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Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by CrackpotGonzo »

robinhood wrote: post #5

Founder here. Here to answer any questions you might have. The site is not perfect, it's not mobile optimized, there are probably bugs, there is a gazillion features missing, no APIs but it's a labour of love, open-source and I hope it will help people other than me. I want to grow this product but I need to know what you need, people. Edit: sorry for the bugs I see on my server popping here and there. Didnt expect t…

One thought is that it would extremely useful to be able to interact over SMS: log events, contacts, receive reminders etc. Love the idea, keep it up!

Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by Arkdy »

You might be interested in _friends(1)_ which is a cli implementation of something similar :)

I really liked how it showed you simple stats on your interactions and did some clever text analysis so you could make entries as regular sentences.

(1) https://github.com/JacobEvelyn/friends

Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by robinhood »

CrackpotGonzo wrote: post #111
robinhood wrote: post #5

Founder here. Here to answer any questions you might have. The site is not perfect, it's not mobile optimized, there are probably bugs, there is a gazillion features missing, no APIs but it's a labour of love, open-source and I hope it will help people other than me. I want to grow this product but I need to know what you need, people. Edit: sorry for the bugs I see on my server popping here and there. Didnt expect t…

One thought is that it would extremely useful to be able to interact over SMS: log events, contacts, receive reminders etc. Love the idea, keep it up!

Problem with this: SMS has a price, and would people be willing to pay for this?

Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by danielvf »

My uncle died suddenly this year. He was unbelievably caring - and not just to family - but to everyone he ever met. His funeral was jam packed with everyone from homeless people to executives of multi-billion dollar companies.

I always thought that his ability to always have you, and whatever you had last talked about with him, on his mind at any moment was some kind of supernatural gift. I was surprised to find out at his funeral that he actually kept an excel spreadsheet of everyone he met and what they needed and were going through. He reviewed this constantly.

It didn't lessen his genuine love for everyone, just let him be a little more super human.

Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by mangandini »

robinhood wrote: post #5

Founder here. Here to answer any questions you might have. The site is not perfect, it's not mobile optimized, there are probably bugs, there is a gazillion features missing, no APIs but it's a labour of love, open-source and I hope it will help people other than me. I want to grow this product but I need to know what you need, people. Edit: sorry for the bugs I see on my server popping here and there. Didnt expect t…

Please add an option to set relationship to a person ( wife, husband, son , friends)

Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by Raphmedia »

robinhood wrote: post #91
1123581321 wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I'm imagining 1-5 stars with text descriptions to help ratings be consistent, similar to how software like http://mnemosyne-proj.org/features handles ratings.

Isn't it weird though to put stars on people?

Snapchat does it. http://emojipedia.org/snapchat/

Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by bayonetz »

Tangent: anybody have recommendations for a "CRM" for tracking your activity when you are job hunting? What stage you are at, people you've talked to at company, what version of resume they have, etc. Typically I've just duct taped one together with folders, spreadsheet, and Evernote. Always at the back of my mind that there could be something better perhaps. Normal CRMs seem to general and complicated from my limited perusing. Someone should make this. I'd pay for it!

Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by robinhood »

mattkevan wrote: post #113

Looks really good! Am going to sign up and have a look later this evening. Just noticed the privacy policy link on the sign up form 404s. Links to https://app.monicahq.com/privacy instead of https://monicahq.com/privacy

Thanks! Indeed, that's a bug, but I don't want to fix production now because so many people are using the app right now. I'll fix it tomorrow when HN won't care anymore :-D

Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family

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Post by toomuchtodo »

danielvf wrote: post #115

My uncle died suddenly this year. He was unbelievably caring - and not just to family - but to everyone he ever met. His funeral was jam packed with everyone from homeless people to executives of multi-billion dollar companies. I always thought that his ability to always have you, and whatever you had last talked about with him, on his mind at any moment was some kind of supernatural gift. I was surprised to find out…

This is exactly what Facebook should be. An augmented agent to help us be more helpful and empathetic to friends and family.

I'm sorry for your loss. Your uncle sounds like a great human being.

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