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Just like David Rockerfeller's Rolodex! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15867741 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15867741 I've always wanted to crea

by pests 6y ago

Just like David Rockerfeller's Rolodex! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15867741 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15867741 I've always wanted to create something like this myself. Glad to see someone do it.

purplecats 6y ago
I’m guessing more people do this, they just don’t post about it. I made my own solution to this 6 years ago and use it to this day. my solution leverages google people api so it’s automatically synced as part of the notes field of my contacts, and I have an app in my iphone and on my desktop and a cloud interface to quickly manage and query the data. 10/10 recommend and wish it was more normalized
- pimlottc 6y ago
  Sounds cool, have you considered putting it on github?
  - purplecats 6y ago
    that requires a bit of effort, so i haven't had a need to. what would be the motivation to do so? i would be curious if there's enough interest to make it into a service though. it would be a webapp/cli that manages the dossier in your google contacts notes (so automatically syncted with all your data natively).
luckyshot 6y ago
I also developed my own version of it and launched it many years ago! It was extremely simple on purpose, you had two views: - List of people: sorted based on when you needed to get in touch with them - The profile: add notes (with a contact more/less often when submitting) and choose social circles (by closeness: Family, Close Friend, Work, Acquaintance... or by situation: Golf Club, Gym, Chess...) Based on the circles, notes, ratings, etc. the App organized them from top to bottom on a "Who should you contact now". It was cool. As I grew older I used it less and less and ended up retiring it. It helped me become a better person by internalizing the importance of remembering names, hobbies, FORD method (Family, Occupation, Recreation and Dreams) and improving my small talk or breaking the ice. If you've never used a personal CRM and you struggle to maintain and nourish relationships I highly recommend you to try something, either Monica or what someone suggested of having text files, a spreadsheet, notes...

by pests 6y ago

purplecats 6y ago

I’m guessing more people do this, they just don’t post about it. I made my own solution to this 6 years ago and use it to this day. my solution leverages google people api so it’s automatically synced as part of the notes field of my contacts, and I have an app in my iphone and on my desktop and a cloud interface to quickly manage and query the data. 10/10 recommend and wish it was more normalized

pimlottc 6y ago
Sounds cool, have you considered putting it on github?
- purplecats 6y ago
  that requires a bit of effort, so i haven't had a need to. what would be the motivation to do so? i would be curious if there's enough interest to make it into a service though. it would be a webapp/cli that manages the dossier in your google contacts notes (so automatically syncted with all your data natively).

luckyshot 6y ago

I also developed my own version of it and launched it many years ago! It was extremely simple on purpose, you had two views: - List of people: sorted based on when you needed to get in touch with them - The profile: add notes (with a contact more/less often when submitting) and choose social circles (by closeness: Family, Close Friend, Work, Acquaintance... or by situation: Golf Club, Gym, Chess...) Based on the circles, notes, ratings, etc. the App organized them from top to bottom on a "Who should you contact now". It was cool. As I grew older I used it less and less and ended up retiring it. It helped me become a better person by internalizing the importance of remembering names, hobbies, FORD method (Family, Occupation, Recreation and Dreams) and improving my small talk or breaking the ice. If you've never used a personal CRM and you struggle to maintain and nourish relationships I highly recommend you to try something, either Monica or what someone suggested of having text files, a spreadsheet, notes...