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

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Post by vxNsr »

liamcardenas wrote: post #330
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…

Thank you so much! I've been looking for something like this (and even contemplated making this myself despite not having any spare time to do so). My one concern: Can you please make all of your contact information downloadable and backupable. My biggest fear would be putting so much precious data in your app and then having you guys go under... then I would lose everything. Also, I don't want vendor lock-in for som…

I think the most interesting thing about this is that it's essentially a souped up address book, so it could basically be turned into a vcard with a bunch of extra fields.

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

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Post by danielvf »

jackarg wrote: post #327
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…

If you want to become a generous person such as him, when do you know when you've reached a limit in compassion? Would someone like your uncle ever think, for someone who is excessively rude, uncaring, disagreeable, unfriendly: "he is not worth my time, I should move on?"

That's a great question!

Actually, the last time I saw my uncle, I asked how he could be generous, and yet not be taken advantage of or stuck with horrible people.

He said that what he'd learned to do was to condition whatever help he was offering on the person taking some tiny step first. Often, it was as simple as "make up a budget for you and your wife to go on a three day getaway, send it to me, and I'll write you a check." He said that almost everyone who was just in it for the handouts couldn't be bothered.

My uncle also mixed a lot of his giving with encouraging young people's talents. He'd hire students who were excited in X, to do X for him in some way. He hired students to take photos, make music, decorate houses, build apps, archive things, paint, and who knows what else. He even hired a student to make memes. This way the students not only got money, but grew in their skills and were excited that someone wanted their work.

There were, of course, some rude and uncaring people in his life. But those people didn't want to spend time with him so there was never really a conflict there.

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

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Post by scaryclam »

robinhood wrote: post #9
canes123456 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sign up with facebook is not working for me. Perhaps because I have two factor on. Also, consider adding an import feature from gmail, vCard, etc Finally, why include male/female binary as the only required field besides name. Seems a little odd

Damn it, I broke it. I'll fix it today, or remove it entirely, I still don't know about it. I like the idea of being able to quickly log in, but it's yet another feature to maintain, so...

Please, please remove it. I actively avoid sites with fb logins, as it appears others in this thread do as well. Your idea can stand on its own without that sort of crutch.

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

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Post by subrat_rout »

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…

Is it possible to see the code? I do not see a link to the code source.

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

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Post by alexeldeib »

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…

Probably a big investment, but my immediate thought is I'd love a mobile app. The mobile site was better than nothing, but if you had a slick mobile app, I would use it constantly. So many times I forget little things that I would love to jot down in exactly this type of product.

e: On birthdays, might be nice to be able to add day/month but no year. I'm working through adding some of my contacts into this and noticing small things as I update/add more.

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

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Post by espo »

djaychela wrote: post #274
robinhood wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1) No 2) no 3) nothing 4) by email :-D

in reference to 4) any chance of adding something like pushbullet? https://docs.pushbullet.com/

A similar service is Pushover. They have an e-mail gateway that allows you to send e-mails to your custom Pushover e-mail address and have it be converted into Pushover notifications. Each user has a @pomail.net address assigned when their account is created, and additional addresses can be created with custom options for each one such as a default sound. Highly recommend it.

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

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Post by robinhood »

alexeldeib wrote: post #345
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…

Probably a big investment, but my immediate thought is I'd love a mobile app. The mobile site was better than nothing, but if you had a slick mobile app, I would use it constantly . So many times I forget little things that I would love to jot down in exactly this type of product. e: On birthdays, might be nice to be able to add day/month but no year. I'm working through adding some of my contacts into this and notic…

If only I knew how to make one... I will first create an API in the hopes that someone creates a mobile app for this.

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

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Post by mproy »

subrat_rout wrote: post #344
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…

Is it possible to see the code? I do not see a link to the code source.

There's a github link in the footer. https://github.com/monicahq/monica

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

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Post by gyrgtyn »

robinhood wrote: post #329
gyrgtyn wrote: post #208

I have some org-mode files that kind of do this. I never open them or my agenda anymore, so they don't help, but they're there. I guess I need to hook org-mode to twilio or something?

I don't understand what you are trying to say. What's org-mode?

http://orgmode.org/ "your life in plain text" emacs stuff
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