WOiP Tip – Tagging For Better Contact With Contacts

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On December 11, 2008

I love little tips and tricks that are simple but exceptionally useful. I don’t particularly like that momentary thought of "Duh! Why didn’t I think of that??" but, hey, that’s life.

Today’s tip comes via TUAW. Their reader Greg F wrote, and Dan Fellini picked up on, the idea of using the Contacts "Company" field to record various tags. As Dan explains- 

Why would you want to categorize contacts with tags? Consider Greg’s example. When using the contact search feature to make a call, send an email or text message, he enters a tag, like ‘drinkingbuddies,’ instead of individual names. In return he’s presented with a full list of contacts he can invite out for a beer.

 

For example, as my circle of blogging contacts and friends grows I could tag their contacts with both the word "blog" and their specific website. Later I could do a search for, say "Gear Diary" and it would pull up all my contacts associated with www.geardiary.com.

While it is true that I would then have to pick contacts on at a time (ah, yes, another iPhone limitation) it is a great additional way to start organizing my large, and growing, address book.

 

Thanks to TUAW for another great tip!