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Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
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Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#182Is anyone else getting a dystopian vibe from the idea of "managing" friends and family? I can definitely see this service being useful, but that branding makes me feel very uncomfortable.
I know :-/ Sorry about this, I'm trying to find the best way to explain what it does, without using a boring video that sucks, or poetic terms that say nothing. If you have any idea, please, please let me know :-D
To me it's "an external brain for your social life".
Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#183I built one of these for myself in 1995 and have been happily using it ever since. Here's the source code: 0 0 19 7 * /usr/bin/mail -s "REMINDER: john T. birthday" me@mydomain.com 0 0 1 8 * /usr/bin/mail -s "REMINDER: MAKE xmas hotel reservations NOW for good pricing..." me@mydomain.com
Could you explain how it works? I wonder what 0 0 19 7 * means.
It's a unix/linux crontab, for repetitive task. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron
It's minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week
In this case, repeat every 19th of july at midnight.
Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#184It would be nice to have an option to set relationship (wife, son, daughter, friends etc) so in the future maybe I can even watch my genealogical tree or just select to see my family or friends
I will do it :-D https://github.com/monicahq/monica/issues/19
Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#185Is anyone else getting a dystopian vibe from the idea of "managing" friends and family? I can definitely see this service being useful, but that branding makes me feel very uncomfortable.
Nope. Unless you are a psychopath you have always managed friends/family even if was managed informally in your head. You used to have a Rolodex of phone numbers and addresses. You may have even kept additional information about the person in your Rolodex, perhaps their birthday or anniversary. Important dates and social obligations used to be written on a wall or desk calendar so you didn't forget. You make notes (w…
I believe you're missing the GP's point, which is the unwelcome connotations of power relations that attach in the words 'management' and 'customer' (from CRM). Generally a manager exerts authority over those managed, although it's true that managers in the showbiz world are the employees of performers rather than the other way around.
Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#186Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
This is what a lot of us who don't hate Zuck's guts actually do use FB for.
It's not that I hate Zuckerberg that I find it hard to use Facebook, but that I trust them less than the other super-presences outs there (justified or not), and I dislike how it changes my perceptions of some of my friends. The constant posting of inane shit starts to look less like keeping in touch and more like an addiction to my eyes. I still like those people, and enjoy their company, but being constantly exposed to their posts feels like being in their living room as they crack open that 8 AM beer after waking up. It gets uncomfortable, but it's also not something I'm sure it's my place to butt into, since to this point it appears mostly harmless.
It is the best tool to keep in contact we currently have though, so I do pop in every week or two to check on notifications. The times I go longer I end up missing events friends have put together and not notified in other ways about, so I try to remember to check in fairly regularly.
I only hope they don't swing their attention towards those of us that shun the feed any time soon, and try to find a way to tweak our reward response for that as well (or at least in a more effective way. I'm sure they've put at least some attention to it).
Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#187It appears that facebook sign in doesn't work and gives me this error: http://imgur.com/a/R0C9E
Thanks for noticing, and, indeed. I broke this last week - sorry about the inconvenience. Can't fix it today anyway, way too many people trying out the site, I don't want to touch production right now :-D
Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#188Thank you so much for this! It's something that's been kicking around in the back of my head for ages, but it was never a big enough priority for me to tackle. I'll definitely be checking it out!
Seconded! Today I am taking something off my software projects bucket list that has been there since '03-'04. Thank you! Thank you!
Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#189I would like a minimal CRM for super-connectors. People like investors, promoters, etc. who traffic in relationships, and develop social capital from making introductions. When trying to make an introduction, it's exceedingly hard to search your extensive network under certain criteria. Particularly if you want "fuzzy" matching, i.e. not just restricted to a specific geography or tag (e.g. "entrepreneur"), but lookin…
Good to know about Facebook.
I want what you want. I'd love to know if you ever find something!
Main question - how do you profit from being a super-connector? Or do you never directly profit from it?
Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#190This is great! Just signed up and poked around.
FWIW, right now I just use a combination of Evernote and a Trello board to keep track of personal tasks and projects; I could see a "PRM" tool like this supplanting or complementing those other tools.
I hope you keep building. Feel free to reach out if you want some user feedback in a few weeks.