Comments on: How Do I: Manage and Share Contacts? http://theflatironlife.com/2007/12/18/747/ These are the ramblings of a young married couple in the great City of Chicago. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:14:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Ryan http://theflatironlife.com/2007/12/18/747/#comment-875 Ryan Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:26:22 +0000 http://theflatironlife.com/2007/12/18/747/#comment-875 Also, I've heard people using Plaxo for contact management.. http://www.plaxo.com Also, I’ve heard people using Plaxo for contact management..

http://www.plaxo.com

]]> By: Ryan http://theflatironlife.com/2007/12/18/747/#comment-874 Ryan Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:24:10 +0000 http://theflatironlife.com/2007/12/18/747/#comment-874 I think dokuwiki will do this for you.... I think dokuwiki will do this for you….

]]> By: John J http://theflatironlife.com/2007/12/18/747/#comment-861 John J Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:49:26 +0000 http://theflatironlife.com/2007/12/18/747/#comment-861 Honestly, Outlook and almost any kind of PDA will do almost all of this for you (I've even uploaded data into my phone). If you wanted something online, you'd have to deliberately export your address book and e-mail yourself the file or something, but that's the only place where it falls short. Sure, there are no points for originality with it, but it makes up for that with simplicity for most things. Personally, I would be suspicious of anybody who offered to take care of all of that information for you for free online. Honestly, Outlook and almost any kind of PDA will do almost all of this for you (I’ve even uploaded data into my phone). If you wanted something online, you’d have to deliberately export your address book and e-mail yourself the file or something, but that’s the only place where it falls short. Sure, there are no points for originality with it, but it makes up for that with simplicity for most things.

Personally, I would be suspicious of anybody who offered to take care of all of that information for you for free online.

]]> By: Rob http://theflatironlife.com/2007/12/18/747/#comment-858 Rob Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:53:55 +0000 http://theflatironlife.com/2007/12/18/747/#comment-858 You have a new son? Congratulations! ;) I've had in my head for awhile now a similar idea: a web app that only deals with contacts. I'd also like the ability to group contacts together, but tagging or whatever. I'd also like to be able to add notes to contacts, or to tags. For example, I really wanted this while job hunting. For each recruiting firm, I'd talk to one or two people, with different numbers and emails. Each firm would pitch one or more jobs. Each job would have one or more contacts (HR, hiring manager, etc). Each job would have one or more "events" (phone screen, second phone screen, face to face, etc). Keeping track of all of this was kind of a pain on paper. Weirdly, when I started getting bids for work on the condo, the process was very similar - multiple people, organizations, and events. Seems very useful. And even in day to day life it would be nice to group people somehow - by where you met them, etc. Yeah, definitely the Hard Solution. ROR! You have a new son? Congratulations! ;)

I’ve had in my head for awhile now a similar idea: a web app that only deals with contacts. I’d also like the ability to group contacts together, but tagging or whatever. I’d also like to be able to add notes to contacts, or to tags.

For example, I really wanted this while job hunting. For each recruiting firm, I’d talk to one or two people, with different numbers and emails. Each firm would pitch one or more jobs. Each job would have one or more contacts (HR, hiring manager, etc). Each job would have one or more “events” (phone screen, second phone screen, face to face, etc).

Keeping track of all of this was kind of a pain on paper. Weirdly, when I started getting bids for work on the condo, the process was very similar - multiple people, organizations, and events. Seems very useful. And even in day to day life it would be nice to group people somehow - by where you met them, etc.

Yeah, definitely the Hard Solution. ROR!

]]> By: Jacob Tomaw http://theflatironlife.com/2007/12/18/747/#comment-857 Jacob Tomaw Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:39:13 +0000 http://theflatironlife.com/2007/12/18/747/#comment-857 I would prefer for this to be a webapp so I can access it from anywhere. I would prefer for this to be a webapp so I can access it from anywhere.

]]> By: Kristoffer http://theflatironlife.com/2007/12/18/747/#comment-856 Kristoffer Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:21:18 +0000 http://theflatironlife.com/2007/12/18/747/#comment-856 Access...or another database program. A lot of work initially, but easily searchable and "update-able." Access…or another database program. A lot of work initially, but easily searchable and “update-able.”

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