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[Orgmode] Re: contact management in org-mode?


From: Gregory J. Grubbs
Subject: [Orgmode] Re: contact management in org-mode?
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:46:32 -0600
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux)

Eric S Fraga <address@hidden> writes:

> At Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:34:10 -0500, Russell Adams wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> I reverse my recommendation regarding BBDB. 
>> 
>> /rant on
>> 
>
> [...]
>
>> /rant off
>
> I'm in complete agreement with you on this rant.  I do find it
> incredible that there are no good contact managers out there, at least
> not those that are not tied to some specific tool.
>

I can finally admit it here:

I, too, am a BBDB hater.

Maybe now I can finally move on with my life ... thank you all!

-Greg

... but really, there has to be a better way.  Maybe a wrapper around a
contact-specific sqlite database? 


> When my Psion 3 (various incarnations of this lovely little computer)
> died a few years ago now, I have tried out a large number of contact
> managers trying to find one that could replace the Psion.  I have had
> no luck, having gone through bbdb and abook, amongst others.  This was
> all before my second (more successful) encounter with org-mode.
>
>> I'll post if I find a better alternative. I welcome recommendations
>> while I try to centralize my contacts to CSV while I decide what to
>> put them in.
>
> I've gone to using org-mode for this: an entry (top level heading) for
> each person and details fully written out in free form but also some
> details in properties that I can then view in column mode (phone
> number etc.).  But please do pass on any suggestions for alternatives!
>
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