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Imagine being isolated off-grid for an unknown number of years. Maybe you're stuck somewhere like Davidge or Mark Watney; or perhaps you've chosen a life of isolation like Yoda or Obi-Wan Kenobi. Maybe you're a survivor of the $Apocalypse. Wouldn't keeping a journal be a great idea? You could pass on your knowledge, keep track of daily activities, maybe even keep yourself from going insane!
Forget all the wastefulness, extravagance, and complexity of most modern devices, you've got survival to think about! Obviously power usage would be a major concern, but ergonomics, searchability, repairability, and data robustness would be important too. Keeping in mind that this is a dedicated device for journaling and barring the old Russian pencil and paper, what would the best solution look like with off-the-shelf modern technology?
(Score: 2) by ElizabethGreene on Monday June 11 2018, @08:55PM
There is an video journaling app called 1 second everyday. After a month I can already see the output from this will be remarkable. It's not something you'd use on a desert island, but modern minimalists living without an app enabled smartphone probably are not a large subset of the SoylentNews audience.
For actual journaling, I'm still a pen and paper nerd. My notebooks cover a couple of feet on a shelf now, and I love them.