The future in EWSentinel's Easy Diary

I wanted let you know that I 'started' the creation of my own diary site. It will be at http://easydiary.ewsentinel.com so keep your eyes peeled for that. I can't comment on an approximated publishing date yet, as I just started writing it over the weekend, but I'll update you all when I'm ready to publish.

"EWSentinel's Easy Diary" will be similar to OD and have an OD-like feel to it, but different enough to not be considered a copy, for legal reasons.

Some info:

• It will be made with newer programming technologies than OD.
• OD is was written in Classic ASP, ED will be written in ASP.NET, which is Microsoft's current programming platform.
• The WYSIWYG editor is the modern editor from Telerik.com (those are the controls that I'm current using for business customers), and works in all modern and legacy browsers.
• Bookmarks will not be used. Instead "Favorites" will perform a dual function for keeping track of diarists that you like to read and who can read you.
• The first publishing will be a "beta" release. What that means is that it will be a dynamic release and still in development, but it will be available to users to help flesh out bugs and issues.
• The initial beta release will be a scaled down version of what ED will eventually become.
• The initial beta release will be ad driven.
• Possible future paid account options may be made available. I'm still on the fence on that one.