On Jul 18, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Dav Yaginuma wrote:

> Didn't know about that, thanks! That does seem like a likely candidate.
> When I go into that Settings -> Mail... I see "My Info     Dav Yaginuma"
> but when I select it it just opens my contact list, helpfully to the D
> section but it looks like I never associated a record with My Info yet.
> However assuming there is some way via iOS to get the fact that "My Info"
> is already somehow related to "Dav Yaginuma" (maybe that happens during
> device setup? I totally forget)



yes. When you set up your device, you enter your Apple ID and various other 
bits and bobs of info that establish your record.



> it's a pretty simple thing to parse the
> Contacts records for the best match for "Dav Yaginuma" with an address.
> I'll look into a way to get that My Info record...
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Puneet Kishor <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Jul 18, 2012, at 2:33 PM, Dav Yaginuma wrote:
>> 
>>> Puzzled by a locative feature in this new app:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/18/3165184/twist-ios-location-sharing-app-released
>>> 
>>> I installed it today and on first launch before I gave it any information
>>> about myself it took a (correct) guess at my home address. How in the
>> world
>>> was it able to determine this? It correctly guessed my colleague's
>> address
>>> as well.
>>> 
>>> ..
>>> 
>>> It seems like a nice hack and I'd love to use it in my own app. Anyone
>> have
>>> any ideas?
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sure, its easy. In "Settings... Mail, Contacts, Calendars... Contacts"
>> there is a setting for "My Info" that identifies your, the device owner's
>> address book contact. In that record are "work" and "home" addresses. et
>> voila!
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Puneet Kishor
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dav Yaginuma
> http://AkuAku.org/


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