI! As someone who runs something like a journal from time to time, I might use some of this for inspiration. One question though. If it's just a personal journal, and I don't care to share any of it, why do I need blockchain? I think I'd rather just generate a symmetric key and store this encrypted data on any storage I choose. Are you planning social features?

Thank you :)

Please read my answer here [1] to avoid duplicate content ^^

Beside, I may add social features in the future indeed. There is so much that can be done (many ideas), but for now, I focus to build the journal with polished basic features.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20652803

Re: Show HN: I made a privacy-focused online journal

#28

First of all, beautiful site. I'm happy to see nuxt projects in the wild, and especially happy when they're this beautiful. I really like the iconography and illustration styles and how nicely it blends with the content. Your UI is stellar. On the technology side, the page explaining what Blockstack is reads poorly. You use the same subheads a few times to ask that question, but don't really answer it. It feels like…

Thank you so much for your awesome feedback!

I am very proud to get spotted using nuxt. I am very grateful to the Chopin brothers (and the whole team of Vue) to make this possible. I can't wait to have Vue 3 on production!

I made the logo using Figma [1] with my very beginner skill with this kind of software. The illustrations come from [2].

I am really sorry to made a poorly reading experience. I guess I am not that fluent with English nor with copywriting. Thank to your feedback, I will spend some time to rewrite the copy ;)

I think I will spend some time to implement a demo to the site because I am not comfortable with video editing.

[1] https://www.figma.com [2] https://undraw.co

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