We’re getting a ton of suggestions for new AKA features. Before you think we’re dumb and just overlooked a bunch of cool stuff, here’s a brief list of features we’ll be adding in the months following our beta-launch:
- Ability to attach a v-card when sending information to a guest (someone who’s not an AKA member yet)
- Support for aliases…an easy way to change your AKA without losing your original info
- Control your card visibilities and permissions from within your Outlook, Blackberry or Palm address book
- Export AKA contacts en masse to populate a new address book
But don’t stop commenting, as we’re always looking for suggestions.
Posted by: Terry Anderson
March 27th, 2006
OK. If we haven’t been clear enough about our address book software plug-ins, now’s the time.
If you’re like me, you never enter all of the info for your contacts. If someone gets into my address book, I’m lucky if I’ve entered their name and e-mail address. If they’ve been in my address book for more than a year, then their e-mail has probably changed. So now the only correct information I have on file for them is their name. Not so good. Some people are diligent organizers. I wish I was that-kind-of-person. But, I’m not.
So here’s what AKA Connect offers the lazy person:
- You enter a contact’s AKA and all the rest of their info gets entered for you
- If they change their info, your address book gets updated automagically
- If you change your info, all your contacts will be updated immediately
We currently have versions for Outlook and Blackberry. We’re almost done with the Palm version. And we’re doing one for Mac Address Book. Eventually we’ll support every major address book. And if we can convince them, the big web-mail providers can integrate with AKA via API.
So go ahead and get lazy.
Posted by: Terry Anderson
March 27th, 2006
We’re pleased to announce the beta launch of our brainchild, AlwaysKnownAs.com, which we believe provides the best way to manage and share your contact information. Before we go any further, we need to ask forgiveness from our spouses, girlfriends, boyfriends, close friends, pets and other family members who’ve patiently supported us during the 12-month gestation. You’re all saints.
Here are a few things to remember about this beta-launch of AKA:
• We’ve really strived to make this a true Web 2.0 experience (apologies for the overuse of that term) by allowing users to control their own information, by constantly updating our service based on your feedback, and by making the AKA system open for integration with other online services.
• It’s a beta-launch dude! Please give us your feedback. Let us know if you find a bug. Suggest new features! Be gentle, yet firm.
• This is important. We’ve set out to be “address book agnostic”. Anyone can use the online features of AKA. In addition, our initial launch supports Outlook and Blackberry address books. Palm is coming soon. And we haven’t forgotten our beloved Mac users…support for Mac OS address book is right around the corner.
Lastly, just a quick note about our intentions. We’re a bunch of internet enthusiasts, maybe a lot like you. We’re protective about our own information, so we tried to make a service that will please ourselves. We promise to be honest and transparent with you. That’s what we would want and what you deserve. Let’s keep an open dialog going and hopefully AKA will just get better and better.
Posted by: Terry Anderson
March 27th, 2006
