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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
#352Founder 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…
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Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#353Founder 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…
This product is dangerous to privacy. It's easy to imagine how this data could be exploited if Monica is sold to Facebook, Google, etc.
How are you working to guarantee my data is protected from any manner use outside my own?
Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#354I see that you have changed the tagline to "your social memory" due to feedback from users. However, the language is really unclear and grammatically incorrect - it's a sentence fragment. Some possible solutions:
* Introduce a verb "Build your social memory"
* Introduce Monica "Your social memory, now handled by your digital assistant Monica"
* Some combo of the above "Build your social memory through your digital assistant Monica"
I'd also recommend separate each question on separate line and left align them for readability. I'd iterate on this language as it's the most important content on your page since it's the first thing user's see. You might also want to pull some of the content that is below the fold to this section.
Great idea!
Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#355Founder 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.
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Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#356Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd argue that Monica should also accept leaving out the gender field all together. I couldn't tell from the front page if it allows this already. I rarely need a reminder of my friends' gender, even if they have an non-gender-specific name. Do the same for marital status if it's not already optional.
What kind of info is it for keeping track of then?
What you did, where you went, that thing they said they have coming up, the names of their kids, big things in their kids future, birthdays, bands they said they liked, places they said you should visit, where they live, where they have lived, institutions they've worked at, why their granddad is notable, minor celebrities they're related to, areas of science they're interested in, games they said they'd like to play.
Stuff that was part of the conversation that you might want to recall next time you're speaking to them, or that might make you contact them.
Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#357Founder 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…
This product is dangerous to privacy. It's easy to imagine how this data could be exploited if Monica is sold to Facebook, Google, etc. How are you working to guarantee my data is protected from any manner use outside my own?
As these things go, the privacy policy is excellent, and can be read in under a minute:
Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#358Earlier 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.
That's what you think you'd LIKE to use FB for. But remember, the medium is the message. You can't escape the interactive narrow mindedness of FB because it is inherent to the design of the overall product.
In reality, you use FB to have your data packaged up and sold to advertisers, brands, and government agencies. You're the product, not the customer.
Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#359Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Carddav support would a huge win. Even some sensible markup to store metadata in the notes field could allow some kind of editing on the go, and synchronization.
Re: Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family
#360Founder 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…
This product is dangerous to privacy. It's easy to imagine how this data could be exploited if Monica is sold to Facebook, Google, etc. How are you working to guarantee my data is protected from any manner use outside my own?
well, i haven't looked too closely, but i guess i'd be ok to run your own if this bugs you too much. there are links to the github repo on the site.