I love to write and have been doing so since I was a little boy. I was on my high school paper and in college I graduated with a degree in journalism. As a political consultant, I wrote hundreds of speeches, TV and radio commercials, articles, and direct mail pieces. For the last several years, I’ve been writing a technology newsletter, which morphed in 2003 to this blog. I also write for myself, most of which not available for public consumption.
I do sometimes wish that over the years I had maintained a proper diary (these days, diaries are often referred to as journals). The truth is that writing by hand has always been difficult for me. I am left-handed and most binders and notebooks are made for right-handed people. Plus, my hand gets very sore after only a few minutes of writing.
Thus, the widespread availability of computers was a Godsend for me personally as I can type for hours without any difficulties, aw well as make instant corrections. But, having personal documents mixed in with other documents has been difficult for me personally, as I like the idea of keeping related documents all in one place….you know…like a diary or journal.
That’s why I was pleased to find a free diary program that can organize my personal writings in the form of a daily diary. The program is called “iDailyDiary” and is available as free download (no strings attached) from the Download.com website.
This well designed program is very easy to use and has several great features. It is organized by date so that each day you start a new entry. You can have one or several tabbed sheets for each day. It is simple to drop in your own pictures or graphics as well as pictures and graphics from the Internet. You can easily create links to interesting Web pages as well as other documents on your own computer. In addition, it is easy to link current entries to past diary entries for easier reference.
Date and time stamping is easily done so it is clearly identified when you wrote something. You can also changed fonts, sizes and colors, as well as add bold, italics and underline words.
One of the best features of iDailyDiary is the ability so search for specific references from past entries. When you search, the program pulls up complete paragraphs of your search parameters so you can see your search words used in context. It also lists the date of your entry, making it easier to find the entire entry.
So if you want to do your own blog but don’t want to it on the Internet for public consumption, consider downloading iDailyDiary. It is highly recommended.
Although the free version has plenty of good features, which will probably be enough for most folks, there is a professional version available for $30 that adds several nice features like spell check, sticky notes, tables, and templates.
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