The origin of DropCard is an idea, not a thing. Simply put:
a solutions community for contact management.
Our first software project was a web-based service, but the more recent focus is mobile apps.
Heading into 2020, we’ve been in the App Store, steadily adding features, finding ways to get the most out of your mobile device.
We think we’ve learned enough to articulate our thesis for our software. So here it is:
Why would you use DropCard?
(how is it different from what I already got)
Convenience
There are many ways to give someone contact information. Everyone has their favorite, but none of them are fast and flexible.
We want your mobile phone to be as quick as handing out a business card.
How we do this
Multiple cards (one for your day job, one for your side hustle…)
Launch → Pick → Share. Three taps and you are sharing your card.
Locked phone? No problem. Access the app from your locked screen via a Today widget.
Relevance
Nobody should be stuck giving out the same info to everyone they meet.
Give out just the part of you that is relevant to the conversation.
How we do this
Multiple cards for multiple facets of your work and personal life.
In the future, we will offer features for quick edits of cards
Assurance
We always let you preview what you are sending. “What you see is what they get”.
Goal: update your Phone.app’s “Favorites” list
Focus on the first screen (top 8 entries)
- Remove anyone from the list that you did not contact last year.
- Add an entry’s (a person with a method of contact) for people you frequently contact
- Sort the list so the most frequently used entries are at the top.
Bonus: configure the “Favorites” widget for speed-dial
The top 4 entries, are used in the compact view of the widget.
(Note: iPhone SE - top 3)
This means you can call anyone with two or three gestures:
Tilt to wake
swipe right to display the “Today” widgets.
(If needed) tap status bar to scroll widget
Tap on the Favorite to call/message/email.
DropCard.app was conceived as part of a broader plan to have a “solutions” community, focused on helping people with contact management. The broader plan provides context and constraints for our software project, because the motto is:
only write code when it is necessary.
For 2020, we will try to launch the content side, in a series of ¿weekly? blog posts. Eventually, I hope the stream of posts can become a body of knowledge, and possibly the core for having discussions, esp. Q&A.