November 2008
14 posts
Settings: Twitter Integration, Change Password,...
A lot of wishes have been fulfilled with the addition of a few settings.
Reminders There is now an “e-mail” tab under Settings which asks you to officially associate your account with an e-mail address — used for ‘forgot your password’ recovery (coming soon) — and more importantly, gives you the option to set a “daily” reminder. A reminder is...
“Features tell you what you can do, constraints tell you what to do.”
– After a debate I had with a Memiary user this morning, I’ve been thinking about this all day, and I think that phrase sums up my belief. In the end, none of them is better than the other, but just more suited to the type of product you are creating and the type of user you are serving.
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WatchMemiary was mentioned on this week’s episode of my favorite podcast of all time, commandN. When I say it’s been one of my few milestones to achieve for Memiary, I’m not kidding. Thanks, Amber and crew!
iCal Export
Beside the RSS icon in the Past archives pages, you can now find an iCal icon which links to the .ics file corresponding to the particular view (week, month, year, etc.) Click, save, import into Outlook, iCal, or Google Calendar, and have your memories preserved in your trusty calendar, forever.
…but that’s not all!
The coolest thing about exporting in the iCal format is that you...
Update - 13/11/08
The iPhone app is well under way, and we hope to have it out really soon. Matt, who is collaborating with me on it, has a great idea of what it should be, and I have no doubt he’ll pull of something better than I can imagine.
I got started on the Settings page but couldn’t settle on a “layout” suitable to the aesthetics of Memiary. I hope I can see the light soon, because...
Indie Startups →
a really great blog about bootstrapped-startups, gives Memiary a nice mention. Without sounding biased, I think Memiary is the most accurate example of a “bootstapped-startup.” Built over a weekend, with literally $0 and some Coke Zero.
Bitelia →
has some really great things to say about Memiary in Spanish. Oh how I <3 international publicity.
Awesomeology →
calls Memiary awesome and describes it as a “web based diary for anyone who is not a 12 year old girl.” I love that analogy.
HackYourDay →
writes about using Memiary as a personal productivity and motivational tool.
Lifehacker →
which is undoubtedly one of my top five favorite blogs on the web, covers Memiary. And that too on my birthday. What an awesome birthday gift — thanks, Lifehacker!
WatchDemo Girl screencasts Memiary. It’s weird to see your creation being demo’d by someone else, but nonetheless flattering. Thanks, Demo Girl! (also read the additional writeup-review here.)
Update
Now that the crazy, crazy attention has calmed a little, a quick update on things I’m working on.
iPhone app — I’ve teamed with Matt Brooke-Smith, creator of iFinance and many other iPhone apps, and we’re going to collaborate on making the most kickass memory-recording experience ever for the iPhone.
Public diaries — this is a feature that is going to take some work...
“You could go the paper and pen route, but then you would have to find a safe...”
– Rotorblog answers the ‘pen and paper’ criticism some mean people have been giving us. Srsly people, why don’t we just move to a typewriter? What about a hut; why do you need that house? And that car? Bullock carts work just fine for some.
RSS, baby!
You are no longer trapped in an asylum. A part of a drastic initiative to let your memories be just that — yours — I thought I’d start by fulfilling the most simplest but asked for demand: RSS feeds.
You can now get one for the past week, month, year, or all time (click on the icon in the top right).
While it may seem a simple fulfillment, there are a lot of uses for this.
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