Brand New Start-Up Alert: I can’t keep a journal, but I can respond to emails
Posted August 2, 2010 by Clare Jacobson

How many of us out there have half-finished journals? I may have just lost half my audience with that question but oh well, continuing on: If you’re like me, you have a dozen beautiful journals that you’ve been given or bought, that you’ve written in religiously for anywhere from 3-days to a month.
While I may not be particularly good at journaling, I am excellent at responding to email. Can you see where I’m going with this yet? New start-up OhLife has started a service of online journaling. Every night OhLife send users an email asking, “How was your day?” Users then respond to that email with whatever they want and the emails are privately achieved and saved. The site was started by Reman Child and Shawn Gupta and launched less than a month ago. While its brand new, I think there is some major potential here for growth and exciting partnerships.
Imagine if OhLife partnered with Blurb and allowed you to turn your archived journal entries into a printed book with photos? It would be the benefits of a physical journal, with the ease of a string of emails. What do you think OhLife? Can I get a cut for my idea?
When I told my friend about OhLife she responded by Gmail Chat with:
ha that is an awesome idea! totally sounds like the perfect way to journal
it’s funny because i definitely do use emails as my journal now… i look back at my responses to my friends and use them as a way to chronicle big events or situations i’m dealing with or to vent about how i feel about a situation. that’s cool there’s a place people can do that now.
So… despite the cheesy name, I think OhLife will get me to try journaling once again. We’ll keep you updated on how long it lasts this time.
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