On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Steve<gentoo_...@shic.co.uk> wrote: > I am looking for a web-application to manage contacts... but I'm not looking > for "just an address book"... I guess this isn't especially gentoo, but I'd > ideally like to run a server on my gentoo box, so I hope I can be forgiven > for asking here. > > Personally, I'm absolutely awful at remembering people's names or dates... > I'm not so bad at remembering their jobs; where I met them; their opinions > about cuisine or cars etc. etc. The snag I find is that I tend to forget > the details that would be most useful to remember - while I remember all the > trivia. I forget when I last spoke to occasional acquaintances - and about > details that don't mean much to me at the time... for example, about spouses > or partners if I meet in a work environment. > > What I'm looking for is some software to help me to collate details about my > occasional contacts... the idea being that if I expect to meet someone I've > not met for a while, I've an aide memoir about whom introduced me - and the > last time we spoke. > > Does anyone know of any application to do this? An open-source > web-application would be perfect as it would allow me to run a private > server - hence eliminating potential security and privacy concerns - while > making the information available independent of the kit I have on my desk. > Key features would include some sort of standard form to help jog my memory > to enter details I might forget - while being flexible enough not to try and > pigeon-hole the people I meet. > > Any suggestions? Any good experiences? I guess I could even pay for an > application like this - if it was good... though not a lot, of course, since > this would be a personal purchase. > > Ideas?
Well, most tools that handle that functionality I know of are full fledged CRMs, which are overkill for what you're after. You might take a look at Simple Customer though, PHP & MySQL, and seems to take a less 'enterprise' centric approach. http://www.simplecustomer.com/ No idea if it's any good, though. -- Poison [BLX] Joshua M. Murphy
