Archive your life

Sum up your day in 280 characters.

Can't remember what you did this time last week? Free, secure, private and unsociable. Detail is optional, your memory will fill in the rest.

  • Micro journal Journals and diaries are intimidating. Keeping a full blown journal is difficult, writing 280 characters a day isn't.
  • Business productivity Keep track of your professional life.
  • Travelling You're too busy to write down every detail, store the outline and your memory will fill in the rest.
  • On the move 280daily is mobile browser friendly.
  • Priceless gift Introduce your child or family to 280daily and give their future self a priceless gift. We also offer a service whereby you can have your book professionally bound and sent to you.
  • Photo journal With 280daily, you can optionally add just one photo to each entry.
  • Food diary Losing weight or getting fit?
  • Sport Running a marathon? Track your progress.
  • Target Progress Record progress of a large task.
  • Backwards to-do list What did you get done today?
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Entries are easy to do with a 280 character limit, and I think that should make for more consistent journaling, at least on my part.
... 280 characters or less so you can always read it later, archive it and even search it.
In a world where everyone shares everything, it’s refreshing to see an app that’s geared towards being secure and private.

Journal consistently with daily email reminders.

Email Reminder

Email reminders can be sent daily, every other day, weekly or never. It's completely under your control. By default we send out email reminders at 4pm, visit your settings to set a time that suits you.

Secure, completely private, encrypted and safe.

SSL

We take your privacy extremely seriously. 280daily is protected by a high-grade SSL encryption and your entries will never be shown to anyone else unless you personally share them.

280daily is mobile browser friendly

Mobile browser friendly

Access 280daily from your mobile or tablet web browser. No pinching or double tapping, we've cut out any unnecessary pages from the mobile experience and streamlined the design to a mobile friendly width.

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Mars Dorian

"I found this little gem a month ago, and what can I say? I’m in MAD MAD love with it. It’s a free online application that lets you sum up your entire day in 280 characters. The simple notion of writing down your achievements (and reviewing them) lets you refine your workflow: What did I accomplish today? What did I do? Using it has dramatically improved my productivity."

Daphne @ Pioneer Woman

"I signed my 10 year old up today and he has already made two entries (he went back a day, which is as far back as he can remember!) I signed myself up too and I’m using it to log my “photo a day”. I had been trying to figure out a way to annotate the photos with a little explanation. This is perfect!!"

Elizabeth Jeffries @ CWS

"I've only been using it for four days but love the user interface and also the opportunity to reflect on the day in a brief way but one which succinctly sums up my day. I am sure that I will be using this for some time to come. I already look forward to that time in the day when I can sit and think about how the day went and write my 280 to express my thoughts. Just great!"

Kal @ CWS

"With my memory being what it is, this is quite possibly the most useful web-app I’ve ever encountered."

Jackie @ Pioneer Woman

"This is a great idea! I have started and deleted no less than three blogs. Writing long entries consistently has always been a challenge for me. This may be every day but it’s a lot less pressure with the 280 character limit!"

Dave Onkels @ AppVita

"What 280daily can offer that a traditional journal can’t – in addition to security and ease-of-use – is a wide variety of searching and tracking tools. Similarly, you can use 280daily’s tools to track the average word count of your entries and see how those word counts have varied over time. For tech-loving diary-phobes, 280daily is a micro journaling app that nobody can say no to."

User @ CWS

"I thought of starting a diary this year, but I’m too lazy to write pages and pages so dropped the idea. But after I saw details of your site on TNW, I felt this was exactly the service I was looking for (should be online, secure, short, neat and have a clean interface). Excellent work guys."

Kevin Eikenberry

"I’m using it as a tool for short daily reflection. It’s quick. It’s easy. And, it only requires an internet connection, about 3 minutes, and my thoughts. You can read any of your past entries whenever you want, you can set reminders in email to remind you to write (if you want), you can go back and write for a previous day, and more."

User @ CWS

"Twitter meets locked diary, 280daily sweeps away all remaining excuses and cuts away the excess that weighs down the journal experience. I am forced to focus solely on the core aspects or happenings of each day. The things I'll actually care about remembering come a week, month, or 5 years from now."

Donna J. Essner

"Now, in a mere 280 words or less, I can journal, jumpstart my writing, and keep a record of writing prompts at my fingertips. Even better, it's an easy and fast setup, and it's free. I wrote my first journal in mere minutes. An added bonus–my words were succinct; they packed a punch."

Heather

"Fabulous idea. Reminders are priceless. If I have neglected writing elsewhere, at least 280 reminds me to put down something."

User @ CWS

"I've been using 280daily.com since it launched and I highly recommend it. I've always understood the benefits of journalling, though never found a way to be consistent. I haven't missed a day in the last three weeks with 280daily, mainly because it's hard to say, "I haven't got time"! It's a beautifully engineered web app that does exactly what it says on the tin. Again, highly recommended."

Bakari @ MakeUseOf

"I look forward to journaling at 280daily because I can get it done in less than 5 minutes. Micro-journaling methods keep me from writing long, rambling paragraphs that I may never read again. With this short form journaling you get to the point and capture those most important moments of the day."

Jeff H.

"I love 280daily. Right now I use it to collect daily anecdotes I hope to give to my son when he graduates from High School. But I also hope to use it as a daily place to write short stories, character sketches or just ideas for stories. Keep up the great work."