People lose track of every contact they meet at conferences
Conference attendees struggle to manage and remember contacts made at events. Existing methods like notes apps and LinkedIn requests prove disorganized and ineffective, leading to lost opportunities and wasted effort. This results in a frustrating experience of failing to capitalize on networking efforts.
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“Plus, no trackers or social media feed or your data saved on some servers. You own the data and it stays on your device. Prefer private and secure 😁”
“That was honestly the exact spark for this! The big trips have photo albums, but ordinary days usually just fade away :/ even though that’s where real life and closeness actually happen. I just wanted a gentle, quiet way to hold onto the feeling of: We were together today, and it was good. It’s really reassuring to know this feeling resonates with others 😄”
“This is really useful feedback — especially the distinction between close contacts and people you barely know / cold intros. That’s probably where Gemaloop makes the most sense too. I really like the one-click accept idea. My goal would be that the recipient doesn’t need an account or any setup: open the invite → accept → add straight to Google/Apple/Outlook Calendar, with rescheduling handled from the same page.”
“fair take. yes it's built on top of an AI model, like most AI apps, the product is the memory and check-ins around it. and i agree real friends matter more. this isn't meant to replace them, it's for the times when there's no one to text. definitely not for everyone though.”
“i'd expect the same. people DM friends and close contacts. i'd try this only for people i barely know or cold intros. the thing that would make me switch is dead simple: one-click accept that drops the event on my calendar without juggling links or extra setup.”
“Yesterday I introduced myself to a partner at an office event. About ten minutes later, I introduced myself to the same partner again because I genuinely forgot we'd already spoken. He said, "We just met." I wanted the floor to open up and consume me. submitted by /u/LittleTrust2978 [link] [comments]”
“Hey everyone, How many times have you wanted to grab a quick morning coffee with a potential business contact, mentor, or acquaintance, but hesitated because sending that direct text felt slightly awkward or intrusive? Or worse—you get stuck in the endless "When are you free?" / "Maybe next week?" chat loop that goes nowhere? We’ve been building gemaloop.com to act as a neutral third-party platform that makes sending low-stakes, casual invitations (like a 15-minute coffee cha”
“A quick one that lands well: ask everyone to share one sentence on “what’s one thing this week taught you that you didn’t expect?” and keep it to 30 sec each so it doesnt hijack the meeting.”
Okay this comment kind of stopped me in my tracks lol. I’ve been thinking of the address book as the product and “remembering where the relationship left off” as a feature, but…
“Clever idea, the fake call part especially. Having a way out without having to say anything to anyone would take off so much pressure.”
“I have accumulated more than 3,600 LinkedIn connections over the years, but I recently realized that I could no longer answer some basic questions: When did we connect? Where did we meet? What did we talk about? Why did this person matter to me at the time? LinkedIn remembers that a connection exists, and the original messages may still be there somewhere. But as the network and message history grow, reconstructing the context behind a specific relationship becomes increasingly difficult. So I c”
“At some point, after accumulating more than 3,600 LinkedIn connections, I started asking myself: When did we connect? Where did we meet? What brought us together—and what did we talk about? My network kept growing, but the context behind each relationship was gradually disappearing. LinkedIn preserved the connection itself, and sometimes the message history, but not necessarily the meaning of that connection in a form I could easily retrieve. Human memory fades too. So instead of focusing on add”
“The frequency thing is the real question honestly. I'm betting it's more of a few-times-a-year thing for most people, which is why the price is what it is. And yeah, second-time use is the metric I'm watching most closely. If nobody opens it twice, that's the answer to whether the problem was real. Totally fair on the distribution point too, it's basically a word of mouth app.”
“university-wide rollout — this is brilliant 😄 I am concerned about that for sure, tried to make it for all levels — there's a randomizer that fires off on its own at an unknown time, so a lot of the time it's the app surprising you both. Hope that surprise element keeps it engaging and fun, and doesn't kill it. And it's got intensity range (chill all the way up to insatiable), so it flexes to the couple. Genuinely curious — do you think those elements will help?”
“I mean, you're not wrong. The real test is just surviving the first five minutes of "what did you mean by that" after the results come in. Still, a brave concept.”
“I think it would be helpful to have an invitations object to help us track invites, RSVPs, and attendance at events (e.g. Showcase, nerd parties, and other bigger events). It looks like the main place for this now is tags which limits the information we can track. I think this would make it easier to: track who actually shows up track who has already been invited by other team members and who might have slipped through the cracks see who has attended other events in a particular location Some th”
“shy, quiet, anxious people get lonely too but they might not know how to reach out to other people in fear of rejection, embarrassment or just find it hard to connect to others in general... this might simplify and therefore help them find friends, find love, find someone”
“I found plenty of memory games supposed to help remember people's names and faces but they felt too complex. I think this one is the simplest version, the first time you see someone, this is their true name, but when you see them again, the name might have changed and you need to spot that. I thought the left/right swipe feel would also add a bit of fun to the gameplay. While I was at it, I also created 15 other small games to train memory in real situations. Let me know if you want to see t”
“Has anyone used Zola any other apps/websites to help with planning?? submitted by /u/ifnothingbecomes [link] [comments]”
“I think for me it's less about the mechanics (notes or tags or even tasks) and more that I just don't stay consistent with doing it every time... especially right after doing it when I'm already moving to the next thing... so by the time I circle back the details are fuzzy... but sounds like your setup runs pretty smoothly though... did it take a while to get dialed in like that or was it fairly quick?? and is it just you updating it or others are there in the team as well?”
“Interesting idea And I would love to build this kind shell we connect ? I like this point of building that intersecting point for strange people I think most of of the social media platforms do the same recommending like minded or similar people but in different interface Here it's knots and strings From past few days I was thinking about one idea and it's close to this but in productivity line User defines his/her goal then timeline starts Can record each and every step and the software”
“Thank you!! Really appreciate that — I’m still figuring out exactly who it’s most useful for, so feedback like this means a lot :)”
“Thank you — this is actually really helpful. I hadn’t looked deeply into Dovey, and learning why similar products didn’t work is probably just as useful as looking at successful ones. I’m going to dig into their story.”
“Aww that’s such a cute app! I always have trouble keeping track of all these dates, will try it out for sure!!”
“I can see this being useful, especially for couples who are newly dating and can’t meet often. Personally, I probably wouldn’t use it for long because daily photos or check-ins could start to feel like an obligation. I think that may be the main retention risk. But if you target newer long-distance couples, there seems to be a real audience for it.”
“I keep getting requests for an intro with people who are my LinkedIn connections, but I don't actually know them.I'm thinking of an app that would generate a unique QR code, but the person scanning has to be in the same location. May also need to take a selfie together. There seems to be additional value in making it a little more complicated. This means you really should have a good conversation with each other and want to stay connected, so both have a more exclusive connection.You build a net”
“Nice! I'm also working on a form deeper connections (and reconnecting) "slow socials" project”
As someone who keeps a manual journal for all this, I'll have a go
“I do the exact same thing. Depending on the complexity of the meeting, I may compare it to the AI notes to see if I missed anything big, but I like to do the meeting notes as it happens where everyone can see them and then send them out right after. In an ideal world, the PM will not be taking meeting notes. But with the economy the way it is many of us are in situations where we are the only person in the room who knows enough about the projects to take good notes on them.”
“ARKHIVE - personal intelligence that remembers what matters, follows up intelligently, and helps you actually do the things you mean to do. Lives in iMessage, can call text drop photos voice memos etc - so no download needed, no prompting or setup - ARKHIVE learns and adapts to the user. Co-founder and I built this for ourselves, since we’re big on self growth, to keep us accountable to our own promises / articles / plans / tasks and help track progress, and have a place for our thoughts and exp”
Go to the bar to engage...we will be there eventually lol
Cool, I'll check that out. Are you launching something this week too?
“I agree that some of the non-informational parts could be trimmed down to keep the pacing tighter and the message more focused. Appreciate you pointing that out!”
“What about one user says what he think he share the responsability and the other one that join can tell how much he thinks he shares responsibilities,”
“Someday matches two people for a one-on-one dinner based on a genuine reason I think they'd have a lot to talk about - not a shared hobby, but more like where you've come from, what you're actually doing with your life, and what you're genuinely thinking about. It's for people who'd love to have a really interesting conversation with someone whose life looks nothing like theirs, but just never get the chance to because there's no real reason for two people like that t”
“I haven’t, I think constantly updating it also made me stop. I use a paper based system now just bc it’s simpler for me to pull out a notebook at the end of the night or in the morning vs open a data base.”
“Nothing ever pulls from it. That's why it dies. Writing feels like homework when the file only gets opened in order to write. Paste the person's row link into the calendar invite. You'll open the row before the call to remember last time. Adding two lines while youre already in there costs nothing. Month one worked because you were curious. After that only the reading habit keeps it alive.”
“Have automatic meeting notes on by default, it removes the friction and gives you something you can search/ feed to an AI tool and ask to find the "why". Generally though, it's also good discipline and good to CYA by actually documenting why any decently significant decision is made, even if it's just a short "as agreed in XYZ meeting, we're going with option 3 because 123".”