Comments on: Stop the ruthless hitmen, keep business cards alive http://thenextweb.com/2008/09/19/stop-the-ruthless-hitmen-keep-business-cards-alive/ International technology news, business & culture Thu, 24 May 2012 16:08:20 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Paul http://thenextweb.com/2008/09/19/stop-the-ruthless-hitmen-keep-business-cards-alive/#comment-367595 Paul Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:55:01 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=4570#comment-367595 I just got a free txt msg virtual business card keyword with unlimited usage from a company called Sundrop Systems http://www.sundropsystems.com/mytxtra/Bcard/ I just got a free txt msg virtual business card keyword with unlimited usage from a company called Sundrop Systems http://www.sundropsystems.com/mytxtra/Bcard/

]]> By: 25 exclusive beta invites for business cards-killer Project E http://thenextweb.com/2008/09/19/stop-the-ruthless-hitmen-keep-business-cards-alive/#comment-367594 25 exclusive beta invites for business cards-killer Project E Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:15:47 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=4570#comment-367594 [...] week I wrote an angry post about people who try to kill the business card. Although I’m friends with a couple of these [...] [...] week I wrote an angry post about people who try to kill the business card. Although I’m friends with a couple of these [...]

]]> By: Gabe Zichermann http://thenextweb.com/2008/09/19/stop-the-ruthless-hitmen-keep-business-cards-alive/#comment-367593 Gabe Zichermann Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:16:56 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=4570#comment-367593 Ernst: I'm the CEO of the company profiled in the TechCrunch article you mentioned: rmbrME. Thanks for the followup article and commentary. I did want to say that we're not at all out to kill the business card with our mobile-to-mobile solution for contact exchange. To the contrary: the business card has an important purpose in the world, and is - frankly - unlikely to be mortally wounded by a small startup like ours. But the overall trend is unmistakable. We are shifting to a world of increased interactivity (and quality) on our mobile devices. Soon, everyone we know will be using a smartphone of one kind or another (if they're not already). And when this subtle shift in technology comes to pass, our behaviors will surely change. For example, until the carriers unified the text messaging gateway - that is, you didn't need to know anything other than the mobile number of the recipient to send a text - which only happened 6-7 years ago, text messaging in the US was a dark art. Today, everyone texts, and other forms of self-expression (like phone calls) are imperiled while new forms like Twitter, bubble to the surface. We hope to achieve the same (if humbler) goal with the business card - connecting users simply, easily, and socially using the devices they already have. Thanks again! -Gabe Ernst:

I’m the CEO of the company profiled in the TechCrunch article you mentioned: rmbrME. Thanks for the followup article and commentary.

I did want to say that we’re not at all out to kill the business card with our mobile-to-mobile solution for contact exchange. To the contrary: the business card has an important purpose in the world, and is – frankly – unlikely to be mortally wounded by a small startup like ours.

But the overall trend is unmistakable. We are shifting to a world of increased interactivity (and quality) on our mobile devices. Soon, everyone we know will be using a smartphone of one kind or another (if they’re not already). And when this subtle shift in technology comes to pass, our behaviors will surely change.

For example, until the carriers unified the text messaging gateway – that is, you didn’t need to know anything other than the mobile number of the recipient to send a text – which only happened 6-7 years ago, text messaging in the US was a dark art. Today, everyone texts, and other forms of self-expression (like phone calls) are imperiled while new forms like Twitter, bubble to the surface.

We hope to achieve the same (if humbler) goal with the business card – connecting users simply, easily, and socially using the devices they already have.

Thanks again!

-Gabe

]]> By: Web2.0NYC Recap | Andrew Hyde - Humble Yet Bold http://thenextweb.com/2008/09/19/stop-the-ruthless-hitmen-keep-business-cards-alive/#comment-367592 Web2.0NYC Recap | Andrew Hyde - Humble Yet Bold Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:52:29 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=4570#comment-367592 [...] folks from the European Web2.0 summit. Perhaps I need to go to that? Ernst-Jan Pfauth, wrote about my business cards (actually quite a few people did). I love having the ones I have. Letterpress [...] [...] folks from the European Web2.0 summit. Perhaps I need to go to that? Ernst-Jan Pfauth, wrote about my business cards (actually quite a few people did). I love having the ones I have. Letterpress [...]

]]> By: Jason http://thenextweb.com/2008/09/19/stop-the-ruthless-hitmen-keep-business-cards-alive/#comment-367591 Jason Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:14:13 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=4570#comment-367591 Off course I have, and the plug was highly relevant. But the remark was not about you. It was about the bloggers who claim that business cards are dead just because they can send a SMS and swap contact info. I have developed mobile applications that use bluetooth to exchange contact information and I know that although these sort of apps are great, they will not stop people from printing cards. Off course I have, and the plug was highly relevant. But the remark was not about you. It was about the bloggers who claim that business cards are dead just because they can send a SMS and swap contact info.

I have developed mobile applications that use bluetooth to exchange contact information and I know that although these sort of apps are great, they will not stop people from printing cards.

]]> By: Identity http://thenextweb.com/2008/09/19/stop-the-ruthless-hitmen-keep-business-cards-alive/#comment-367590 Identity Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:23:21 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=4570#comment-367590 I read it. A great place to print business cards http://www.premiumcards.net Can we print for you? I read it. A great place to print business cards http://www.premiumcards.net Can we print for you?

]]> By: Ernst-Jan Pfauth http://thenextweb.com/2008/09/19/stop-the-ruthless-hitmen-keep-business-cards-alive/#comment-367589 Ernst-Jan Pfauth Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:38:26 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=4570#comment-367589 thanks, appreciate it Steven! :) thanks, appreciate it Steven! :)

]]> By: Ernst-Jan Pfauth http://thenextweb.com/2008/09/19/stop-the-ruthless-hitmen-keep-business-cards-alive/#comment-367588 Ernst-Jan Pfauth Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:37:20 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=4570#comment-367588 have you even read the post before you plugged your company? have you even read the post before you plugged your company?

]]> By: Jason http://thenextweb.com/2008/09/19/stop-the-ruthless-hitmen-keep-business-cards-alive/#comment-367587 Jason Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:11:55 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=4570#comment-367587 There it is again. SV techies usually believe that the world starts and end between Facebook and Google and only contains the startups and bloggers in between. Business cards are here to stay. Not everyone will go about shaking their Iphone to transfer data. Sending SMS to exchange contact is good, great, whatever, but that does not mean we will throw away our business cards. Should we also throw away our desktop since we have laptops? And now that we have the Iphone, should we also throw away our laptops? In the meantime if anyone wants to get business cards feel free to check http://cardsfreebusiness.com There it is again. SV techies usually believe that the world starts and end between Facebook and Google and only contains the startups and bloggers in between.

Business cards are here to stay. Not everyone will go about shaking their Iphone to transfer data. Sending SMS to exchange contact is good, great, whatever, but that does not mean we will throw away our business cards.

Should we also throw away our desktop since we have laptops? And now that we have the Iphone, should we also throw away our laptops?

In the meantime if anyone wants to get business cards feel free to check http://cardsfreebusiness.com

]]> By: Steven Carroll http://thenextweb.com/2008/09/19/stop-the-ruthless-hitmen-keep-business-cards-alive/#comment-367586 Steven Carroll Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:15:23 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=4570#comment-367586 is it just me or is the next web team on steroids, the pace and quality of posts recently is second to none. is it just me or is the next web team on steroids, the pace and quality of posts recently is second to none.

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