Gizmodo: business card

Mixtape Generation Card Requires Obligatory "It Rocks" Headline

Jesus Diaz — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:30:00 EDT

Koji Sueyoshi, you are a genius and your Mixtape Generation business card could only have been more perfect if it actually played a selection of 80s rock ballads and disco themes. [Direct Daily]

DIY Business Card Calipers Give You An Edge...Or Two

Sean Fallon — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:40:00 EDT

If you are in a profession that involves tools, this caliper business card will certainly get you noticed. And the good news is that if you have access to a laser cutter you can easily make one yourself.

Check out Thiniverse for the templates you need to make the caliper card. You may also want to check out the Cardapult and the Planetary Gear business cards for other inspirational ideas. [Thingiverse via Make]

E Launches, Brings You Easy Virtual (And Physical) Business Card Sharing

Jason Chen — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:00:00 EDT

E is a social networking tool that makes it easy to trade business cards, personal info and automatically connect to each other on most social networking sites. And yes, there's an iPhone app.

You've got three ways to use E. The neatest right now is with a connector dongle. You hold it up to another connector, say at a tradeshow or a meeting, and you instantly exchange information. The downside is the person you're exchanging info needs to have one of these E dongles. The dongles sync and charge via USB and have 72 hours of battery life.

But, if you've got an iPhone, you can use the iPhone app and "flick" your business card over to the other person. Or if one of you doesn't have an iPhone, there's always just visiting the E website and punching in a unique code to swap info there.

We can imagine this will save on loads and loads of paper for business cards and writing down people's social networking info, which we're extremely excited about. You can go and sign up for a the trial today. [MyNameIsE]

Teeny Web Server is Smaller Than a Business Card, and Way More Useful

Kit Eaton — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:15:00 EDT

Hackaday's running a cute little electronics project at the mo (well, if you think electronics can be cute) which shows you how to build a fully working web server on a circuit board no bigger than a business card, in plan at least. It's capable of serving up web pages and files and instead of using tricky-to-access EEPROMs it runs from code stored on a FAT-formatted SD card—easily accessible by PC. Check it out: it's pretty fascinating, and is a project you can follow...assuming you're darn good at delicate soldering work, and are into DIY electronics. Just don't go sewing the board to any clothing. [Hackaday via BBG]

Mini Desktop Filing Cabinet for All Those Biz Cards

Charlie White — Fri, 18 May 2007 12:11:11 EDT

It must be miniature day today at the Giz—maybe because we all feel like getting small this weekend—but this Mini Desktop Filing Cabinet will go perfectly with those diminutive chair models we showed you earlier. There's a difference, though. This scale model might actually serve a practical purpose; it's made for business cards, where you can file them away using their included alphabetical index dividers, and then promptly forget about them. Or, you can just be a little more modern and scan them in, and then forget about them as they reside on your database.

If you insist on paper, these two drawers can hold 400 business cards each, and clockwatchers will also like its teeny LCD clock/calendar. Hey, this is perfect for all those TPS reports you've been working on. Or, it might be a good prop for your Land of the Giants diorama, and what the heck, it only costs $13.98. – Charlie White

Product Page [Lighter Side, via CrunchGear]