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Ask HN: Would you use an app to keep track of all your relationships?

8 points by tixocloud 10y ago

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roschdal 10y ago
No
blabla_blublu 10y ago
Can you clarify what aspect of the relationship you intend on tracking ? If it is going to be a "how frequently do I stay in touch with X", I might consider it since it will be nice to get an automated reminder to text/call this person.
- tixocloud 10y ago
  That will be one of the key features I'm looking at. The most basic could be birthdays but also about just keeping in touch with people who haven't spoken with in awhile.
  - mattm 10y ago
    This is exactly the reason I created https://touchingbase.io https://touchingbase.io for.
    - tixocloud 10y ago
      Nice. How's the response been for the product?
    - conorgil145 10y ago
      FYI, your blog is broken: http://blog.touchingbase.io/ http://blog.touchingbase.io/. I get a "Error establishing a database connection" message when trying to visit that URL.
ericzawo 10y ago
I already do. In Workflowy, I have a section dedicated to people I've met that I work on chronologically. If they're ~really~ special they even make it into my daily diary. Basically I write their name, profession/gig/along with where I met them and maybe a little quip or fact they dropped. It works wonders for networking and building a repertoire with people. I am fairly social, but I have a big problem with remembering names. This alleviates a lot of this, and I've found that people genuinely appreciate when you remember what they tell you.
- tixocloud 10y ago
  Nice. I'd love to learn more about your process. Also, what made you felt like you had to do this?
JoachimSchipper 10y ago
No, but note that CRMs are widely used.
galfarragem 10y ago
It already exists: https://github.com/JacobEvelyn/friends https://github.com/JacobEvelyn/friends
- tixocloud 10y ago
  Thanks. Really interesting implementation
- seanwilson 10y ago
  Do you use this? I'm not following why you would want to track your free time in this way.
pfista 10y ago
I absolutely would but I haven't seen one good enough that is easy to use and lets me own my data. So it's just markdown files for now. Marcus Vorwaller has some good insight into why things are currently lacking and what features are important in personal knowledgebases: http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/2015/12/14/personal-knowledgebases/ http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/2015/12/14/personal-knowledg...
- tixocloud 10y ago
  Has there been anything that comes close to being easy to use? Would the point about owning your data mean you'd stay away from any cloud-based app? Thanks for the link. I'll check it out. [EDIT: Checked out link] Great ideas and thoughts. I agree with some of the features myself.
nnoitra 10y ago
Not really, no
afarrell 10y ago
I would use an app to store/download information about my contacts and then quiz me about such questions as: - What is the name that goes with this face? - What are some of the interests or conversation topics that this person enjoys? - What topics should I avoid mentioning around this person?
- tixocloud 10y ago
  In a way, helping you try to remember things about your contact?
kleer001 10y ago
Yes, if it did it all in the background like a good butler and then politely reminded me when I was lagging.
- tixocloud 10y ago
  That's the vision!
ZombiePartie 10y ago
I built an iOS app to tackle this issue: https://itunes.apple.com/tc/app/butter-contacts-reminders/id966767988?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/tc/app/butter-contacts-reminders/id...
id122015 10y ago
Id use an app that helps me build few quality relationships. Facebook, Linked or others with thousands of followers are not for me.
- tixocloud 10y ago
  How do you envision an app would help you to build quality relationships?

8 points by tixocloud 10y ago

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roschdal 10y ago

blabla_blublu 10y ago

Can you clarify what aspect of the relationship you intend on tracking ? If it is going to be a "how frequently do I stay in touch with X", I might consider it since it will be nice to get an automated reminder to text/call this person.

tixocloud 10y ago
That will be one of the key features I'm looking at. The most basic could be birthdays but also about just keeping in touch with people who haven't spoken with in awhile.
- mattm 10y ago
  This is exactly the reason I created https://touchingbase.io https://touchingbase.io for.
  - tixocloud 10y ago
    Nice. How's the response been for the product?
  - conorgil145 10y ago
    FYI, your blog is broken: http://blog.touchingbase.io/ http://blog.touchingbase.io/. I get a "Error establishing a database connection" message when trying to visit that URL.

ericzawo 10y ago

I already do. In Workflowy, I have a section dedicated to people I've met that I work on chronologically. If they're ~really~ special they even make it into my daily diary. Basically I write their name, profession/gig/along with where I met them and maybe a little quip or fact they dropped. It works wonders for networking and building a repertoire with people. I am fairly social, but I have a big problem with remembering names. This alleviates a lot of this, and I've found that people genuinely appreciate when you remember what they tell you.

tixocloud 10y ago
Nice. I'd love to learn more about your process. Also, what made you felt like you had to do this?

JoachimSchipper 10y ago

No, but note that CRMs are widely used.

galfarragem 10y ago

It already exists: https://github.com/JacobEvelyn/friends https://github.com/JacobEvelyn/friends

tixocloud 10y ago
Thanks. Really interesting implementation
seanwilson 10y ago
Do you use this? I'm not following why you would want to track your free time in this way.

pfista 10y ago

I absolutely would but I haven't seen one good enough that is easy to use and lets me own my data. So it's just markdown files for now. Marcus Vorwaller has some good insight into why things are currently lacking and what features are important in personal knowledgebases: http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/2015/12/14/personal-knowledgebases/ http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/2015/12/14/personal-knowledg...

tixocloud 10y ago
Has there been anything that comes close to being easy to use? Would the point about owning your data mean you'd stay away from any cloud-based app? Thanks for the link. I'll check it out. [EDIT: Checked out link] Great ideas and thoughts. I agree with some of the features myself.

nnoitra 10y ago

Not really, no

afarrell 10y ago

I would use an app to store/download information about my contacts and then quiz me about such questions as: - What is the name that goes with this face? - What are some of the interests or conversation topics that this person enjoys? - What topics should I avoid mentioning around this person?

tixocloud 10y ago
In a way, helping you try to remember things about your contact?

kleer001 10y ago

Yes, if it did it all in the background like a good butler and then politely reminded me when I was lagging.

tixocloud 10y ago
That's the vision!

ZombiePartie 10y ago

I built an iOS app to tackle this issue: https://itunes.apple.com/tc/app/butter-contacts-reminders/id966767988?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/tc/app/butter-contacts-reminders/id...

id122015 10y ago

Id use an app that helps me build few quality relationships. Facebook, Linked or others with thousands of followers are not for me.

tixocloud 10y ago
How do you envision an app would help you to build quality relationships?