What is the main difference between personal blog
and personal journal? The first which comes to mind is the reason for creating
one. In general case, blog allows you to share your thoughts, views, and
findings with group of people, while your journal most likely is just for
yourself – to think in writing and to save your life events, considerations,
and memories. Therefore, the main feature, journal should guarantee – an absolute
privacy and security for the posts (unless you want to share them
deliberately).
This is the aim of Penzu - to allow users creating an
online journal which is as similar to writing in a paper-bound journal or diary
as it can be. While Penzu doesn't offer free-form drawing, it is ideal for
writing. And since it is online, there are many benefits to using Penzu rather
than paper.
Penzu combines privacy, ease of use, and the latest
technologies to make for a seamless and unique journaling experience. There is
no long sign-up process, no waiting to write your thoughts down. It is the next
best thing to writing on paper with all the benefits of the web.
Your thoughts are yours, and keeping them on paper
isn't safe! Anyone who finds your diary can read it. Your entries are only
accessible through your password protected Penzu account. You can go even
further and add another password to specific entries and 'lock' them. Sign up
for a pro account, and get the ultimate security of encryption locking where
each locked entry is encrypted using an 256-bit AES algorithm, the same one
used by the United States Government. Your entries are so safe, that if you
forget the password, they are gone forever! Read more about privacy here.
Keeping your journal with Penzu means it can never
be stolen or lost. You don't have to worry about leaving your diary or journal
behind, or someone stealing it from your hiding place. With Penzu your most
precious memories are safe!
If you want to share just one page of your diary
with someone you can as well. Share your entries via email to family and friends.
If you want, you can remain anonymous and the recipient will not know it was
you sending the message!
Similar to writing on paper, as you type an entry,
it saves automatically! Your thoughts are saved as you go. Have a thought that
you need to get out right away? You can start writing on the pad even without
being logged in! And once you log in, your entry will be saved to your account.
If you find yourself constantly leafing through your
journal to find a specific entry, your troubles end here. Penzu allows you to
easily search your entries and then sort them by Name, Date Created, Size,
Locked, or Shared. You can find past entries in seconds and even edit them if
need be!
Free version of the service lacks some important
features, like mobile access, or ability to keep multiple journals, however you
can find the basic complementary version quite useful if you are not intending
to use the extra features, available in the PRO (cost $19/year).
Web site: http://penzu.com/
