It seems like this took an awfully long time to happen — weren’t people beaming their info to each other on Palm Pilots in 2001? There was some beaming going on.
i love the idea. indeed, first thing i do when receiving a businesscard, is to digitalize it . what a waste of time.
although – as with the disappearance of cd covers – i would miss the nice graphics of the cards.
Johnny, if by cooler you mean http://mynameise.com has a more attractive UI sure… But that service hasn’t changed much since they first launched. SMS messages are universal and far simpler.
CONTXTS is offering a great service, but I do not think it is to replace business cards. I think they are rather complimentary, or at least the latest enhances the use of the first.
I like the idea – DubMeNow is a similar application that just launched in 2008. They have the option to use either SMS or email to connect.
Neat ideas, but I have to agree with Print Matt in that I don’t think we’re ready for business cards to become obsolete just yet – could be well on our way though.
It seems like this took an awfully long time to happen — weren’t people beaming their info to each other on Palm Pilots in 2001? There was some beaming going on.
Mar 12th, 2009 / 4:09 pm
Ever seen http://www.mynameise.com? Seems an awful lot cooler than contxts…
Mar 12th, 2009 / 4:30 pm
i love the idea. indeed, first thing i do when receiving a businesscard, is to digitalize it . what a waste of time.
although – as with the disappearance of cd covers – i would miss the nice graphics of the cards.
Mar 13th, 2009 / 4:51 am
Johnny, if by cooler you mean http://mynameise.com has a more attractive UI sure… But that service hasn’t changed much since they first launched. SMS messages are universal and far simpler.
Mar 13th, 2009 / 2:29 pm
CONTXTS is offering a great service, but I do not think it is to replace business cards. I think they are rather complimentary, or at least the latest enhances the use of the first.
Mar 13th, 2009 / 2:45 pm
I like the idea – DubMeNow is a similar application that just launched in 2008. They have the option to use either SMS or email to connect.
Neat ideas, but I have to agree with Print Matt in that I don’t think we’re ready for business cards to become obsolete just yet – could be well on our way though.
Mar 15th, 2009 / 9:40 am
In response to the posts above:
I think we’re more likely to see business cards printed with QR, e ink, etc., before they become altogether obsolete.
Mar 16th, 2009 / 11:47 pm