Build your journaling app.

How to build your journaling app

1. 1

   Describe the job

   Build a private journaling space around entries, prompts and reflection.

2. 2

   Review the first version

   Choose how the owner records the entry date and how the invited collaborator reviews the next step.

3. 3

   Refine the views

   Ask First to adjust the fields and views for the people who will use the app.

4. 4

   Test before sharing

   Walk through the process with a sample record and check who owns the next action.

What to include in your journaling app

• Keep the entry date in context

  Keep entry date, prompt, private text, tag, reflection and export request together so the next person can understand the request or record.

• When the next step needs a decision

  A user marks an entry private while preparing a shared export. Keep that entry excluded unless the user explicitly changes its permitted use.

• Keep export request visible

  Keep private entries excluded from an export unless their permitted use changes.

• Choose what each person needs

  Give the owner a working view and the invited collaborator a review view. Keep entry date and prompt attached to the decision as the work moves between them.