Plaxo和我的联系人数据库

Sometimes a tool just works really nicely.  There’s a lot of little inexpensive Add-Ins out there for Outlook.  Personally I use the Addins DateLens and NewsGator in Outlook because they integrate to seamlessly. 

有时，工具确实非常好用。 有很多便宜的Outlook外接程序。 我个人在Outlook中使用Addins DateLens和NewsGator ，因为它们无缝集成。

Today, I was completely snowed in so what did I do?  I did some housecleaning.  Not the Vacuuming kind, the Data kind.  I’ve got 500gigs of crap that I’ve been saving since I Stacker’ed my then-full 200meg HD in 1993.  So I started with my contacts.  I’ve been carrying THEM around in a giant CSV file since Lotus Organizer.  Literally as I was organizing, debating how to update this pile, I get an email from the venerable Sam Gentile asking to update my contact information via some service called “Plaxo.” 

今天，我完全下雪了，怎么办？ 我做了一些打扫房间。 不是吸尘类，数据类。 自从我在1993年将Stacker 200meg HD装满后，我已经节省了500gigs。所以我从接触开始。 自Lotus Organizer以来，我一直在一个巨大的CSV文件中携带THEM。 从字面上看，我正在组织如何辩论如何更新这堆内容，我从古老的Sam Gentile收到一封电子邮件，要求通过称为“ Plaxo ”的服务来更新我的联系信息。

I updated my contact info for Sam without having to sign-up or -in for anything.  Upon deeper inspection, I check it out, and install it.  TRULY a seamless install. 

我更新了Sam的联系信息，而无需注册或使用-in进行任何操作。 经过更深入的检查，我将其检出并安装。 真正实现无缝安装。

I wrote a form letter and told Plaxo to request updated info from my friends and acquaintances.  True, you might think it initially smacks of spam, but it’s a REALLY clever idea. 

我写了一封表格信，告诉Plaxo向我的朋友和熟人索要最新信息。 没错，您可能会以为它最初是垃圾邮件，但这是一个非常聪明的主意。

While I wait around for Longhorn, Common People Dialogs and WinFS to realize that fred@whatever.com and fredsmith@someotherplace.com are the SAME GUY, Plaxo links my Contact Database in Outlook with all my friends.  For those folks that were already Members I get their updated info immediately and they can choose whether to share business info, personal info, or both, or privacy is maintained.  For those folks who don’t want to join, they can just give me their new info and it’s all good.  It’s the automatic updating that I think is so compelling as I’ve lot track of dozens of people that I don’t have time to go googling for.

当我等待Longhorn，“普通人对话”和WinFS意识到fred@whatever.com和fredsmith@someotherplace.com是同一个家伙时，Plaxo将Outlook中的“联系人数据库”与我的所有朋友链接在一起。 对于那些已经是会员的人，我会立即获得他们的更新信息，他们可以选择是共享业务信息，个人信息还是两者共享，还是维护隐私。 对于那些不想加入的人，他们可以给我他们的新信息，这一切都很好。 我认为自动更新非常引人注目，因为我跟踪了数十个人，而我却没有时间去搜身。

It’s only been 3 hours minutes and I’ve already updated 12% of my 1688 contacts.  Not shabby, Plaxo.

仅仅3分钟就可以了，我已经更新了1688位联系人中的12％。 不破旧，Plaxo。

翻译自: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/plaxo-and-my-contact-database