Making a journal in the cloud?

[dirtygypsy]

So, I'm tasked with starting a proper journal.  As my personal LJ would attest, this isn't something I'm fantastic at maintaining on a regular basis, but it's pretty central to a regular practice and so I persevere.  I was looking for a notebook with little enthusiasm, since I despise writing longhand and always forget the book when I'd like to

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[misslynx]

Depending on how private the content of the journal is, just password-protecting it might not be enough security. The convenience of being able to log in from anywhere is a plus, but it does need to be balanced against security considerations in some cases. Considering the frequency with which security upgrades come out for some of the popular blogging applications, like Wordpress, there are a lot of people out there interested in finding ways to compromise other people's blogs -- though in most cases they're probably more interested in posting spam or site defacements than in reading your journal

[dirtygypsy]

The security doesn't really need to be airtight - I'm just tryinbg to establish a daily practice and keep good records on it. So at least to start with, it'll be notes on meditation and energy working.

The hacking consideration is important, though... I'll need to figure a way to keep an up-to-date backup in case of tampering. Thanks for the reminder, there! :)

[rob_t_firefly]

Seconded. I always try to press the following two points to anyone putting anything online: you cannot guarantee its security, and you cannot guarantee it'll stay online. Don't write anything in it that would be actually damaging if it leaked out, and arrange for offline backups.

[wibbble]

With a strong password and done correctly, it should be fine. You can slap an entire site behind a simple HTTP basic password using, say, a .htaccess file. This prevents any vulnerabilities in the actual application from being exploited until they managed to brute-force your password

[amethyst_wolf]

I don't have much to contribute other than "Gee, that sounds like a really good idea!"

Coming from a person who has a hard time re: being consistent in journaling, it can be difficult to stick to it- especially if you try to be meticulous about it. I've noticed that if you spend most of your free time online, though, you're already there; may as well write something.

And maybe something with Flash that makes it more interactive? Say, being able to spin the sigil in question for whatever magical purposes you'd need? (Kind of like how one could interpret the Tarot cards either upright or reversed, etc)

I guess this isn't very helpful, but look at it like this: You're willing to try, so at least you're doing something! Good luck with it. :3

[tyrsalvia]

RSS posts expire eventually, so you might want to consider that. If you're wanting to access the *whole* of your journal thing through a reader, RSS is not the way to go because it's likely to only hold posts for a week or 10 posts or something. I believe this is configurable, but at a certain point it becomes unwieldy. If however you just want access to the last several posts to remind yourself of where you were so you can update again, then that's a better idea.

[wibbble]

RSS doesn't define how old or how many posts should be listed in a feed. That's down to the feed producer. The feed client can also choose to cache/keep copies of whatever it sees too - I have my RSS reader set to keep 30+ days for some feeds, even though the feed itself is nowhere near that old.