I am amazed at how stupid these applications are. I just signed into Conspire again (tried it a year or more ago) and it sent me an update email like this: "You are losing touch with [X] and [Y]! Email them now". You mean my mother and my father-in-law? Both of which I have specifically linked as such in my Google Contacts? Thanks for that advice.
Same goes with these other services: Rapportive, Nimble, Mingly, Xobni, etc. They apply superficial statistics and send a daily alert that some person I exchanged one email with last year should be contacted. How about reminding me to keep in touch with colleagues from my previous job? Or a colleague leaves my company...therefore in 2 months send an email saying hello. Those would be useful reminders.
I predicted everything Conspire was going to send me today: stats on how quickly I respond to emails, % responded to, message volume. Who cares?? It's just comfort stats: feels interesting but actually isn't.
I am desperate for a semi-intelligent personal contact management system. Or at least a dumb one with a really great editing interface. The level of intelligence in these app is so slow I actually wish it were zero so they would stay out of my way!
The notification email with the stats isn't the product, it's just a feature. Conspire's real product is their search engine that can find the best person for introducing you to a contact or organization.
Same goes with these other services: Rapportive, Nimble, Mingly, Xobni, etc. They apply superficial statistics and send a daily alert that some person I exchanged one email with last year should be contacted. How about reminding me to keep in touch with colleagues from my previous job? Or a colleague leaves my company...therefore in 2 months send an email saying hello. Those would be useful reminders.
I predicted everything Conspire was going to send me today: stats on how quickly I respond to emails, % responded to, message volume. Who cares?? It's just comfort stats: feels interesting but actually isn't.
I am desperate for a semi-intelligent personal contact management system. Or at least a dumb one with a really great editing interface. The level of intelligence in these app is so slow I actually wish it were zero so they would stay out of my way!