It's funny that just this past weekend I was looking for something like your product. I've imagined it more to be a webapp with mobile client though. Something like http://highrisehq.com/ but more personal. (A PRM instead of CRM, one could say.)
It should keep in sync with my address book (or rather replace it at some point) and tell me not only what I know about the people in it, but also what interactions I had with them. Ideally it would augment that information with things it can find out on its own over Facebook and the web. (A bit like Gist, although I've found the information it can find to be useless most of the time.)
Does anyone know of a product, besides Met, which comes close to what I'm looking for?
mgw, tried to contact you directly via your HN profile, that's nearly what I'm building, if you're interested please leave your email at https://ronomon.com and I will get in touch when it's ready for more beta testers.
I like the idea--I definitely see a/the "problem" you hope to solve. I'm terrible with names so if I run into someone ("James") and they introduce me to their friend, kid, wife, etc. I'll jot down their name in the "Notes" field in "James"'s contact ("James's wife is 'Jane'"). Next time I see "James" and can't remember his wife's name, I can check my notes. It's not perfect but it works-ish.
The $3.99 might be a bit high for what I consider a "it works slightly better than my free hack" app. MVP and all that so sure there is more to come...
This needs to be integrated in with Siri so you can walk up to James and whisper to Siri and she'll tell you his wifes name, what he does and how his kids are doing in school ... if only there was a Siri API.
I agree. A search function would also be great, both so you can find people if you have a lot and so you can sort of "reverse the stream" and find people based on recollections ("Who's that guy I met last week who ran in the Boston Marathon?").
Yes, it's deliberately priced high because I consider it a niche app. Not many people who want it, but the people who do want it are willing to pay. But you might be right, I should also definitely consider lower prices.
I just want to say that this is awesome. Congratulations on the launch. I do not have an iOS device, so I cannot use it. However, the whole blogging about building an app in X amount of time is a great idea and I am definitely considering doing this in the future. :)
I like the simplicity and the concept, and I can already imagine what kind of jokes we may see popping on the net if your app gets popular.
I admit I was put off by the price though, but I may not be the core of your target, which I assume is people who do a lot of networking. I'd install an ad-supported version any day.
This idea of documenting everything through the process from idea generation to publishing is very interesting. I keep thinking that these types of storyboard explainers might be useful in a lot of contexts - tech startups especially.
Yes, I had thought of that. Maybe I should do it. But where do you draw the line? Implementing everything would be a massive amount of work. Or maybe it should be just clickable, not really editable.
I don't see why I would use this over just the normal contacts in iOS, or just notes. Why is there a PIN code? It's not like it's a banking app. Why no photos?
Because some of these notes are confidential. To give an example, suppose you know somebody has a rare disease. Or you know if they think bad about their boss. In case you leave your phone unlocked on the table, you don't want people to see this. The notes field is just a bit too accessible for those cases.
Re: photos, that's a good idea. I haven't felt the need myself to add photos, neither did any of the beta testers. It would be trivial to add, but any feature added is very hard to remove. I'll add it when it becomes painful not to have it ;)
congratulations for the launch . The app looks promising. If only there was an Android version :D .
Btw a simpler site for mobile devices would be nice . I am visiting the site using opera mini from an android device and I'm not able to see the text properly.
[+] [-] mgw|14 years ago|reply
Does anyone know of a product, besides Met, which comes close to what I'm looking for?
Congratulations on your launch!
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[+] [-] chriseidhof|14 years ago|reply
This sounds more like Rapportive. Other than that, there is Hashable, With.me and FellowUp might also be interesting.
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You should contact him, you might get some endorsement :)
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I like the idea--I definitely see a/the "problem" you hope to solve. I'm terrible with names so if I run into someone ("James") and they introduce me to their friend, kid, wife, etc. I'll jot down their name in the "Notes" field in "James"'s contact ("James's wife is 'Jane'"). Next time I see "James" and can't remember his wife's name, I can check my notes. It's not perfect but it works-ish.
The $3.99 might be a bit high for what I consider a "it works slightly better than my free hack" app. MVP and all that so sure there is more to come...
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I like the simplicity and the concept, and I can already imagine what kind of jokes we may see popping on the net if your app gets popular.
I admit I was put off by the price though, but I may not be the core of your target, which I assume is people who do a lot of networking. I'd install an ad-supported version any day.
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Still need to add Gmail (et al) contacts importing / syncing - until then, I think it is just a bit too arduous to get the basic info in there.
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Because some of these notes are confidential. To give an example, suppose you know somebody has a rare disease. Or you know if they think bad about their boss. In case you leave your phone unlocked on the table, you don't want people to see this. The notes field is just a bit too accessible for those cases.
Re: photos, that's a good idea. I haven't felt the need myself to add photos, neither did any of the beta testers. It would be trivial to add, but any feature added is very hard to remove. I'll add it when it becomes painful not to have it ;)
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Btw a simpler site for mobile devices would be nice . I am visiting the site using opera mini from an android device and I'm not able to see the text properly.
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