Monica
Productivity
personal relationship manager
SHOW HN2017
1,097points
568comments
#6of 2,242 in 2017
Top 1%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
62 positive, 134 neutral or asking, 17 mixed, 82 critical, out of 295 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Idea: 33 for, 17 againstPrivacy: 4 for, 26 againstExecution: 3 for, 21 againstDesign: 5 for, 11 againstPricing: 5 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea and open source approach appreciated
From 2 comments
Cool product. I've used calendars in the past to maintain this kind of thing but a product has many more features than a calendar so I'm into it. A mobile app would definitely be…
jakecraige on HNOh wow!!! Thanks so much for the link, it looks amazing.
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Objections
Branding and name feel creepy or dystopian
From 3 comments
Is anyone else getting a dystopian vibe from the idea of "managing" friends and family? I can definitely see this service being useful, but that branding makes me feel very…
cperciva on HNCall me cynical, but I find the term CRM pretty wrong. Yes, I understand what it does, people have been keeping track of this stuff (if I read the intro page correctly) for ages,…
wink on HNQuick note to the founders: You need to add more genders. A lot of early adopters in the Bay Area have friends who are non-binary or are non-binary themselves. I don't want to be…
tryitnow on HN
Privacy concerns about storing personal data in the cloud
From 2 comments
Yet another cloud based system for insecurely storing very personal data that I won't ever be using.
angry_octet on HNHum. Is there anything I can do to prevent that?
robinhood on HN
Lacks import and export of data
From 2 comments
I think import seems to be the number 1 feature request. Makes a lot of sense. Add activity from FB/Linkedin: How would you do that?
robinhood on HNYou can't export for now, but this is something I have in mind. You should be able to be in total control of your data, for sure. So I'll do that. Probably in CSV.
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Requests
Import contacts
From 2 comments
I think import seems to be the number 1 feature request. Makes a lot of sense. Add activity from FB/Linkedin: How would you do that?
robinhood on HNYou are right. Import is high on my roadmap [1]. Export will be next, too. It's vital to not be locked in. Editing reminders, yeah, I didn't do it at first because it's way less…
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Mobile app and API
From 2 comments
Because I just know web stuff. I did some .net like 15 years ago, but now I just know PHP and HTML, basically. Moreover, I'd love to create an app too, which would require an…
robinhood on HNI've been thinking about this. First step would be an API. Second step would be to either me learn Cocoa, ObjC or .NET to do this on the phones/desktops apps, etc..., or let the…
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More gender options
From 1 comment
Quick note to the founders: You need to add more genders. A lot of early adopters in the Bay Area have friends who are non-binary or are non-binary themselves. I don't want to be…
tryitnow on HN
Questions
Why a web app instead of a local application
From 1 comment
Why a web-app instead of a local application? Why does this need to be connected to the internet, when it doesnt interact with anything? Is it because you want to be able to sync…
sinistersnare on HN
Can it run without a VM or in Docker
From 1 comment
Thanks for making this open-source. It seems to use Homestead for deployments and Homestead apparently needs a VM. Is there a way to make this work without a VM or have a docker…
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Alternatives named
Spreadsheets and calendar reminders
From 2 comments
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…
danielvf on HNI built one of these for myself in 1995 and have been happily using it ever since. Here's the source code: ``` 0 0 19 7 * /usr/bin/mail -s "REMINDER: john T. birthday"…
rsync on HN
Accompany
From 1 comment
I don't know Accompany, but no matter what, even if you use Monica for business, my personal view of business relationships evolves around knowing the intimate details of the…
robinhood on HN