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I have a trick. Soon after I meet someone, I scribble their name and some interesting characteristic of theirs into a Google Docs document on my phone. e.g. An
by wenc 8y ago
I have a trick. Soon after I meet someone, I scribble their name and some interesting characteristic of theirs into a Google Docs document on my phone.
e.g. Anna, teacher with dreadlocks.
Then the next time I see them from afar, I whip out my phone to refresh my memory. And then I go up to them and say hi.
I rarely forget details about a person, so making conversation is not hard. It's their name I keep forgetting. Writing that down has helped immensely.
- yyx 8y agoWhy Google Docs and not Contacts?
- wenc 8y agoLess friction to enter free-form text in Google Docs than in Contacts. It takes more taps enter details in Contacts, not to mention the Last Name, First Name are fields with limited visible length, and scrolling left-to-right on a phone is tedious. Also I don't want to pollute my contact list with the 10-11 Annas that have no last names, but have descriptors like "has dreadlocks" or "met at conference".
- justbaker 8y agoI’m starting to use Google Keep more and more for this. Seems to be better organized (for me) for digital jotpads. However it is much more limited in the text editing/word processing ability. However, I really don’t need that for quick notes.