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70 caffeine entries - 56 cups o' coffee, 14 cups of tea - and 234 hours of sleep. That's the recordings I've kept for January 2011, thanks mainly to the newly released Daytum iPhone App. I thought I'd give my two cents worth on my experience with it so far.

I was surprised how quickly I got into a rhythm of entering data, maybe it was something that had been missing in my life. Every morning I wake up and tend to reach for my iPhone - usually to browse the news - with the Daytum App sitting on my home screen it's a simple reminder to start my day by entering data. I'm only recording my sleep periods against my caffeine intake for the moment, it seems like the act of entering data can take over and become more of a burden than something lighthearted.

On the occasion I've noticed some duplications showing when returning to the app. I'm not entirely sure why this happens but I have a feeling it had something to do with when the app is not given enough time to upload the data. I now keep an eye on the toolbar - which tells you if the app is doing something - before exiting the app.

In January I travelled to Thailand so naturally I updated my time and date settings to +7 GMT. This has caused some problems when returning home. Usually I want to enter data by the day, ie. Cup of tea: 9:00 am, but it doesn't allow for this, it updates your posts according to your current timezone. For instance, a 6:00 am in Thailand would get moved to 11:00 pm, the previous day, in England. Not the end of the world but slightly irritating if you are trying to be accurate, which fortunately I'm not too fused about.

The UI's an unusual one. When I first used the app I noticed a few things that felt out of place - editing items from the items list didn't seem to take you to the same page other routes - but I think a fair few changes have been made since it's initial release which have rectified these issues. I've also become familiar with the interface which has probably skewed my judgement.

I haven't seen any figures but I'd be surprised if the introduction of an iPhone app hasn't seen Daytum gain a considerable amount of new users. The convenience of it has made it far more enjoyable than it was previously... for me anyway.

Oh, and my Daytum account is here

Thanks to @PaulWyatt for inviting me along. Hopefully I'll be able to attend loads more in the future.