First of all, beautiful site. I'm happy to see nuxt projects in the wild, and especially happy when they're this beautiful. I really like the iconography and illustration styles and how nicely it blends with the content. Your UI is stellar.
On the technology side, the page explaining what Blockstack is reads poorly. You use the same subheads a few times to ask that question, but don't really answer it. It feels like an afterthought, which is unfortunate as it was my first stop on the site.
It seems like the "how" of this tool is a big deal to you. Why is the data being stored the way it is? How can you better tell that story? Can you use the same level of awesome you use on the features page?
And finally, if you can't add a working demo to the site due to the blockstack platform, you can still record video demos that highlight different features. Keep that sweet animation style in your video work and you've got some really enjoyable content.
I am very proud to get spotted using nuxt. I am very grateful to the Chopin brothers (and the whole team of Vue) to make this possible. I can't wait to have Vue 3 on production!
I made the logo using Figma [1] with my very beginner skill with this kind of software. The illustrations come from [2].
I am really sorry to made a poorly reading experience. I guess I am not that fluent with English nor with copywriting. Thank to your feedback, I will spend some time to rewrite the copy ;)
I think I will spend some time to implement a demo to the site because I am not comfortable with video editing.
Very cool UI! As someone who runs something like a journal from time to time, I might use some of this for inspiration.
One question though. If it's just a personal journal, and I don't care to share any of it, why do I need blockchain? I think I'd rather just generate a symmetric key and store this encrypted data on any storage I choose. Are you planning social features?
Please read my answer here [1] to avoid duplicate content ^^
Beside, I may add social features in the future indeed. There is so much that can be done (many ideas), but for now, I focus to build the journal with polished basic features.
I build this app with privacy in mind. I ended by using Blockstack ecosystem to achieve user's data ownership, data encryption and data decentralization. Also, Blockstack allow you to create an identity using a Blockchain.
I work full time on this product to make the one I always wished.
I started to write every day for more than 1 year and I notice many benefits with this keystone habit. I really want to promote writing activity through Gekri. Beside, I am on my way to implement many features, starting of a mood tracker ;)
Ask me anything.
I'm interested in the idea but can't say I'm very much into Blockstack after looking into it. The fact that they're tied heavily in the blockchain and pay large sums to apps in the name of "app mining" is.. concerning. Even after a fair bit of research, the origin of the money is extremely unclear.
The source of money is newly minted tokens, just like in Bitcoin the miners operating the nodes and processing transactions get the newly minted tokens.
KevinNTH could you give us a showcase of how you use it? When I look at your demo GIFs I'm noticing that I'm journalling in a seemingly very different way.
I journal once in the morning or twice (morning and evening). My journal is mostly a list of likert-scale type questions on which I want data.
It also has a qualitative section on the lower end if I feel the need to be qualitative, but I don't feel the need to do that every day.
I have to say that my journaling is very basic as I am only a beginner (1 year). I just write down my thoughts, tell things about my day or comment about my mood of the moment.
I read great content [1] about journaling so I will try to improve the way I write in my journal.
I've never thought about implementing likert-scale type questions in the journal but it's a great idea. I put this in the roadmap [2] so I'm going to have some thinking about it.
I have planed a feature to have gratitude journaling which can be similar to likert-scale type questions but without the likert-scale. So I definitely can implement this kind of feature too :)
I like the concept but share some of the blockchain concerns here. In particular, I'm interested in how the Gaia "driver model" [1] is actually architected, and how this compares to local storage:
> Gaia enables applications to access [it] via a uniform API.
I use Blockstack to allow users to create an identity which is handled on the Bitcoin blockchain.
Essentially when Blockstack IDs are created for users during registration, they are saved to the Bitcoin blockchain immutably so that the user him or herself is the only one who can control their ID using their private key. This is the way in which user independence is secured so that neither app developers or Blockstack controls their identities.
Take a look to the whitepaper [1] to go deeply in the details.
A feature idea, I think it could be great to track the moods of a whole organization. HR could see the results and could see or not, each individual mood.
I keep this feature idea for a second product (or maybe for Gekri, but later). There is something I wish to develop something since 2016 targeting people in an organization.
I like the presentation a lot, but after looking at the features tab I'm left wishing there were some sort of interactive demo.
This looks like a really cool project! I like the idea of a journaling tool that also helps you reflect at a meta-level after you've entered in your momentary feelings.
[+] [-] jamestomasino|6 years ago|reply
On the technology side, the page explaining what Blockstack is reads poorly. You use the same subheads a few times to ask that question, but don't really answer it. It feels like an afterthought, which is unfortunate as it was my first stop on the site.
It seems like the "how" of this tool is a big deal to you. Why is the data being stored the way it is? How can you better tell that story? Can you use the same level of awesome you use on the features page?
And finally, if you can't add a working demo to the site due to the blockstack platform, you can still record video demos that highlight different features. Keep that sweet animation style in your video work and you've got some really enjoyable content.
I hope your project takes off. Cheers.
[+] [-] KevinNTH|6 years ago|reply
I am very proud to get spotted using nuxt. I am very grateful to the Chopin brothers (and the whole team of Vue) to make this possible. I can't wait to have Vue 3 on production!
I made the logo using Figma [1] with my very beginner skill with this kind of software. The illustrations come from [2].
I am really sorry to made a poorly reading experience. I guess I am not that fluent with English nor with copywriting. Thank to your feedback, I will spend some time to rewrite the copy ;)
I think I will spend some time to implement a demo to the site because I am not comfortable with video editing.
[1] https://www.figma.com [2] https://undraw.co
[+] [-] nixpulvis|6 years ago|reply
One question though. If it's just a personal journal, and I don't care to share any of it, why do I need blockchain? I think I'd rather just generate a symmetric key and store this encrypted data on any storage I choose. Are you planning social features?
[+] [-] KevinNTH|6 years ago|reply
Please read my answer here [1] to avoid duplicate content ^^
Beside, I may add social features in the future indeed. There is so much that can be done (many ideas), but for now, I focus to build the journal with polished basic features.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20652803
[+] [-] KevinNTH|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] thex10|6 years ago|reply
Would I be able to write in it offline too?
[+] [-] vorpalhex|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] muneeb|6 years ago|reply
The App Mining rewards are incentives for developers to improve their app quality. I'd recommend this research paper to dig deeper in to the game theory behind App Mining: https://blog.blockstack.org/app-mining-game-theory-algorithm...
The source of money is newly minted tokens, just like in Bitcoin the miners operating the nodes and processing transactions get the newly minted tokens.
[+] [-] mettamage|6 years ago|reply
I journal once in the morning or twice (morning and evening). My journal is mostly a list of likert-scale type questions on which I want data.
It also has a qualitative section on the lower end if I feel the need to be qualitative, but I don't feel the need to do that every day.
[+] [-] KevinNTH|6 years ago|reply
I have to say that my journaling is very basic as I am only a beginner (1 year). I just write down my thoughts, tell things about my day or comment about my mood of the moment.
I read great content [1] about journaling so I will try to improve the way I write in my journal.
I've never thought about implementing likert-scale type questions in the journal but it's a great idea. I put this in the roadmap [2] so I'm going to have some thinking about it.
I have planed a feature to have gratitude journaling which can be similar to likert-scale type questions but without the likert-scale. So I definitely can implement this kind of feature too :)
[1] http://benjaminhardy.com/journal/
[2] https://trello.com/b/sHBLZTeQ/gekri-product-roadmap
[+] [-] karma20|6 years ago|reply
> Gaia enables applications to access [it] via a uniform API.
[1] https://gekri.com/privacy
[+] [-] KevinNTH|6 years ago|reply
You can learn more about Gaia storage here: [2]
[1] https://gekri.com/privacy
[2] https://github.com/blockstack/gaia
[+] [-] ConfusedDog|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] KevinNTH|6 years ago|reply
I use Blockstack to allow users to create an identity which is handled on the Bitcoin blockchain.
Essentially when Blockstack IDs are created for users during registration, they are saved to the Bitcoin blockchain immutably so that the user him or herself is the only one who can control their ID using their private key. This is the way in which user independence is secured so that neither app developers or Blockstack controls their identities.
Take a look to the whitepaper [1] to go deeply in the details.
I use Gaia storage [2] to store data.
[1] https://blockstack.org/papers
[2] https://github.com/blockstack/gaia
[+] [-] Diaze|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] KevinNTH|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] spazzy81|6 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] KevinNTH|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] phantarch|6 years ago|reply
This looks like a really cool project! I like the idea of a journaling tool that also helps you reflect at a meta-level after you've entered in your momentary feelings.
[+] [-] KevinNTH|6 years ago|reply
I will take the time to implement a demo. It will help to visualize the actual product before hitting the sign in button I guess :)
[+] [-] geoffreyy|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] KevinNTH|6 years ago|reply
But most of the time Gekri is pronounced "Guékri" ^^'
[+] [-] bananocurrency|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] KevinNTH|6 years ago|reply
I have explained more about this in this tweet: [2]
[1] https://github.com/blockstack/gaia
[2] https://twitter.com/pixelwerk/status/1159532787843706881
[+] [-] KaoruAoiShiho|6 years ago|reply
[+] [-] KevinNTH|6 years ago|reply
I try my best to bring this appeal!
[+] [-] dmichulke|6 years ago|reply
Not very privacy-focused.
[+] [-] KevinNTH|6 years ago|reply
I want to share with you something I've used back in 2013-2014. [1]
You won't need Javascript to use this ;)
[1] https://jrnl.sh/