From The Outside: My Wife’s Top PCB Business Cards

So last night, during general conversation about how the weekend went, the topic of business cards came up and my wife begin looking through my recent additions to the ever growing collection I’m amassing. She chose 5 cards she thought were the best of the bunch and gave me a few comments on why. I’m [...]

So last night, during general conversation about how the weekend went, the topic of business cards came up and my wife begin looking through my recent additions to the ever growing collection I’m amassing. She chose 5 cards she thought were the best of the bunch and gave me a few comments on why. I’m presenting them here in alphabetical order by last name.

1. Nathan Burke of matchmine. She commented mostly on the reverse side of this card. While the front has all of the expected details, set up cleanly and neat, the back is a bright yellow colour. She was a fan of how much that yellow made it stand out.

2. Jeff Cutler of Novel Ideas. This one got points for the fill-the-background image used. It’s also set up in a way that when you turn it over, looks like the front, but reversed. It’s a neat effect that won me over when I first saw it too. She commented though, that the card was equally as effective without the back side.

3. Nico Pin of Snowy Day Design. I complimented Nico on this one, too. His card for the event was plain paper, as wide as a business card, but half as tall. In large font it read “I’m Nico” and follows with “nice to meet you : ) “. My wife was a big fan of how personable and friendly this little piece of paper was. If talking to Nico wasn’t enough to have made an impression on you, the smile on his card sure was.

4. Jeff Pulver of Pulver.com. I don’t think she had even flipped this one around - the purple business card won her over immediately. Apparently, very few people have purple business cards. She seemed to like the lack of logo and the inclusion of the connected circles in the top left.

5. Andy Stanberry of Lijit. Lijit’s large scale logo had her here. To quote (as she extended her arm as far as it would go: “Just look at it, you can still see who it is”.

6. Honourable Mention goes to Eric Skiff of Clipmarks. I’m giving Eric the HM slot as I passed her moo cards separately and treated them differently based on a personal beef. I’m not sure if all of Eric’s moo cards are the same, but I got one with a bee on it. And she liked the picture. She commented on the “generic” back side, but let it go because of the bee. I think she’s actually stealing this one from me once I get things sorted.

Just thought a view from the outside of our community might be a neat change.

PodCamp Boston 2 Prep: Setting Expectations

For those who follow my blog and aren’t already aware, PodCamp Boston 2 is happening this weekend - and I’m going. Huge thanks to Justin and Locobone for their grassroots effort to get me there, too.
Now, I wouldn’t say I’m a PodCamp newbie… I’ve been to 2 PodCamps (Pittsburgh’s first and second) and the smaller-sih [...]

For those who follow my blog and aren’t already aware, PodCamp Boston 2 is happening this weekend - and I’m going. Huge thanks to Justin and Locobone for their grassroots effort to get me there, too.

Now, I wouldn’t say I’m a PodCamp newbie… I’ve been to 2 PodCamps (Pittsburgh’s first and second) and the smaller-sih bootcamp that Pittsburgh held, and I was at a paid conference (Podcasters Across Borders) in June… So I’ve certainly seen my share of these gatherings. So why would this one be any different?

Well, for one, PodCamp Boston is HUGE. There are well over a thousand people going… Compare that to the few hundred Pittsburgh saw or the <200 at PAB. My first “big” podcamp was supposed to have been Toronto’s… But sadly the weekend conflicted with pre-existing plans, so that didn’t happen.

The other reason this one’ll be different, at least for me, is the community. There will be a lot of people there whom I haven’t yet met, and a lot whom I have. The Pittsburgh PodCamps are great because I already know a large group there… I pretty much walk in and am greeted from all sides. While it wasn’t like that the first time back in November ‘06, it wasn’t too bad because I knew nobody. PAB wasn’t bad either - while I had met one or two PAB attendees prior to the event, for the most part, I was the new guy there - having missed my chance to meet everyone in Toronto.

I can’t wait to get to Boston and meet everyone. Regardless of the number of people, it’s sure to be one hell of an event. Are you going?

Makin’ Bacn!

So this weekend I had the great fortune of traveling to Pittsburgh for Podcamp Pittsburgh 2. What a blast. Double points, and timbits, to Locobone for the ride from Niagra Falls. Thanks again.
PodcampPGH2 didn’t disappoint. In addition to meeting a bunch of new people, I got to learn things, talk tech/web (Something that doesn’t happen [...]

So this weekend I had the great fortune of traveling to Pittsburgh for Podcamp Pittsburgh 2. What a blast. Double points, and timbits, to Locobone for the ride from Niagra Falls. Thanks again.

PodcampPGH2 didn’t disappoint. In addition to meeting a bunch of new people, I got to learn things, talk tech/web (Something that doesn’t happen often enough in K-town), be pointed to what sounds to be a really cool day from Adobe, and hang out with existing friends.

I also got to present a new presentation from TalkShoe, ‘Your First Shoes’. I’ll have the slides on the web soon. It went over pretty well to an ever-growing group finalizing around 30 people.

And I helped coin ‘bacn’. Oops.

So bacn, if you don’t already know, is the mail you want… But not right now. It’s the middle class of email. Emails from your mom are not bacn - that’s a good, legitimate email. Emails alerting you that you won a foreign lottery is not bacn - that’s spam. What about the Facebook notifications? Or Twitter notifications? Or the Amazon recommendations? Or the countless newsletters? Those emails, while informational, aren’t something you generally have time for. That middle class, the emails you want, just not right now, are bacn.

Now, bacn does have a web site. And it has a forum. And a PSA. But most of the publicity has come from the many many many many many posts around the internet. Wow.

Was a good weekend. Who wants to send me to Boston?