Journler Explained
Journler was an open-source hybrid diary and personal information manager for Macintosh.[4] It featured a three-pane interface and supported tagging and categorizing of entries.[5] The entries could be rich text, but also could contain images, PDFs, and other media that macOS supports.[5] It was oriented toward chronological organization of entries, as in a diary or journal, and had a built-in calendar. Later versions aimed to be a flexible tool for personal project management and for fans of the Getting Things Done system.[6]
Like many recent OS X applications, Journler supported smart folders that can automatically update themselves based on some user-delimited criteria. Journler allowed nesting of folders, including smart folders, under one another, which is more unusual. Its support for easy creation of hyperlinks between entries, with automatic backlinks, allowed it to be used as a personal wiki.[7]
Journler was originally created by Philip Dow to meet his own needs.[4] In September 2009, Dow announced he would cease development on Journler.[8] In February 2011, it was announced that Journler would be open sourced.[9] The source code is currently hosted on GitHub.[10]
In August 2015, Journler's creator wrote an article citing Howard Rheingold's 1985 book Tools for Thought and John Markoff's 2005 book What the Dormouse Said, and explaining how he has come to understand Journler as a "tool for thought" in a tradition of computer-assisted intelligence augmentation dating back to computer science pioneers Vannevar Bush, J. C. R. Licklider, and Douglas Engelbart.[11]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Journler 0.9.8 - MacUpdate . . macupdate.com . 24 May 2005 . 17 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050527003306/http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/18214 . 27 May 2005.
- Web site: Journler 1.1 . journler.phildow.net . 17 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051024032417/http://journler.phildow.net/ . 24 October 2005 . dead.
- Web site: Journler Archive . archive.journler.com . 19 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160106015917/http://archive.journler.com/ . usurped . 6 January 2016.
- Web site: Turnbull . Giles . 21 November 2005 . Discovery of the week: Journler . . oreillynet.com . 17 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051125040507/http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8533 . 25 November 2005.
- Teague . Jason Cranford . 13 June 2007 . Journler 2.5.2 . . 18 May 2020.
- Web site: Dow . Philip . March 2007 . Welcome to Journler . wordpress.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20150917201235/https://gregjbs.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/welcome-to-journler/ . 17 September 2015 . 17 September 2015 . For the GTD fans or project and information managers, Journler is a flexible and powerful tool..
- Web site: Yojimbo vs. Evernote vs. Together vs. Journler vs. EagleFiler . minimaldesign.net . 17 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090126035809/http://minimaldesign.net/articles/read/yojimbo-vs.-evernote-vs.-together-vs.-journler-vs.-eaglefiler . 26 January 2009.
- Web site: Dow . Philip . 23 September 2009 . Journler development ends, Sprouted shutting down . journler.com . 17 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090928040544/http://www.journler.com/blog/2009/09/23/journler-development-ends-sprouted-shutting-down . usurped . 28 September 2009.
- Web site: Dow . Philip . 9 February 2011 . Restarting Sprouted, Open Sourcing Journler, and Per Se: New Journaling Software for your Mac . journler.com . 17 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110227144420/http://www.journler.com/blog/2011/02/09/restarting-sprouted-open-sourcing-journler-and-per-se-new-journaling-software-for-your-mac/ . usurped . 27 February 2011.
- Web site: GitHub: phildow/Journler . . 17 September 2015.
- Web site: Dow . Philip . 31 August 2015 . Tools for thought: Journler then and now . journler.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20151008091931/http://journler.com/2015/08/31/tools-for-thought/ . 8 October 2015 . 8 October 2015 . usurped.
