Journals

Yes I have a journal.

I have my LJ (link above) and a private journal I write stuff I want to get off my chest but don''t want to tell anyone.

Plotting to keep a journal as well. Just need to find a good looking book. And I need to improve my handwriting ^.~

I keep a progress report on everything I building, does that count?

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I have a livejournal

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I have an LJ but it gets a little gay after awhile. Unless you''re writing it for yourself, no one cares about your life anyway

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I don''t have a journal personally, but I think people keep journals because they want someone to read it.

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Original post by RikeyFitzer
I don''t have a journal personally, but I think people keep journals because they want someone to read it.

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I could lie and say that''s not true, but to some extent, I''m quite happy when people read my lj.

After reading some threads here I could swear people think gamedev is equivalent to live journal.

Livejournal, hah. I laugh at the face of those collective people.

Independent blogs are where it''s at.

My site.

shortcurves.com | /josh

I am talking more about physical book ones. I think they would be useful for not wasting too much time. If you have like 10 pages in a row about everquest you would know you have a problem.

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Original post by Salsa
Livejournal, hah. I laugh at the face of those collective people.

Independent blogs are where it''s at.

My site.

shortcurves.com | /josh

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You are correct, sir. Although I am thinking of creating an RSS feed for my site so that I can get a syndicated account at LiveJournal.

I have a physical journal but it only has one entry in it. I dont really plan on writing in it further.

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Colin Jeanne | Invader''s Realm

I used to keep a journal. Then one of my brothers found it, read through it, and showed it to the rest of my family--even my mother read it and made fun of parts of it. Upon learning this, I promptly ripped it to shreds and never wrote about such things again, as my privacy is one of the most important things to me. Were I to start writing in a journal again, I would want to be absolutely positive that no one would ever read it without asking for my permission first. That's unlikely to happen until I get my own place, however, so I doubt I'll keep one any time soon.

[edited by - Mscgamer on January 18, 2004 4:15:06 PM]

Yeah, I used to keep a paper journal too, but I was always paranoid about someone finding it. After a while of writing in code (seriously), I decided it wasn''t worth it and just stopped updating it. Glad I did too. I knew nothing of encryption, and a five year old could have broken that code.

I actually have a custom language with totally original characters that do not always corrolate to english that I could write in. It is not unbreakable though, which is one of my intentions. Hopefully someone will have the patience to break it when I am dead. Its not too hard, but most wouldnt bother.

I have a journal which I update at least weekly (Sunday nights) as a rule. I know a couple of people interested in my current project read it, but mostly it's just a private little log I keep. It serves as a sort of accountability too; I don't like making log entries along the lines of "did squat".

Not surprisingly, I get more work done Sundays than most days

EDIT: Oh; you mean a physical journal. Whoops

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[edited by - 23yrold3yrold on January 18, 2004 6:28:14 PM]

This thread may have tipped me into starting one. Thanks to a new content class I spent last month writing in PHP, putting together a fancy journal thing should be possible, plus I can add it as a BetaShare feature.

The big downside to public journals is the statistics are against you. The longer you keep this journal, and the more frequently you update it, the larger the chance that you''ll open your mouth and say something stupid that will come back to bite you. Everyone has moments of less than clear judgement. This includes also making promises and talking about features that you later realize you need to delay/dump. It takes some guts and a lot of caution to talk about your project all the time without saying something that you end up regreting. On the other hand, this same public accountability can be a terrific motivator. You are not only making updates and promises to yourself, but also to your fans/viewers.

Personal journal is a good idea too. I want to start one of these as well, but haven''t quite found the perfect format/medium yet. Computer would be more effective, but it''s nice having a physical object away from a CRT screen to put thoughts into as well. I''m always hesistant to use paper because it has no undo features, so you have to get it right the first time and write what you wanted to write.

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Original post by LordElectro
I''m always hesistant to use paper because it has no undo features, so you have to get it right the first time and write what you wanted to write.

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Pencil? Whiteout? Scratch marks? Paper has a number of undo features.

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Colin Jeanne | Invader''s Realm

FAT32 has no journaling, so obviously I can''t keep a journal :D

I''ve tried keeping journals before, but after a few days I start to forget, or I don''t feel like it, or I don''t want to write that day...