[gentoo-user] Web application for contact management...

[Steve <gentoo_sjh@shic.co.uk>]

I am looking for a web-application to manage contacts... but I'm not 
looking for "just an address book"... I guess this isn't especially 
gentoo, but I'd ideally like to run a server on my gentoo box, so I hope 
I can be forgiven for asking here.

Personally, I'm absolutely awful at remembering people's names or 
dates... I'm not so bad at remembering their jobs; where I met them; 
their opinions about cuisine or cars etc. etc.  The snag I find is that 
I tend to forget the details that would be most useful to remember - 
while I remember all the trivia.  I forget when I last spoke to 
occasional acquaintances - and about details that don't mean much to me 
at the time... for example, about spouses or partners if I meet in a 
work environment.

What I'm looking for is some software to help me to collate details 
about my occasional contacts... the idea being that if I expect to meet 
someone I've not met for a while, I've an aide memoir about whom 
introduced me - and the last time we spoke.

Does anyone know of any application to do this?  An open-source 
web-application would be perfect as it would allow me to run a private 
server - hence eliminating potential security and privacy concerns - 
while making the information available independent of the kit I have on 
my desk.  Key features would include some sort of standard form to help 
jog my memory to enter details I might forget - while being flexible 
enough not to try and pigeon-hole the people I meet.

Any suggestions?  Any good experiences?  I guess I could even pay for an 
application like this - if it was good... though not a lot, of course, 
since this would be a personal purchase.

Ideas?