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It's actually all saved in ~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist as bookmarks. You can drop that into https://chatgpt.com/g/g-6811b049cbdc8191b91c6ed291a88e4f-dou... which is a custom GPT I created for DoubleMemory. And see if it works. I do have plans to automate this in the future, right now still trying to collect feature requests confirmation tho.

Just added a Pocket Importer for those who are interested in giving DoubleMemory a try: https://doublememory.com/posts/tools/

You can also import from ReadWise, Omnivore or any other format via our custom GPT importer...

That's indeed the bane of this category of apps. You save it but don't ever go back. Yet we all intuitively want to use it as we can never allocate the right mental space at the right time. Our brain usually are in the browsing mode when we are on social, and needs a slightly different mindset when we are ready to dive into a long read.

I believe there are path forward with this category of apps though. Capturing is just step 0. Self-organizing so retrieval is super easy is step 1. Condensing and summarizing information are also possible with local models or MCP.

That's how it inspired me to create this app really. I often do this to important text subconsciously so one day I asked what if i can automatically save that... It feels intuitive and avoids the extensions.

With that said, you can disable this double copy trigger easily, it's an menu bar option if you right click the icon. Also there are other ways to capture: share sheet, service menu, drag and drop into the app icon or into the menu bar icon.

On ios, it doesn't have this double copy magic obviously, so it just functions as a normal pretty read-it-later app. Hope that clarify things!

You are right. The architecture is just creating burdens and frictions to sustain the business if mostly relies on freemium user expansion. This is especially attractive to VC backed companies as they sometimes are judged by their growth when they are pre-revenue. And growth with free users is like a poisonous apple, that looks appealing but only accelerate the burning of your cash pile. To the point that it's afraid of charge money that may impact their main growth metrics.

I do believe apps like ReadWise that charges a subscription will have a more likelihood of surviving. Or Omnivore if it's less aggressive in expanding to compute-heavy features without charging.

My main point is, this is a category that's better served by local-first architecture, on Apple ecosystem, you also have the added benefit of having icloud sync for free.

Wow, after Instapaper went back to indie from Pinterest[1] and Omnivore closing last year this is no longer surprising. This is also proof that read-it-later app as a category is not sustainable as a venture / company backed service.

This is also a category of app that I believe could be better served by local-first native apps. As there is no reason why a server has to be requirement to enjoy the full service. Your computer is fully capable of interacting with these webpages directly....

On Apple ecosystem, there are few alternatives one can migrate to. I also created an app that target this category (and more) called DoubleMemory: https://doublememory.com that has a few different takes as well:

- no registration needed (icloud sync)

- no extension required (just double command + c)

- launches from menu bar as a launcher, in a stunning Pinterest-style waterfall grid

It's all free to use with no limits, as i'm still working on paid features. I'll work on a pocket importer for these who are interested in migrating.

^[1]: https://blog.instapaper.com/post/175953870856

Controversial opinion: it's not about the generator of the content, human or not, but about the originality of the content itself. Human with the help of AI will generate more good quality as a result.

Humans are just as good as bots in generating rubbish content, if not more so.

Twitter reduced content production cost significantly, AI can take it another step down.

At minimum, a social network where people share good prompt engineering techniques will be valuable to people who are on the hunt for prompts. Just like the Midjourney website, except creating a high quality image is no longer a trip to the beach, but a thought experiment. This will also significantly cut down the cold start friction and in combination with some free credits, people may have more reasons to stay, as the current chat based business model may reach it's limit for revenue generation and retention, as it's just single player mode.

Amazfit and Xiaomi is now dominating this market with its superior riscv based architecture and 2x longer battery time and 2x less cost. I don’t really know how pebble can compete now given when it was acquired it was already going downhill in market share.

I’ve never earned a pebble only an Xiaomi band many years ago so I maybe missing something.

I haven’t tried ghost. But it needs to be hosted and can’t be static and served from github or netlify tho? The only features I need for editing can all be satisfied by vs code or markdown editors better so I don’t really need a CMS system.

Thanks for the suggestions! Appreciate these honest feedback. May I ask what's your window width? Are you using the full width on an external display?

I’d just recommend a private telegram or slack group. This is offline only with no tracking of user profiles etc.

Have you heard of jrnl.sh? You may like it if you live in the terminal. I’d like one day support merging jrnl logs.

Thanks! Editing will be coming, at some point, due to overwhelming demand. :) Hesitant about threads at the moment, as don't want to complicate existing interface. Some also suggested using horizontal scroll for different streams to separate work and life for example.

Nice catch. Fixed. Thanks.

Thank you so much for the support. The share sheet is exactly the way I’m thinking. Skipping the cloud. I’m going to look into that soon.

Thank you for the shoutout. Yeah most of the features are free but with subscription you are supporting me and also unlocking the photo logs and fonts and hopefully more in the future.

Haha thanks for the feedback. I definitely am hearing some echos. I was inspired by apples keynote grid design but then realized maybe for a landing page it’s a bit too chaotic? And your eyes don’t have a linear place to start and have to do some extra work. Definitely thinking ways to mitigate this.

Hope it helps you. That’s a surprising bug. Does it happen with every keyboard? Thanks for the report.

Thanks for the added context! It's been almost 2 years of idleness from me. Although I've released the android version and few small changes in between, I wish one day I'm updating the app frequently enough that I need to post every year. :D

Interesting. I've seen people using telegram to post messages to their Roam graph, it will require some significant work considering this is an offline-only app. But then again, if I do support all these log types, why not just go to the app directly? I do like your auto prompt feature and have thought about it as well (or even support different scripted prompts as plugins), some people do like the prompt and structure, maybe someday when there is enough user interests...

The backup format is a simple zip with a folder `assets/` that contains all the images, and a `logs.json` file that contains all the logs, which itself is a simple array with `createdAt, text, image` as keys.

Yes, the offline thing is kinda a hurdle to many. The way I'm convincing myself: if I log from multiple devices and backup often, I get some sort of offline partial replication? :D iCloud is great in its partition of user data so the devs don't have access to it, so yes if I were to support auto sync, iCloud would be top of the list. NextCloud is also on the table.

Thank you for the support!

I'd like to differentiate between journaling and note-taking. And I do enjoy software that's designed for a specific purpose. e.g.: VS Code for code, Typora for Markdown, Roam for outlines. Markdown file is a great way for persistence, I find the formatting although great for expressing complex and structured thoughts and ideas, a bit redundant for my casual journaling needs (plus no timestamps per log, which I find useful to preserve the context). I do recommend Logseq or Obsidian for longer form note-taking. I also find ZenJournal could be a decent gateway to your other workflows: you log on the go from the phone and transfer the logs back to your other workflows. :)

Face palm moment indeed. I was actually kinda proud of the redesigned landing page, but yes, the image needs to be separated from the copy, maybe with a clear border.

Thank you for the kind words! Yes I've also tried a private twitter account, private slack/telegram channel, those would also work wonders if you desire something cross platform. I just realized I need something with minimum distraction, thus a dedicated UI for journal logs, which means no cloud or other people's servers, no profile images, no retweet button etc. :D

Feel free to follow the journey via our Twitter handler @thezenjournal or sign up for the newsletter if interested in following.

Oh good question, I just tried this the first time, it does! It runs as an iPad app though, and everything seems to be working? :D

My plan is to add some log merging functions, so you can eventually merge your logs from your phone to your Mac and vice versa. Thanks!

Maker here. I’ve went against the grain[1] and maintained this journaling app for the third year now. This is V3 that I just pushed few months ago that added photo logs (iOS only for now unlike V2). It may help people reflect now we are entering the holidays with a new start soon.

Why make another journaling app when there are so many other Day One look-alikes? Because it’s unique in the following ways:

- Offline only, no cloud, no tracking

- Easy to export to JSON (you own your data)

- Minimalism design taken to it’s logical conclusion

- Open and type, no step 2

- Type “?” to search, no step 2

- Type “#” to use hashtag to organize

- Double-tap timeline to hide and keep logging in discreet

- Pull up the timeline to see a 100 day GitHub like heatmap

Also it tries to avoid the following anti-features:

- journal titles (my pet peeves, way too much info up front)

- Sparse timeline with main/detail layout that forces you to drill down to see your full journal entry

- Notifications/reminders

I try to expand the answer in this post too: https://thezenjournal.com/why

Feedback and suggestions welcomed. Thank you!

[1]: https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1303812935773556736

Was in the TestFlight program. Improving quickly with each release!

Why hasn’t anyone built a short throw projector for office work(coding) yet?

- reflective light just like eink so less eye strain

- better refresh rate and latency

- better color range

Is it the resolution?

I am not disciplined enough to do the initial linking by using these timestamps, will also not break out of the flow to find the previous note in another folder and copy the timestamp around.

Instead I’ve been using a stream of small auto-timestamped logs with hashtags to take and retrieve my notes and ideas. It is not a tree-based system, it’s just a text log stream and has worked extremely well for me so far.

I used to do this in a private slack group but eventually created an app called ZenJournal. You may also find it useful.

I created a mobile journaling app that has search, tagging and nothing more. It’s been very useful for me: https://thezenjournal.com/