Comments on: Geni in a Bottle

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:18:18 +0000

Robert,

Thank you for the Blog post about Geni. We really appreciate it. Also, many of the suggestions that you bring up are already in the works and for the others we will definitely look into them. The feedback that you and others provide is an integral part of developing a product like Geni. Geni simply would not be as good if it weren’t for people like you. If you haven’t already joined our forum, we urge you to do so. There are a lot of great discussions that take place regarding Geni currently and what it should include in the future. You can find it here:

http://forum.geni.com/

Also, if you shoot us an email we would love to send you one of our catchy “Who’s Your Daddy” T-Shirts as part of our appreciation.

Thank you,

-Keith-
The Geni Team

By: ChrisClark

ChrisClark — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:43:24 +0000

I’ve been using Geni since last summer, and I absolutely love it. It replaced functionality that I was hosting on my own site, and though I haven’t updated it with the over fifteen years of research my mother and I have done, I intend to get back into it soon.

Great suggestions for improvement, Rob. I think the service could be way huger than it is now. It needs to do whatever it can to keep people coming back, because the main complaint I have about it is that my family was initially wowwed and very interested, but hasn’t done much with it since.

By: Dan Kimmons

Dan Kimmons — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:29:43 +0000

I’ve been using Geni for a couple weeks now, and I like it a lot. I feel that it’s a different sort of app, though, than say Flickr or Twitter. I see it more as being useful for archival purposes than for keeping up with what your family is doing at any given moment.

By: J.Lynn Johnston

J.Lynn Johnston — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:06:24 +0000

Wow. I just spent all night entering in Genealogical data. I love the idea that all of this DEEP family history of mine (as far back as 1757 so far) can be stored and shared easily online in a collapsible/graphical format.

Great suggestions, too. For improvement, too. Family privacy is a must.

Thanks for sharing!

By: Frankie Warren

Frankie Warren — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:13:49 +0000

Agreed! Let’s see if I can sell my family on it…