Lifestream is a cross between Evernote and Day One for the user who wants more control and efficiency of journaling.

• Built with Ruby on Rails
• Javascript
  • AJAX
  • jQuery
  • UJS
• All CSS custom-written for the project
• APIs
  • Google Maps v3 Javascript API with gmaps4rails gem
  • Markit for stock quotes
• Javascript parsing of custom scripting language to expand snippets
  • e.g. typing in @ STOCK GOOG @ in a new post will expand to Google's current stock price
• SortableTree plugin for arrangement of categories
• Markdown live preview with Javascript
• Devise for authentication with Sendgrid for user confirmation on Heroku
• Paperclip for file uploading with Amazon S3
  • Drag and drop file ploading with jQuery File Upload
• Testing done with RSpec, Poltergeist, FactoryGirl, and Capybara with Guard on a Spork server

• Categories can be organized in a tree structure
• Expand snippets to useful information immediately while typing
• Drag and drop to upload your photos to a post
• Automatic geolocation of posts
• Separate your posts into multiple streams
• Share selected posts with friends, and comment on their posts!

• AJAX autosaving
• Ability to add Wiki links to posts in a particular stream