I'm actually working on one: http://muchcloser.com.

It's definitely not ready for prime time yet and I'm looking for a co-founder(s). (Who knows maybe we can submit to the YCombinator winter application...)

I'm still debating whether I should keep user registration open since it's not polished enough to mass market...

Let me know what you guys think.

> to dos help you keep track of your everyday tasks

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> - X remember to buy bread

> - X never forget to pick up your dry cleaning again

> - X share your tasks

This is definitely not the first example you want to show in your homepage, if the purpose of your site is to help with personal relations.

The intent of the site is good. I think there will be a big market for this kind of thing if you find a way to help.

An address book is good; just lose the my.peeps name and call it an address book. People are not eager to learn new fancy names for things.

Reminders about relevant events (birthdays, anniversaries) is good.

Of course there is plenty of software around that provides address book and calendar functionality, so these can't be your selling features. Semirandom reminders to do something special? OK, a bit mechanical, but I guess they help.

I'm not sure about the functionality you offer, but anyway I don't think functionality is what matters the most here. I think you want to look for community features. Somehow encourage your customers to ask for and share tips. The value of your site will not come from functionality, but from becoming a hub for people interested in these matters. IMO, if you achieve that, you're golden.

A minor one: lose the "best viewed with" tag. That's so 90's :). People aren't going to get a different browser to go to your site; if your site doesn't work on their browser, they're just going away. Alien logos are noise and cheapen the feel of your site. Don't let any in, unless there is some serious business motivation for it.

[Edit: fixing formatting hiccups.]

thanks for the constructive criticism, I'll start making changes

I think this is great area to build something in. Highrise is good, but it's geared more towards CRM than PRM.

I think you've got the right idea from the cursory look I took at your site. The UI needs a bit of work, but I'm sure you'll get to that at some point. I really like the "smart reminders" feature. It's too easy to forget about your acquaintances, and sending an unexpected greeting is a great way to keep up the relationship.

Yeah that's why I made Muchcloser. There are a lot of CRMs and Facebooks, but at this point in my life I already have tons of friends and I have more than enough tools to help me in my professional life...

yeah the UI really needs major work (tough to cover everything being a one man army)...

which leads me to a more important point: if you or anyone else is interested in helping me build something you want to use, just send me an email through the site (contact us) and we'll see if it's a good fit (locale, skills, ...)

Ever heard of ACT! (exclamation point is part of it): http://www.act.com/?

Not sure they have a web app, but they are one of many popular software apps that accomplish what you are talking about. I remember having ACT! 2.0 in the mid-90s.

I'm looking at their site and I don't see a web app, though I'm not sure and I think it would absolutely crazy if they didn't.

ACT! is a POS!

I've been puttering around on a Facebook app to do this kind of thing. I've been wanting to make private notes and the like about people on there. I have a horrible memory sometimes and it'd be really nice to have a place to jot things down. I don't think it's overly marketable since most of my Facebook 'friends' are real friends and not many are business colleagues. If you're interested let me know and I'll push it live in the next few days.

Yeah, I have the same problem...I need this more for people that aren't on Facebook. A FB platform act like this would probably incredibly useful in like 10 years once most of a person's contacts are using online social networks, but the business world is still run by non-Facebookers, fortunately or unfortunately.

I use CiviCRM. It may not be perfect for you, as you seem to have decided on Highrise, but CiviCRM is perfect for me. Integrating it into my existing sites is a breeze.

http://civicrm.org/

Salesforce.com or any other CRM product should do something similar to this. Back in the day we used ACT! or GoldMine to do it.

I wonder if you could use a gmail API (is there one?) to divine this info automatically?

Try highrise by 37signals.

Thanks, this is almost exactly what I was looking for. I should have known to check 37signals ;)

Here it is: http://www.act.com/products/web/, but it still doesn't look like simply the personal version just on the Web.

we're building it now

still in the UK?

peepflow?

Peepflow looks like it's what Linkedin should have been - something that connects professionals in meaningful ways, instead of just being an online resume gallery...