I found about OhLife 6 months ago and loved using it. I just signed up for http://www.idonethis.com so that I continue to journal and track my progress.
OhLife is shutting down
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#42This is why I think a service like Sandstorm[1] will eventually be huge for web app development. Like OhLife, there are tons of apps that are useful enough for many people to use, but can't easily be monetized due to hosting costs. If OhLife were available on Sandstorm, someone like me could click-install OhLife on my own personal server, much like the app store for iOS. In addition, I the user also benefit by keeping my data private, i.e. not on someone else's servers.
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#43Very sorry they are leaving. I have been posting three years and have over 1100 entries. I recommended it to everyone. But respect the were they let us all know instead of going quietly in the night with all our data.
I downloaded everything I had so at least I have my postings. Definitely looking for an alternative. Good luck to those who made OhLife possible!
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#44Very sorry they are leaving. I have been posting three years and have over 1100 entries. I recommended it to everyone. But respect the were they let us all know instead of going quietly in the night with all our data.
I downloaded everything I had so at least I have my postings. Definitely looking for an alternative. Good luck to those who made OhLife possible!
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#45I have 1161 entries dating back to my first on August 18, 2010. I really love the service, but understand if they have to shut it down. Thanks to the founders for keeping such an easy-to-use service around for so long. I'm off to find an alternative. My list of features isn't long. A daily email with a reminder and a previous post from the last year, month or week. It's that simplicity that kept me using the service.
Interestingly, my usage dates back to around the same time (Sep, 2010) and the list of features that I use/need is identical. Just a daily email reminder with a previous post from the past year/month.
If the founder(s) of OhLife are reading this thread, I'd like to make an offer: I'll pay to host the infrastructure/servers (up to $1,000/month) as a contribution to the community. My guess is, a lot of people are using this app and would like to keep it around.
Ping me @dharmesh on twitter if you're interested.
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#46IFTTT recipes to replace OhLife https://ifttt.com/recipes/205201-quick-ohlife-replacement https://ifttt.com/recipes/205202-quick-ohlife-replacement it's far from perfect. I just created them, but I will give it a try.
My take with Onenote instead of dropbox.. https://ifttt.com/recipes/205212-ohlife-email https://ifttt.com/recipes/205213-record-your-daily-journal-i...
Hey awa, I work on the OneNote team – would you mind us potentially featuring this on our blog?
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#47oh, life
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#48For everyone who enjoys journaling via email, you may find DailyDiary a suitable alternative. A comparable question might be: https://www.dailydiary.com/questions/342540/how-did-your-day... Disclosure: I'm the founder. If there’s interest, I’m happy to add an import for OhLife exports.
Yes please, an import for OhLife exports would be very very nice.
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#49This looks like a viable, albeit less functional, alternative: http://dailydiary.com/
Less functional in the sense that it doesn't support attaching a picture to replies and doesn't include a past entry in the daily reminder, but I'm happy to fast track both of those features if there's demand. Let me know if there's other features you'd like to see!
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#50For everyone who enjoys journaling via email, you may find DailyDiary a suitable alternative. A comparable question might be: https://www.dailydiary.com/questions/342540/how-did-your-day... Disclosure: I'm the founder. If there’s interest, I’m happy to add an import for OhLife exports.
I would definitely switch over if there is an import for OhLife data.