Thought about maybe trying to extend AsynK with an org-contacts backend?
That'd be ridiculously useful.

http://karra-asynk.appspot.com/


On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Karl Voit <devnull@karl-voit.at> wrote:

> * Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello world,
>
> Hello Norman!
>
> > I'm just taking another look at org-contacts. I wonder what the best
> > practice is for dealing with multi-line properties like postal
> > addresses.
>
> I split them up to single lines.
>
> > I can just make them part of the entry, of course, not in a property,
> > but that seems oddly different from the other properites.
>
> I am afraid that there is no standard (yet).
>
> However, I can give you my personal approach:
>
> > ** Firstname Lastname
> :FirstnameLastname:
> > :PROPERTIES:
> > :TYPE: person
> > :TITLE:
> > :EMAIL:
> > :URL:
> > :MOBILE:   0043/
> > :HOMEPHONE:
> > :WORKPHONE:
> > :PHONE:
> > :COMPANY:
> > :STREET:
> > :POSTALCODE:
> > :CITY:
> > :COUNTRY:  Austria
> > :PHOTOGRAPH: [[photo:FirstnameLastname.jpg]]
> > :BORN:
> > :ITOLDTHEM_EMAIL:
> > :ITOLDTHEM_ADDRESS:
> > :ITOLDTHEM_PHONE:
> > :ADDRESS_CHANGE_METHOD:
> > :END:
> >
> > - first contact:
>
> ITOLDTHEM_* is used for automatically generating my email filter
> rules (spam-whitelist) and memorizing the level of information I
> gave out to companies.
>
> ADDRESS_CHANGE_METHOD is used to memorize email addresses, web
> pages, or contact information on how I am able to update my personal
> information such as address or phone number.
>
> In the next week or so I plan to implement a Python script that
> generates an iCal file out of my contacts.org so that my Android
> phone is able to import it (including photographs!). Stay tuned :-)
>
> HTH
>
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