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We built Namerick because we had a hard time remembering everyone we met at meetups and hackathons. It's an iphone app to help you remember the names of people

We built Namerick because we had a hard time remembering everyone we met at meetups and hackathons. It's an iphone app to help you remember the names of people you've just met. We used repetition and mnemonics modeled from memory 'athletes' and studies of the human memory. Namerick was built by a team of six during a BeMyApp weekend app competition. While we had everything pretty much working at the end of the weekend, we'd remiss if we didn't add that we've added a few months of beta testing, additional UX polish, and marketing efforts:) We'd LOVE your feedback (and be eternally grateful if you'd be willing to leave an app store review). The app is free for the next few days, and then we'll likely switch it to $0.99 after that. You can learn more about it, and see our awesome retro demo video (complete with zero gravity cats) at http://namerick.com http://namerick.com.

jlees 15y ago
I definitely have this problem, but perhaps not quite in the way the app is solving. From the site - love the retro theme! - it seems that I can remember names and associate them with mnemonic facts (such as a job title). That's fine, but my big problem is associating the name with the face. I can usually remember who the person is and what they do once I remember their name (or they kindly tell me), but the moment of blankness when I meet them and have no idea who they are is embarrassing and unprofessional. I can't think of an obvious solution to this given that many people (myself included) have unrepresentative profile photos on the 'net, though I've seen 'face memory' games work well when the photos are good.