Create and update your digital diary

YOU’LL NEED THIS: LIFEOGRAPH

Download it from lifeograph.sourceforge.net.

One of the biggest weaknesses of blogging – the online equivalent of keeping a diary – is that it’s so public. Sure, you can lock down your blog, but unless you’re hosting it on your own local server, it can leak online despite your best efforts.

Lifeograph (http://lifeograph. sourceforge.net) is designed to provide you with a journal that’s offline and – through password-protected encryption – private. It’s clean and simple to use, but dig a little deeper into it and you can get even more from it than simple text-based scribbles.

First steps

Look for the Windows installer download under Downloads on the Lifeograph web page. There are Linux and Android versions there too. At the time of writing, the latest version was 1.6.1. Download and install just like any other applications. After installation, launch the program to find yourself at the main program screen, which will provide you with a list of all recently opened diaries (it’s possible to set up and run multiple diaries to keep various aspects of your life separate) once you’ve created some. The first time it appears, you’ll see a handy ‘If this is your first time with the program, click here to start right away’ button to create your first diary file. Choose a suitable location on your hard drive and provide your