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Hi guys,

Samiur from Journal here (https://usejournal.com). We started Journal with the goal of reducing information overload, and to see what would be possible if our knowledge  -  about people, projects, and ideas -  was connected and easily accessible.

We think of what we're building as a new kind of journal. You write notes in it, save interesting links, and drop in important documents and messages for later. When you need something, ask Journal, and it helps you find it.

Eventually, we see it becoming a connected home to gather and share knowledge. You use the best services for issues, documents, messaging and more — and Journal ties them all together. We currently support integrations to Google (Gmail, Calendar, Drive) Slack, Dropbox (Files and Paper), Evernote, Pocket, and Atlassian (Jira and Confluence).

We're coming out of community beta today, and would love to hear your feedback!

If you'd like an early access code, please reply to this comment.



Asking users to volunteer their (personal?) email here in comments doesn't look very professional. Shouldn't you have some sort of form with analytics on your site for that?


Actually very true, please feel free not to post your email and I will reach out to you =). Also, we have a signup list on our landing page.


How's this different from Evernote? You keep saying "You ask journal, it'll find stuff for you" Can you get a little more technical? Is it just an indexed search on your notes/links?


Great question. We didn't go into too much detail, but we've built a conceptual search index which maps all these disparate items into vectors that are then used for searching, similarity, ranking, etc. Here's a talk by me from a while ago about an earlier version of the system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4O42EWfHoo&t=5s

We can go more in depth on the current version of our system if you think that'd be interesting!


Interesting, will check out the talk.


I'd like to try it out!


I'd enjoy an access code! This looks vaguely similar to Notion.so, and I love that


Hey Samiur! I'm very interested in your product. As a very active GTD user of Things (by Cultured Code) your app seems right up my alley for daily use. Could you send me over an invite code? My email is: matthew@granda.me


I am interested.

Is there a system for uploading things into collections? Plans for including OCR? I'm looking for a way to manage my library of reference ebooks.


I've been keeping a google doc pinned tab to keep track of everything (todo, what to read, etc.) so happy to give journal a shot. Email in my profile thanks


I've been doing the exact same thing. And I think there is a lot of potential with google docs if combined with some of the google docs scripting capabilities to create a personal cms.


Just read the article. Seems like an awesome product! I have two questions:

1. Can I get a code (dkermitt@gmail.com?

2. The landing page of Journal is great. How did you go about designing it?


Would love an access code to check out. Are plans for an API to integrate new services already in the works? email: <hnews username>@gmail.com


Hi Samiur,

I'd love an early access code! I filled out the typeform on the usejournal site as well! My email is <hnname>@gardeneast.com


Been thinking about note taking like Journal for a while now. Would love to try it out!


I filled out the form, I'd like to try, my email is celorisoli at gmail


Hello,/u/samiur1204 I'd like an early access code please.


I'd love to try this out! My email is my username at gmail.


I'd love to beta test, your app looks like Notion a lot


Journal seems super cool. I’d like a code as well

My email is me@sphw.io


I'd love to try it! contact@<myhandle>.com


I'd like to give it a try: nswanberg@gmail.com


Would love an early access code, too. phil@hubx.io


I would love an early access code! seth@scurry.io


Would like one as well, siddharthsarda01@gmail.com


I would love to get an early access code, thanks!


This sounds really interesting, I’d love a code.


I'd like to try it: my HN username at gmail


Would love an early access code :) Email in Bio


I would love an access code! Email in profile.


Will there be a self-hosted version?


Great! Email me at journal@hooey.ru


Would love an early access code too!


Hello, would love to try this out!


Would love an early access code :)


I’d like to: me@danielfischer.com


Would love to test it out. Thx.


I'll try early access:

journal@cresten.pizza


Please send one over!


hey i'd like a code. stochastic.thread@gmail.com


adam@zethrae.us

i'd love to try this


i would like an invite, please. yoavkatzn@gmail.com




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