I’m thinking about changing my calling cards.
I know, it’s a strange thing to think about, especially in this interconnected 24/7 social community immersion thing we have going on with twitter, blogs, social networking sites, talking on cell phones, texting on cell phones, newsgroups, instant messages, and chat clients disguised as video games.
But sometimes I feel while, I am able to “keep up” with everyone, I’m not actually taking the time to have a real conversation.
Thus, my calling cards. I got them a long time ago, when I was in college before the internet and cell phones. I even have the engraved plate. You can see on the backs of the cards where the plate “bruises” the paper.
When I visited a friend’s dorm room, I would leave one on their board with a quick message and a date and time. Professors loved them. Meeting people was a snap, all I had on my cards was my name so I could put as much or as little information that I wanted on the card. Handy for study groups.
Now, of course, I can’t just stop by a friend’s house. We don’t really have visiting hours like we used to. But the cards could still be handy in other ways.
I’m just looking at fonts now, trying to decide whether or not I add the URL or add a design, like a stylized gear or monkey. Or a gear and a monkey. Or a monkey made out of gears. But not a gear made out of monkeys.
That would be strange.
I could just go incredibly quirky and get plain ivory cards with a QR code. Because you know, that’ll be timeless.