Merlin Orr Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 I have a stack of business cards going back for years..... I think its time to get a good (hopefully simple) contact manager. I want something easily movable from one computer to the next as I trade laptops a couple of times a year. What works well but is easy to learn and use? Thanks for your suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Merlin, At the risk of sounding like a smartass, use a Rolodex. You don't have to move it from computer to computer, it can't get some stupid virus, and it will help your middle age memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxshooter Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 +1 on the Rolodex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 MS Outlook does a pretty good job. I think CardScan will put the info in pretty automatically. As far as dedicated software, I have used ACT and liked it a lot. I think CardScan works with it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Moved for better exposure. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted August 22, 2010 Author Share Posted August 22, 2010 I have had a copy of ACT..long ago... I checked the pricing and Wow... Lot of $$$... Might have to just bite the bullet and pay though. I travel all the time or I might stay with hard paper with my contact info but it is not really feasible to carry a card file..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanky Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Office Outlook + Iphone = Win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avezorak Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 If you use Quickbooks for your business, their contact manager is pretty good. If you dont use it, its way too much of a PITA for just contacts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Man Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 I have found nothing better than MS Outlook. Works great with my BB 9630 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markcic Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 If you have a pile of cards I'd go with a Cardscan. It will scan the cards and pull all the relative info out of them for you. There is a decent contact manager built in and it integrates well with Outlook. You can also use their web contact manager as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Smith Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 It depends a lot on what you want to do. If all you want to do is keep a list of names and numbers with perhaps a short note, you can do that all in Excel. If you want a lot more than that, then you need some kind of database, which is where programs like Act come in. Since you are starting with a bunch of cards, then it's probably worth starting with Cardscan and seeing what it can do for you. If you need more than that, then you can export data from Cardscan into something else. I personally don't much care for Outlook, but if you've already got it, you might as well use it. If you don't then do a web search on PIM (Personal Information Manager), there are a lot of freeware and shareware versions with free trials. Take a little time to figure out what features you really want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 What Graham Smith said (about Excel). Excel is pretty versatile and you can use it as kind of a database management tool as well as just an organizer. I find myself using Excel for a lot of things. However, MSOutlook is built-in to most MSOffice packages and has positive and useful characteristics all its own. Again, it depends on what your end-use for the data intends to be. Decide on that before investing in overkill expensive software that you may not need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I have a stack of business cards going back for years..... I think its time to get a good (hopefully simple) contact manager. I want something easily movable from one computer to the next as I trade laptops a couple of times a year. What works well but is easy to learn and use? Thanks for your suggestions. You may have described an address book instead of a contact manager? (I am not sure of the differences anymore.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I wonder if there is a phone app that runs like cardscan? Just take a picture of the card... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 I probably don't need to get a full featured PIM but...... Overkill is my middle name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Overkill is your middle name? Like in...more Power ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueaHLHgskkw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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