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  Mr X

  8 months ago

  Inspiring stuff
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  Betclic

  1 month ago

  Great stuff ! :)
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  betclick

  5 days ago

  I m agree with you....
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  payton

  8 months ago

  Well, I'll try it out, since I think I have the very same problem as you, I forget things easily and somehow, I feel like I need a little bit more of control in my life... Ah, anyway, what's control? But I do want to have a little memento of what I did, and not feel like I wasted my whole life for real.
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  Jo

  8 months ago

  Love the clean layout. Love the expression weekend entrepreneur.
  
  Tell me, where is the data stored?
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  Sid Yadav

  8 months ago

  Thanks! The data is stored in an ecrypted MySQL database.
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  Gubbi

  8 months ago

  Awesome experiment and a good product.
  I've shied away from diaries, writing for two days and skipping, then again writing for two days and skipping. This looks like the thing that'll do for me.
  
  And yeah I aspire to be a weekend entrepreneur. :-)
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  mojaam

  8 months ago

  Great stuff indeed, I discovered it through techcrunch and found it interesting. Love the minimalism.
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  jtillery

  8 months ago

  I love this post! I'm a web developer with millions of ideas and all I do is talk about them and never actually do them. I know people get tired of hearing them becasue I talk about them so much, then 2 months later I have a whole other idea and with those ideas always come new domain purchases that just sit and get dusty. Finally when I get off my butt to do my own project someone snags it away from me and the first thing I say is "they stole my idea" which is always far from the truth. They took the initiative to do it and I didn't. Now that I read this post my plan is to save my weekends for me and my projects. Thanks! And I will be one of the users of Memiary.
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  jenna raby

  8 months ago

  I think what you created is super useful and fun. I'm an entrepreneur but also a writer and one day, as I live life to the fullest, I want to remember what I did and how I did it, and your simple tool allows aggregation around that. I'm very smitten with it, thanks, Jenna Raby
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  Sid Yadav

  8 months ago

  Thanks guys! I appreciate your smart responses.
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  raphyque

  8 months ago

  Great stuff :)
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  Mitch

  8 months ago

  Thanks for creating Memiary and for this insightful article.
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  zhuobing

  8 months ago

  hi
  i'm form china and introduce memiary in my blog :
  http://www.zhuobing.com/?p=128
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  chopps

  8 months ago

  Just started using it now, I suffer from the same short-term memory problem. This forces the active review of the day.
  Data integrity will be key here, I will be pretty pissed off if I keep this up and you lose the data! Do you have a strategy for that?
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  travel news

  3 months ago

  have same problem with you guy, hard to save a memory in my head and hope with this i can save it and opened in the future to remind it
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  bobkyle

  7 months ago

  Simple, clean and right on for it's intended purpose. With a Excel download I can cut and paste weekly so I have a sortable simple 'database' I throw into Google Docs.
  
  So two features that would add tons of value too me ... and keeping in tune with your positive protocol of limiting five 5 events per day is to
  
  1) provide up to five (5) user defined or Memiary allowed drop down catagories so users (me) do not have to have multiple Memiary accounts and sign-in's to capture Personal; Business; Technology; Other1; Other2 . This recognizes that if one shares the account it is visible for all to see.
  
  2) make it exportable the easiest way for you you can so database can be backed up and open in another app
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  Sid Yadav

  7 months ago

  Thanks!
  
  Re: 1) That's an interesting idea. With the 'public diaries' feature, you'd be able to toggle specific items as being public or private, but I guess the 5 item limit would limit your use. Instead, I think what would make it work is an 'upto 10 item' limit as I suggest below, allowing you to click 'add another' 5 more items after you enter 5 items. Couple that with the #hashtags feature I'm working on, and you'd be able to enter 10 items, categorize each however you wish, and toggle their public/private status accordingly. How about that?
  
  Re: 2) It's currently exportable in RSS (see RSS icon in Past pages), and I'm working on building export in the iCal format. Stay tuned!
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  sam

  7 months ago

  Cool stuff... I'll try using it for awhile but will probably forget to do just that.
  
  You should check out controllers/memiary.php lines 97 and 98. When accessing associative arrays where the index may not exist, you need to use "array_key_exists" or "isset," otherwise you'll throw a notice.
  
  Number 1 feature you *must* add: allow for more than 5 items on the list. If I had more than 5 things to note and you force me to pick and choose, I'm going to use something else that doesn't lose this valuable information (like a private tumblr)
  
  Number 2 feature: when a "memory" field is in focus, tab should save and jump to the next.
  
  Number 3 cool to do feature: If you're up for the challenge, allow me to add my twitter name. Then, you watch my twitter and if you see a post that begins with @memiary, you add that item to today's stuff. This is also a great way to spread the word of your product, as people will be wondering "what's this memiary stuff?"
  
  Take care.
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  Sid Yadav

  7 months ago

  Thanks for your suggestions.
  
  The 'accessing associative arrays' thing has been fixed -- it was a simple case of error handling when no input is given, which has now been turned off.
  
  Re: Number 1. There are a lot of alternative ways to do what you do with Memiary, but the beauty of the service are its constraints, not its features. Similar to the reason you'd want to have a blog AND a Twitter account to write more than 160 characters, I believe Memiary's "5 item limit" is what makes it work for what it is. If it were to be just one item and an "add another" button below, it would fail, because there wouldn't be a given standard to users so they would either be underwhelmed and enter just one thing ("um, I did this today. What am I supposed to write?") or overwhelmed ("how many things do I have to enter?!"). Either way, they would never use the service again because it is simply too broad.
  
  But that said, there are plans in the future to extend the number of entries to 10. So below the 5, you'd have an "add another" button, and you'd be able to go to 10 entries. For most users, 5 should work, and for users who have much to say, 'up to 10' would be their canvas.
  
  Re: Number 2. If you currently press enter after entering a memory, it should automatically jump to the next field.
  
  Re: Number 3. Twitter integration is something I have been working on, but it likely won't be public (i.e. @memiary), because it's rare that you'd want to share your private memories with your Twitter friends. It would instead work through DM messages which is sad because it wouldn't have the viral effect you suggest, but then again, I created the service in the interests of the user in the first place -- not the service itself.
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  sam

  7 months ago

  Very good points.
  
  I agree with the beauty of such a service being its simplicity and constraints. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea and I think it's awesome that you made it. However, one must consider the purpose of the application as well. I think in this case the user's desire, and I speak only for myself here, to have more than 5 items supercedes the "beauty of constraints" of the application.
  
  Another way to look at it is the constraint is "just enter a list of things you did today" and the constraint is loosened to "try and make it exactly 5."
  
  Number 2, I didn't pick up on hitting Enter, but you might want to reconsider changing it to Tab. I hope at this point you don't think I'm knitpicking, but Enter and Tab have much different expectations from the user. Enter generally means "submit this page" and tab means "go to the next item in the form." From my perspective I see the list of 5 items as a form, thus I expect hitting Enter would save/submit the entire page and hitting tab will jump to the next. That's just my personal reaction, though I highly suspect it to be true for most others.
  
  Number 3, very good point about not making it public. I was just so excited about "discovering" a win-win-win situation for the user, his friends, and Memiary, that I overlooked the aspect of privacy. Thinking it over a bit more, I think "@memiary" and no DM is still the way to go. Here's why: First off, how much harder is it to log-in to Memiary than it is to write a message from Twitter? If the answer is "so much harder that I really would prefer to do it from Twitter" than you've got a usability problem. (One thing you should totally implement is "remember me" so I just go to Memiary.com and see the list for today). Second, is Twitter just one of many ways to append my Memiary? That is, can I txt or e-mail something to get entries added? If so, then I understand having Twitter be another alternative way to do this.
  
  On the other hand, if I'm going to Tweet something, and it is something I'd like to remember in Memiary, a situation which is no doubt commonplace, doing @memiary is 100% awesomely convenient, viral, and well, cool. It's just like telling people "This Tweet is significant enough that I want to remember it later." And it's easier than Tweeting "at the mall" and then DM'ing it or logging in to Memiary and posting the same thing.
  
  Basically, I see an overlap of purpose in Twitter and Memiary: short entries about something I'm doing or have done. If the tweet is significant enough to be Memiaried, then I just do @memiary. It makes perfect sense. (Note that the fact it's a tweet presupposes I don't mind sharing it publicly). If I want to make an entry to my Memiary privately, well, I log-in and do it... it shouldn't be more difficult than sending a DM.
  
  Finally, all of these suggestions just come from my own personal interest in these types of things, I love tinkering with ideas like these. Do what you like, but if it were my pet project and I saw this opportunity of virality, I'd try it out and see what comes of it.
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  fuziosurveys

  6 months ago

  it's really great stuff. I'm very like it, thank you for your nice post
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  Ex

  4 months ago

  Gtg.
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  Fashion Shop

  6 months ago

  PHP is a much simpler web programming to create complex web 2.0 sites. It feels good to be a weekend programmer at times, however it is difficult to implement every creative ideas because of commitments from both work and personal life.
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  George

  4 months ago

  Have you looked into Python with Django ? The productivity you get is great.
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  Italian Restaurant

  6 months ago

  This seems great . I guess i need it a lot too. I am those who will forget important stuff. Thanks for the update !
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  Legal Forms, Attorney

  5 months ago

  Thought provoking! It's looks like it's going to be very simple and great for it's intended role. Frank Sullivan legal forms Website Owner
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  Busby SEO TEST

  5 months ago

  true, i have the similar problem, i will try it now.
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  SEO Test

  5 months ago

  That was great recomendation to be netpreuneur. thanks.
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  Singapore Property

  5 months ago

  Weekends are times to unwind and relax. Its the best time to mull over your ideas or some problem solving tasks. Memiary may comes in quite handy.
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  Singapore Escorts

  5 months ago

  It is interesting to note that Successful Sites starts with a small idea. Take for example Youtube. It has grown by leaps and bounds and the best part is that it did not start out as business venture. All the founders wanted was to create a platform to share their photos and stuff online among friend.
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  Michael M.

  5 months ago

  ne! It will teach you most things entrepreneurs spend their lives discovering, and it will do so in a week. Additionally, you will have intellectual property that you yourself created, own, and are extremely proud of, and something to tell and show your friends, family, and anyone you meet with great pride. When you wake up in the mornings, you will get a tingly feeling as you check your Google Analytics account and se
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  5 months ago

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  furnwest

  5 months ago

  Your Memiary idea is a great one - clean, efficient, and easy to remember! ha! But seriously, that would be a great stand-alone or add-on to any number of websites, blogs, e-commerce sites, and more. You could make some serious money just selling the package. Congratulations on taking a small idea and creating something to be proud of - whether you share the problem or keep it to yourself.
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  Singapore Part Time Jobs

  4 months ago

  When you are relaxed, ideas tend to flow in but you also need to brainstorm to come out with a good idea.
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  Psicologo

  4 months ago

  PHP is a much simpler web programming to create complex web 2.0 sites. It feels good to be a weekend programmer at times, however it is difficult to implement every creative ideas because of commitments from both work and personal life.
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  Dermatologista

  4 months ago

  I use PHP with good results too. Im really what you can call weekend entrepeneur, i do it for fun!
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  chemotherapy

  1 month ago

  Sid took a slower but a smarter approach. Build something with only necessity and then add functions to that only if needed. I'm myself into application development and stuff so i myself prefer leaner things. Most importantly don't bloat your programs.
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  Cirurgia Plastica

  4 months ago

  Great info. Very inspiring. Im thinking to become a weekend entrepeneur too.
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  replicaloh

  4 months ago

  It's interesting!Will get my friend's to sign up too!
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  ezdisqus1

  4 months ago

  Have tested it out!The sign up process is really easy!
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  dupleang

  4 months ago

  Yes! You seriously motivated me!Thanks!
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  Espinhas

  4 months ago

  Isnt this memiary just like tweeter??
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  ezditto

  4 months ago

  I have seen my friend using memiary and doesn't know the purpose of it until i stumbled on this article.Will definitely give it try.
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  ryanlow

  4 months ago

  It sure to be the list number of steps needed for registration. I mean who will hack your personal memo online when its not something valuable! I believe none will blame you for the lost of information. Probably add more lines of memories instead of restricting it to only 5?
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  jonaw

  4 months ago

  This is truly a 100% biased article!However, I believed in what is being said.On how good memiary is.I don't deny the fact that I discriminate the usefulness of the site in the beginning not until when i start try using it since its easy to get it register!To my surprise, I fill it with memories every single day !
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  Property Singapore

  4 months ago

  For those that hope to be a entrepreneur one day,this is definitely a motivating source.Telling you the obstacles, how the ideas came from are certainly inspiring. Memiary is useful to lots and thanks for contributing!
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  serviced offices

  3 months ago

  Sid,
  
  A question. Is this Memiary portable? i.e. could I just install it on my PC and use it. If so, how do I install it?
  Or is it just for your own private use? (sorry that's 3 questions!)
  
  Sounds like a *very* useful tool.
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  sbs

  3 months ago

  Keep up the excellent work! Your website helps to keep me from boredom as well.
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  telepresence

  3 months ago

  Memiary is another great concept i just wish it would be wirelessly present in my hot spots in my room to be reminded.. LOL.. :)
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  Celulite

  3 months ago

  This seems great . I guess i need it a lot too. I am those who will forget important stuff. Thanks for the update !
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  Speed Dating NYC

  2 months ago

  These are all very good suggestions. I happen to like diaries a lot. When I write in mine and read it the next day I'm amazed at everything that I had forgotten in just 24 hours. I hope this and Twitter and such help in your memory.
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  Road Trip Planner

  1 month ago

  The key to success - stay away from investors and anyone else offering to connect you with the VIPs (for a chunk of the company, of course).
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  Simulation pret immobilier

  1 month ago

  I have a very similar problem. I will try your solution. thanks a lot.
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  Best Flash Game

  1 month ago

  Very great post,
  Thank for share.
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  Sbs Sonuçları

  1 week ago

  Thanks admin
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  betclick

  5 days ago

  so usefull thanks so much
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