Comments on: Organizing business cards http://thesimpleme.com/2008/07/22/organizing-business-cards/ living better, one day at a time - employee blog of Spring Partners Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:04:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: chip http://thesimpleme.com/2008/07/22/organizing-business-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-29 chip Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:42:15 +0000 http://thesimpleme.com/?p=28#comment-29 Aren't there many card scanning products, services and devices out there that at least take the typing out of the equation? Aren’t there many card scanning products, services and devices out there that at least take the typing out of the equation?

]]> By: brando http://thesimpleme.com/2008/07/22/organizing-business-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-19 brando Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:31:34 +0000 http://thesimpleme.com/?p=28#comment-19 One option...but awfully pricey if you're not the type that attends conferences on a weekly basis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae7ijS0epzU One option…but awfully pricey if you’re not the type that attends conferences on a weekly basis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae7ijS0epzU

]]> By: katin http://thesimpleme.com/2008/07/22/organizing-business-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-10 katin Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:56:55 +0000 http://thesimpleme.com/?p=28#comment-10 <strong>UPDATE:</strong> Ok, I am hitting a wall when it comes to tagging my contacts: Gmail: I can tag contacts in Notes, but I can't search them!?! Groups are nice. But there is nowhere to put in a contact's URL. I have to say I am disappointed in google on this one. Yahoo mail: I can tag in Notes & the search works well, but dammit I just put all that time migrating to gmail so that I could manage my husband's calendar...not going back! Highrise: It's kind of like a CRM system that is supposed to work well with email...but I can't get my stinkin' login to work, no matter how many times I ask them to resend my password. Next stop: Plaxo, but do I really need to sign up for another contact aggregator? <strong>UPDATE:</strong> Plaxo: Does most of what I want: Creates categories (kinda like tags, but not really) & has a spot for URL. But I can’t seem to select the email address for multiple contacts at once in case I wanted to email 2+ friends at once. So, I decided to take Jeff’s advice & try to find my new contacts where they already live… Started with Facebook & the <a href="http://www.aparentinsilverspring.com/" rel="nofollow">first person</a> I looked for wasn’t there! I feel weird inviting her to join just so I can connect with her where it’s convenient for me. Plus, Facebook is not the right place for an address book of contacts who don’t already live there. After an hour of spinning my wheels, looks like I am headed back to Excel, or maybe gmail & then export to Excel! UPDATE:
Ok, I am hitting a wall when it comes to tagging my contacts:

Gmail: I can tag contacts in Notes, but I can’t search them!?! Groups are nice. But there is nowhere to put in a contact’s URL. I have to say I am disappointed in google on this one.

Yahoo mail: I can tag in Notes & the search works well, but dammit I just put all that time migrating to gmail so that I could manage my husband’s calendar…not going back!

Highrise: It’s kind of like a CRM system that is supposed to work well with email…but I can’t get my stinkin’ login to work, no matter how many times I ask them to resend my password.

Next stop: Plaxo, but do I really need to sign up for another contact aggregator?

UPDATE:
Plaxo: Does most of what I want: Creates categories (kinda like tags, but not really) & has a spot for URL. But I can’t seem to select the email address for multiple contacts at once in case I wanted to email 2+ friends at once.

So, I decided to take Jeff’s advice & try to find my new contacts where they already live… Started with Facebook & the first person I looked for wasn’t there! I feel weird inviting her to join just so I can connect with her where it’s convenient for me. Plus, Facebook is not the right place for an address book of contacts who don’t already live there.

After an hour of spinning my wheels, looks like I am headed back to Excel, or maybe gmail & then export to Excel!

]]> By: jeff c http://thesimpleme.com/2008/07/22/organizing-business-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-9 jeff c Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:20:56 +0000 http://thesimpleme.com/?p=28#comment-9 I'd love to see of your 50 cards if you just searched Facebook and LinkedIn with email addresses how many full contacts you could pull out. The web as your big business card holder. And possibly del.icio.us for your tagging? I’d love to see of your 50 cards if you just searched Facebook and LinkedIn with email addresses how many full contacts you could pull out. The web as your big business card holder. And possibly del.icio.us for your tagging?

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