What Happened To My Address Book?
| Category: Entrepreneurship | Date: 2001-07-02 |
Most everyone has an address book of one type or another. We need some method of storing those frequently used address and phone numbers for handy reference I happened to be thinking of some of the various address books I have used over the years. It made me realize the changes this book has gone through since I began collecting other's contact information.
My first address book was a "Little Black Book" that was small enough to fit in to my back pocket. It kept track of address and phone numbers of my friends. I remember writing in it the most insignificant phone numbers just to fill it up. After all when you're 16 you have to impress others (especially the opposite sex) and you figured that a whole bunch of addresses would do that perfectly.
After graduating from the impressionistic stage, I turned to a more practical address book. It was one of those freebies from a Hallmark gift and card shop that they give away every January. It was a great book since it not only kept all my addresses and phone numbers but birthday information and important dates as well. I always knew when the next holiday was coming. However this book lasted about 6 months before it began falling apart and losing pages. I tried keeping it together with a rubber band but soon gave up.
What I needed was a solid, no holds barred address book. After much searching through stationary and gift shops I found the perfect address book. The metal-covered pop-up book. You could slide a little arrow to the letter of the alphabet you needed and push a button at the bottom of the book and presto you were at that page. This was truly an amazing invention.
However, certain letters like M and S seemed to fill up fast. I guess I should have set a limit to the amount of people I knew with each letter of the alphabet. When introduced to anyone with a letter that was filled up in my book, I would simply state that I am sorry, but I just can't get to know you since I have no more room in my book. If you could just change your name from Jones to Zones there would be no problem is we becoming lifetime friends.
Another problem with this fantastic invention was the fact that when you placed the arrow on the "A", it would pop up in the "B" section. Not good at all.
This lead to my next address book, which was a real beauty. My parents were vacationing in British Columbia, Canada and purchased one of those scenic address books with great pictures. I gradually updated this new book with all of the numbers I needed. I still use this book to this day.
I am a technology nut so when the first PIM's (Personal Information Manager) became affordable I had to have one. It had a place for everything. It had a calendar, calculator, reminder, and schedule as well as an address book. It contained a little keyboard (that was almost impossible to use, since you kept hitting multiple keys). Plus it could fit into your pocket and go almost everywhere you went. However, there was only one problem and it was a big one. Batteries! If you didn't change the batteries in enough time you lost all of your vital data. Needless to say, it is sitting in a drawer, completely dead at this moment.
I now have the perfect address book, my computer. I have set up directories to sort out my friends, customers, prospects, and suppliers. I use Eudora Pro Email 4.2, which I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a great email program at a good price. It can keep most of the same information that I had in that first "Little Black Book." I also carry address and phone numbers in my "Day Planner." Any important numbers I usually have scratched out on a collection of business cards in my wallet
The next time I happen to be in one of those huge office supply warehouses I think I will purchase a "Little Black Book" for those numbers I need to keep with me.
Jim Melvin
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My first address book was a "Little Black Book" that was small enough to fit in to my back pocket. It kept track of address and phone numbers of my friends. I remember writing in it the most insignificant phone numbers just to fill it up. After all when you're 16 you have to impress others (especially the opposite sex) and you figured that a whole bunch of addresses would do that perfectly.
After graduating from the impressionistic stage, I turned to a more practical address book. It was one of those freebies from a Hallmark gift and card shop that they give away every January. It was a great book since it not only kept all my addresses and phone numbers but birthday information and important dates as well. I always knew when the next holiday was coming. However this book lasted about 6 months before it began falling apart and losing pages. I tried keeping it together with a rubber band but soon gave up.
What I needed was a solid, no holds barred address book. After much searching through stationary and gift shops I found the perfect address book. The metal-covered pop-up book. You could slide a little arrow to the letter of the alphabet you needed and push a button at the bottom of the book and presto you were at that page. This was truly an amazing invention.
However, certain letters like M and S seemed to fill up fast. I guess I should have set a limit to the amount of people I knew with each letter of the alphabet. When introduced to anyone with a letter that was filled up in my book, I would simply state that I am sorry, but I just can't get to know you since I have no more room in my book. If you could just change your name from Jones to Zones there would be no problem is we becoming lifetime friends.
Another problem with this fantastic invention was the fact that when you placed the arrow on the "A", it would pop up in the "B" section. Not good at all.
This lead to my next address book, which was a real beauty. My parents were vacationing in British Columbia, Canada and purchased one of those scenic address books with great pictures. I gradually updated this new book with all of the numbers I needed. I still use this book to this day.
I am a technology nut so when the first PIM's (Personal Information Manager) became affordable I had to have one. It had a place for everything. It had a calendar, calculator, reminder, and schedule as well as an address book. It contained a little keyboard (that was almost impossible to use, since you kept hitting multiple keys). Plus it could fit into your pocket and go almost everywhere you went. However, there was only one problem and it was a big one. Batteries! If you didn't change the batteries in enough time you lost all of your vital data. Needless to say, it is sitting in a drawer, completely dead at this moment.
I now have the perfect address book, my computer. I have set up directories to sort out my friends, customers, prospects, and suppliers. I use Eudora Pro Email 4.2, which I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a great email program at a good price. It can keep most of the same information that I had in that first "Little Black Book." I also carry address and phone numbers in my "Day Planner." Any important numbers I usually have scratched out on a collection of business cards in my wallet
The next time I happen to be in one of those huge office supply warehouses I think I will purchase a "Little Black Book" for those numbers I need to keep with me.
Jim Melvin
(c) Copyright 2000
About the Author
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