Journler was an open-source hybrid

diary A diary is a written or audiovisual record with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. Diaries have traditionally been handwritten but are now also often digital. A personal ...

and

personal information manager A personal information manager (often referred to as a PIM tool or, more simply, a PIM) is a type of application software that functions as a personal organizer. The acronym PIM is now, more commonly, used in reference to personal information manag ...

for

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. It featured a three-pane interface and supported tagging and categorizing of entries. The entries could be

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, but also could contain images, PDFs, and other media that

macOS macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac computers. Within the market of desktop and lapt ...

supports. It was oriented toward chronological organization of entries, as in a diary or journal, and had a built-in calendar. Later versions aimed to be a flexible tool for personal

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and for fans of the

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system. Like many recent OS X applications, Journler supported smart folders that can automatically update themselves based on some user-delimited criteria. Journler allowed nesting of folders, including smart folders, under one another, which is more unusual. Its support for easy creation of hyperlinks between entries, with automatic

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s, allowed it to be used as a

personal wiki A personal wiki is wiki software that allows individual users to organize information on their desktop or mobile computing devices in a manner similar to community wikis, but without collaborative software or multiple users. Personal wiki softwa ...

. Journler was originally created by Philip Dow to meet his own needs. In September 2009, Dow announced he would cease development on Journler. In February 2011, it was announced that Journler would be open sourced. The source code is currently hosted on

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. In August 2015, Journler's creator wrote an article citing

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's 1985 book '' Tools for Thought'' and John Markoff's 2005 book ''

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'', and explaining how he has come to understand Journler as a "tool for thought" in a tradition of computer-assisted

intelligence augmentation Intelligence amplification (IA) (also referred to as cognitive augmentation, machine augmented intelligence and enhanced intelligence) refers to the effective use of information technology in augmenting human intelligence. The idea was first pro ...

dating back to computer science pioneers

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J. C. R. Licklider Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (; March 11, 1915 – June 26, 1990), known simply as J. C. R. or "Lick", was an American psychologistMiller, G. A. (1991), "J. C. R. Licklider, psychologist", ''Journal of the Acoustical Society of Am ...

, and Douglas Engelbart.

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