Comments on: Harebrained idea of the day http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/5/harebrained-idea-of-the-day/ The New Thing Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:55:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ivrigirlhttp://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/5/harebrained-idea-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Ivrigirl Fri, 05 Sep 2003 09:29:27 +0000 http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/?p=5#comment-12 Hmm. Get your point. Well, if we're looking for something that they use a lot, how about beer stein's? Or golf balls? Think CEOs might work with those : )<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-12">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Hmm. Get your point. Well, if we’re looking for something that they use a lot, how about beer stein’s? Or golf balls? Think CEOs might work with those : )

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]]> By: Jeffrey McManushttp://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/5/harebrained-idea-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Jeffrey McManus Fri, 05 Sep 2003 09:21:59 +0000 http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/?p=5#comment-11 Hey Michele!The beam-from-PDA idea never caught on because PDAs don't interoperate and probably never will. The keychain idea is neat but it doesn't let you hand something to somebody that they can then deal with at their leisure. CEOs and sales drones aren't going to grok keychain fobs, but they already grok business cards and there's a whole infrastructure around them. (I just happened to unearth my cool leather business card holder while rummaging around in some other junk last night, coincidentally.)<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-11">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Hey Michele!

The beam-from-PDA idea never caught on because PDAs don’t interoperate and probably never will. The keychain idea is neat but it doesn’t let you hand something to somebody that they can then deal with at their leisure. CEOs and sales drones aren’t going to grok keychain fobs, but they already grok business cards and there’s a whole infrastructure around them. (I just happened to unearth my cool leather business card holder while rummaging around in some other junk last night, coincidentally.)

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]]> By: Ivrigirlhttp://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/5/harebrained-idea-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Ivrigirl Fri, 05 Sep 2003 09:12:39 +0000 http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/?p=5#comment-10 I like the idea of physically providing the information in a way that can be loaded into an address book simply and quickly. But, I know that both biz cards and email addresses can change quite often (I haven't yet been at a company over 2 1/2 years and my title/info has changed within each company enough to warrant at least 2 new card printings during my tenure) Do you think there will ever be more use of the electronic "card"? Like the Palm solution of 'beaming' information to someone? That way, your personal info can be maintained and changed as often as needed without a lot of overhead. Maybe some sort of 'contacts' receiver in your keychain that doesn't have a datebook, tasks, email or any of the other various 'benefits' that make these devices so overwhelming and pricey for the ordinary consumer. Of course, having your keychain then communicate with your PC and cellphone (if someone could just find a simple way to load contact info into my cell phone and keep it current) is another problem. Thoughts?<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-10">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I like the idea of physically providing the information in a way that can be loaded into an address book simply and quickly. But, I know that both biz cards and email addresses can change quite often (I haven’t yet been at a company over 2 1/2 years and my title/info has changed within each company enough to warrant at least 2 new card printings during my tenure)
Do you think there will ever be more use of the electronic “card”? Like the Palm solution of ‘beaming’ information to someone? That way, your personal info can be maintained and changed as often as needed without a lot of overhead. Maybe some sort of ‘contacts’ receiver in your keychain that doesn’t have a datebook, tasks, email or any of the other various ‘benefits’ that make these devices so overwhelming and pricey for the ordinary consumer.
Of course, having your keychain then communicate with your PC and cellphone (if someone could just find a simple way to load contact info into my cell phone and keep it current) is another problem.
Thoughts?

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]]> By: Jeffrey McManushttp://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/5/harebrained-idea-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Jeffrey McManus Thu, 04 Sep 2003 22:58:48 +0000 http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/?p=5#comment-9 Yee hah, my first comment! Thanks for stopping by, John.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-9">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Yee hah, my first comment! Thanks for stopping by, John.

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]]> By: John Porcarohttp://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/5/harebrained-idea-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-8 John Porcaro Thu, 04 Sep 2003 22:41:12 +0000 http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/?p=5#comment-8 Welcome to the blogosphere! Interesting thought!<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-8">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Welcome to the blogosphere! Interesting thought!

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