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kaioelfke
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About kaioelfke
Working on: https://amicu.app https://nomorefacebook.xyz
https://www.kaioelfke.de/ https://twitter.com/kaioelfke
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Comment #30331780
Spreadsheets can work quite well for this. I made an iOS app as side project inspired by this post from Derek Sivers. https://amicu.app
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Comment #27643784
Many people have an entry in their calendar to call their parents and grandparents. It’s also about making time for people you care about instead of work and other things taking ov…
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Comment #27643741
Not sure about Android, but on iOS some communication apps support this. My app deep links into those.
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Comment #27643696
I use my app for birthdays like that. There’s a button that opens the conversation in whatever app I use for this person (WhatsApp, Telegram, Email, …). It’s definitely good to mai…
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Comment #27643639
Is the effort knowing, when to reach out yourself instead of a tool reminding you? Or is the effort about spending time with a person? I use a running tracker, but I still have to …
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Comment #27643260
Thank you! If you’ve feedback you can reach me at @kaioelfke on Twitter or kai@amicu.app
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Comment #27643159
I made a personal CRM iOS app for myself and others. It supports these features besides special dates, which is on my road map. It’s basically a privacy and offline friendly UI aro…
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Comment #26260802
I made a simple reminder app like that. It encourages you to catch up from time to time. https://amicu.app
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Comment #26079486
That’s some of the reasons why I made https://nomorefacebook.xyz/ with privacy-friendly alternatives. I hope the list gets bigger as new things emerge.
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Comment #26014853
Cool, I’ll add it to https://nomorefacebook.xyz as alternative!
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Comment #25883534
I wonder if, I'm next after making https://nomorefacebook.xyz but that's why it's good to export contacts and other data now and not when it's too late. And don't use it as login p…
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Comment #25869704
I do the same, but not with fixed schedules in a calendar, but slightly randomized reminders with my iOS app. Calendar events are simple, but I like that I can snooze in my app or …
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Comment #25727018
I made this after FB broke the promise to not merge WhatsApp data. Feel free to submit privacy-friendly alternatives so people have a choice.
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Comment #25281229
Thanks for the feedback and trying Amicu. I often talk to people to improve the UX. Marking someone in touch means you interacted with this person somehow for example you met or ca…
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Comment #25280699
Monica is a nice tool, but I wanted an iOS app with great UX and privacy. Amicu is basically SwiftUI on top of a local SQLite db. It supports tracking the last contact date, catchu…
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Comment #25280572
Feel free to try my iOS app. You can track the frequency. It's basically SwiftUI on top of SQLite. All data stays on the device. It has support for Siri, Shortcuts and widgets. Fee…