Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by blazespin » Tue, Jun 06, 2017, 5:43 PM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #120

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.

Yeah, fb should kill this open source startup! ;p Seriously, though, i think it would really creep people out if fb had a feature to take notes about what you talked with people who aren't even joined up.

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

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Post by electriclove » Tue, Jun 06, 2017, 5:44 PM UTC

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 consider creating a 'Deploy to Heroku' button or something similar.

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

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Post by robinhood » Tue, Jun 06, 2017, 5:45 PM UTC

vivekahuja wrote: post #190

This 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.

I will definitely keep building, especially since I see how much interest there is for a tool like this. Feel free to signup to the newsletter (that I actually never sent), I'll post updates on it regularly.

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

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Post by wsinks » Tue, Jun 06, 2017, 5:45 PM UTC

robinhood wrote: post #187

wsinks wrote: post #167

It 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

Just reporting - I understand how things go when you're one person. Interesting idea, but I would benefit so much from auto import. I don't think I've missed it..

Thanks for promoting your stuff!

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

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Post by xchaotic » Tue, Jun 06, 2017, 5:45 PM UTC

It looks like you're using monotonically increasing numbers for people, I couldn't exploit it straight away, looks like users have added around 900 people so far.

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

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Post by wsinks » Tue, Jun 06, 2017, 5:46 PM UTC

robinhood wrote: post #85

SomeHacker44 wrote: post #81

CRM? No... PRM... Personal Relationship Management. :)

Is there such a thing? If there is, I'll switch the wording in no time :-D

Don't worry about things not being a thing. You're making the thing

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

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Post by blazespin » Tue, Jun 06, 2017, 5:47 PM UTC

kbenson wrote: post #186

kinkrtyavimoodh wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 expose…

Yeah, I don't get that. I see some people who like to reflect their interests online but I don't consider it inane or addiction. You have a hobby, why not share it online?

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

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Post by wsinks » Tue, Jun 06, 2017, 5:47 PM UTC

robinhood wrote: post #65

jakecraige wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

US style dates, you probably want 03/18/1965

Localization is important - I might need to change date format depending on the language you select. Currently Monica supports both French and English.

Just force people to use GMT and European style dates! :D

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

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Post by muzakthings » Tue, Jun 06, 2017, 5:48 PM UTC

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…

1) Does it integrate with my calls from my iOS / emails from gmail? So that I can sort by "least recently connected"? otherwise writing notes each time and looking it up gets tiresome. 2) is there a mobile app? 3) how much will it cost monthly? 4) how are reminder sent?

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

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Post by tryitnow » Tue, Jun 06, 2017, 5:48 PM UTC

Quick note to the founders: You need to add more genders. A lot of early adopters in the Bay Area have friends who are non-binary or are non-binary themselves. I don't want to be forced to mis-gender people who don't identify as male or female.