I'm going to ask a stupidly geeky question.
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I'm going to ask a stupidly geeky question.
Has anyone here used a FRM - Friend Relationship Manager?
Like a CRM. A database of people you know, with entries about when you last met, if they stood you up, what their favourite drink is, what you argued about, etc.
I'm looking for *personal* recommendations from people who actually use one of these tools.
What do you like about them? What would you change?
No need to reply if you don't use one, thanks!
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I'm going to ask a stupidly geeky question.
Has anyone here used a FRM - Friend Relationship Manager?
Like a CRM. A database of people you know, with entries about when you last met, if they stood you up, what their favourite drink is, what you argued about, etc.
I'm looking for *personal* recommendations from people who actually use one of these tools.
What do you like about them? What would you change?
No need to reply if you don't use one, thanks!
@Edent I've used Monica before but it didn't quite fit my use case and the name is weird
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@Edent I've used Monica before but it didn't quite fit my use case and the name is weird
@dajb thanks!
Anything you did / didn't like about it? -
@dajb thanks!
Anything you did / didn't like about it?@Edent For a "PRM" it felt like a CRM. I essentially want to say "X's partner's name is Y, they like tacos, and having some dental work done next week." That's then stored somewhere for quick retrieval.
So I go, "I'm meeting X for dinner tomorrow, remind me about what they like and anything I should know when we meet."
Kind of like having loads of .md files queried by an LLM, I guess...
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I'm going to ask a stupidly geeky question.
Has anyone here used a FRM - Friend Relationship Manager?
Like a CRM. A database of people you know, with entries about when you last met, if they stood you up, what their favourite drink is, what you argued about, etc.
I'm looking for *personal* recommendations from people who actually use one of these tools.
What do you like about them? What would you change?
No need to reply if you don't use one, thanks!
@Edent I first heard of this idea from this SeaGL talk - you might be interested in watching it if you haven't already (it covers CiviCRM and Monica):
https://seagl.org/archive/2020/contacts-to-connections-crm-funneling-for-projects-and-people
In the end I never did anything like this myself, but I have considered doing so on some occasions, and I do tend to create tasks in TaskWarrior to respond to people when they contact me.
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I'm going to ask a stupidly geeky question.
Has anyone here used a FRM - Friend Relationship Manager?
Like a CRM. A database of people you know, with entries about when you last met, if they stood you up, what their favourite drink is, what you argued about, etc.
I'm looking for *personal* recommendations from people who actually use one of these tools.
What do you like about them? What would you change?
No need to reply if you don't use one, thanks!
@Edent
I've heard it called a "Farley file" as one was used by a politician of that name to keep track of everyone he met but, unsurprisingly, couldn't remember every detail of. I tried developing an online one once but never completed it as my needcase changed. Like most things it requires continuous updating to be useful. -
I'm going to ask a stupidly geeky question.
Has anyone here used a FRM - Friend Relationship Manager?
Like a CRM. A database of people you know, with entries about when you last met, if they stood you up, what their favourite drink is, what you argued about, etc.
I'm looking for *personal* recommendations from people who actually use one of these tools.
What do you like about them? What would you change?
No need to reply if you don't use one, thanks!
@Edent I have not, but I wish social networks were more like this.
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I'm going to ask a stupidly geeky question.
Has anyone here used a FRM - Friend Relationship Manager?
Like a CRM. A database of people you know, with entries about when you last met, if they stood you up, what their favourite drink is, what you argued about, etc.
I'm looking for *personal* recommendations from people who actually use one of these tools.
What do you like about them? What would you change?
No need to reply if you don't use one, thanks!
@Edent I use a very simply tool - a text document - for the significant relationships in my life. Each one their own text file. Most of all to keep myself accountable and to note down actionable commitments, e.g. to reach out to someone every third month, contact someone every spring to ask for dates I could visit them in their summer house or someday-maybe ideas I'll commit to consider at least every half year. I have those documents searchable through Obsidian.
