Comments on: Mini Business Cards from Moo/Flickr

Mini Business Cards from Moo/Flickr

BuddhaInABucket — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:45:15 -0800

Flickr MiniCards Finally, a business card that won't make you look like one of those douchebags that likes to hand out business cards.

By: BuddhaInABucket

BuddhaInABucket — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:45:47 -0800

I made sure to order mine before posting it here, I don't want any mefi-generated delays!

By: Joe Invisible

Joe Invisible — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:47:37 -0800

... it'll make you look like one of those other kind of douchebags.

By: George_Spiggott

George_Spiggott — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:48:12 -0800

Don't try doing business in Asia, or with any companies based in Asia, with an attitude like that about business cards. They take the damn things very seriously indeed. In fact, if you're going to do significant business in you probably want to hire a design firm in the country in question to vet your cards and redesign them if necessary.

By: agregoli

agregoli — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:51:59 -0800

PepsiBlue!!!!!

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:53:01 -0800

I like to hand out business cards, that way people can reach me about business things. That doesn't make me a douchebag - other things make me a douchebag. Do these business cards all have the FLickr logo? If so, haha on you.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:53:20 -0800

These are pretty-- but expensive for regular use. I got a box of 500 from DesignYourOwnCard.com for $20, and they're real beauties. But for occasional or personal use, sure why not? I mean, as long as you don't mind paying a company to advertise for them.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:56:59 -0800

In a handy-dandy, non-standard, easy-to-lose size! Where do I sign up?

By: BuddhaInABucket

BuddhaInABucket — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:57:09 -0800

only the free ones have the flickr logo on them... and I meant people who hand out business cards at parties or clubs to people they want to go on dates with, not for business stuff.

By: BuddhaInABucket

BuddhaInABucket — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:58:10 -0800

oh my bad it looks like the for-pay ones have the flickr logo on it too. *shrug* I think they're great.

By: damnthesehumanhands

damnthesehumanhands — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:58:56 -0800

~~Best of the web.~~

By: gurple

gurple — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:01:36 -0800

I meant people who hand out business cards at parties or clubs to people they want to go on dates with, not for business stuff. Wait... so the allure of these cards is so that you could hand them out at parties or clubs or to hot people, and yet somehow not appear to be a douchebag? I'd want to see a few rigorous studies done to prove that they're effective at that.

By: BuddhaInABucket

BuddhaInABucket — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:02:21 -0800

I think you could, if you're in a suitably creative crowd.

By: the cuban

the cuban — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:02:32 -0800

so you'll be handing these out to prospective dates? good luck with that one.

By: lalochezia

lalochezia — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:03:17 -0800

"Salesdude?" - and we're douchebags? Phalanx of fuckin' pots callling the nanokettle black, sonny.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:04:00 -0800

Why not hire a designer fresh out of art school to do your card? THey want to build their books up, and will generally do this sort of work on the cheap. You can still have your card cut to some non-standard size. Now this next part, BiaB, I write with some reservation. I have a deadline on some important work, so why am I writing this? I don't know, it's probably the cough medicine. Anyway: Please explain your intended use for these cards. It seems like you are very much opposed to handing out cards to people for non-business purposes... so you are going to use these cards as actual business cards? Even though they have a Flickr logo? I would laugh at you, maybe behind your back, but you would know all the same that I was laughing. That's because I'm in advertising, the coolest business in the world.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:04:00 -0800

A good example of why strong opinions in posts aren't a good idea...

By: BuddhaInABucket

BuddhaInABucket — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:04:08 -0800

oh jeez you people hate happiness. Sorry to share my joy.

By: BuddhaInABucket

BuddhaInABucket — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:05:20 -0800

Mister_A: I thought they would be fun to hand out, and that's really just about it. Sort of like spraypainting "BiaB was here" on my friends, but via mini card.

By: gurple

gurple — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:07:34 -0800

I think you'd be better off just spraypainting "BiaB was here" on your friends.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:08:12 -0800

Sure it would be cool to have a calling card to hand to people. I hand friends my business card all the time, but it would be nice to have a personal one too. I'm sorry I picked on you - you seem like a good fellow - do think about having someone design your card though. Then you have a story to tell too.

By: solid-one-love

solid-one-love — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:08:54 -0800

The most compelling part of this, to me, is that you get 100 *different* cards for $20. Not all the same. Different backs on each. The fact that it has a logo on it eliminates any interest I would have in buying a set, but at its core it is a neat idea.

By: prostyle

prostyle — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:13:08 -0800

oh jeez you people hate happiness. Sorry to share my joy. Embrace the culture of victimization! We are a blackhole in the fabric of good vibrations, after all.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:21:19 -0800

Yeah, I hand out mine to people freely. Saves time, saves carrying a pen. People tend to like them, and the best thing about handing one to someone in a social setting is that often someone else sees them and says, "Ooo, don't I get one?" Needing, designing, and using your own card are one of the few fun parts of being a grownup. Although I've found it is generally difficult to act like a grownup without also being a douchebag. $20 is a lot of money to spend on giving your phone number to 100 people who already have your phone number.

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:21:45 -0800

I like free, so I got my ten. Sue me.

By: krix

krix — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:23:25 -0800

I like designing my own cards but I'm thanking you for posting it because I'm going to be uploading my wedding photos to Flickr in January and I'm thinking these would be great to have made and put into our thank-you notes to share a photo (maybe even match them to guests) and let folks know where they can look at the rest of the pictures.

By: adrianhon

adrianhon — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:23:40 -0800

I like the integration with Flickr - makes the cards far more personalised and valuable, and if you have interesting photos, they're a good talking point. Moo was previously known as Pleasurecards (same cards, different designs, no Flickr integration) and I definitely feel that the change was worthwhile - but such reliance on Flickr is a gamble, especially with the logo...

By: Flashman

Flashman — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:24:41 -0800

I think they're pretty cool, and would be nice to have on hand. They could be redeemed quite simply by chopping off that sad logo - using the guilloutine at a place like Kinko's - it looks like you'd leave the personal details intact.

By: blueshammer

blueshammer — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:24:41 -0800

My two questions -- what kind of printing are they doing (certainly not offset) and whether you can get rid of the flickr logo -- were not among those most frequently asked, apparently.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:25:42 -0800

I putting some of those graffiti nudies on mine and NSFW. And I will give them out at the first Birmingham, UK mefi meetup.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:26:07 -0800

maybe this explains the cool looking business card holders in heather champ's photostream.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:27:34 -0800

Sorry to share my joy. But you told me I wouldn't look like a douchebag, and now all of these kind folks are assuring me that I would look like a douchebag! You don't deserve any joy.

By: adrianhon

adrianhon — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:28:09 -0800

Addendum to my previous comment: I know the founder, Richard Moross, so I might be biased. But I still think they're a nice idea, if needing a little improvement.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:31:49 -0800

Krix: that's an awesome idea! And while I don't like the idea of the logo at ALL, in a case like that it could help guide relatives to your online album (a lot of relatives who are older and less savvy will appreciate that). Just make sure to keep your honeymoon photos marked "private"...

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:39:41 -0800

I don't want to be a douchebag, now I'm torn. Cards or no cards? Free and shill for Flickr? Maybe I'll just get those laser printer ones and tear 'em apart at the perforations. The fuzzy edges are very avant garde.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:44:33 -0800

I made a ton of those for SXSW a few years ago, with pictures from my photoblog. I gave away hundreds of them on the table in the lobby. Anyway, at one of the Interactive parties, I put one in the fishbowl for the door prize, and I think, because of the fuzzy edges, Jeff Veen pulled out my card. I got a free book out of the deal.

By: louie

louie — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:03:14 -0800

Looks like you can turn off the flickr logo in the pay ones, as far as I can tell. I like the half-height-ness and the random back-ness, and frankly, I don't need 500 cards. (Though in this case I might end up with multiple sets of 100 for my multiple personal identities- student, hobbyist, regular person, etc.) (What I'm curious about is why the free cards shill for flickr and not moo.)

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:18:12 -0800

I sent an e-mail asking about the logos. The response was that you can remove the logo from the pack of 100, but it has to remain in the free 10-pack because that product is a joint promotion between MOO and Flickr. Seems fair enough. They should really put that information in the FAQ.

By: reformedjerk

reformedjerk — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:28:00 -0800

FWIW, when you're on the personalization page, you're free to remove the Flickr logo. In fact, you can have them completely blank on the back--which might make these the starting ingredient of an art project (albeit a rather pricey one).

By: damclean2

damclean2 — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:29:55 -0800

...I think, because of the fuzzy edges, Jeff Veen pulled out my card... Jeff Veen's a douchebag. I'm kidding. Seriously.

By: Saellys

Saellys — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:48:28 -0800

I ordered a free pack because they look darn purdy. Packs of 100, according to the customer service guy I e-mailed (and received a response from within the hour) can be ordered without the Flickr logo. Obviously the point here is to stand out, so for promoting my music to venue owners (enclosing them with press packets, perhaps) they're pretty much ideal.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:50:51 -0800

I ordered my 10 free cards. I have about 99% of my online photos on Flickr anyway, so why not?

By: cell divide

cell divide — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:59:30 -0800

great idea! Good for promoting, if nothing else, your flickr page!

By: Saellys

Saellys — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:00:03 -0800

Meanwhile, if MOO used to be Pleasure Cards, their printing methods probably haven't changed. Some valuable info is on that site.

By: Hogshead

Hogshead — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:45:46 -0800

I have a set: I was part of the beta. They are dinky, a good card weight, they don't have the Flickr logo on them, and I can fit twice as many of them in my wallet as I can regular business cards. Satisfied customer.

By: luriete

luriete — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:49:13 -0800

wait a second ... even if I pay for them, I have the flickr logo on there? so I have to pay - to advertise Flickr? Ridiculous & insulting.

By: danb

danb — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:55:20 -0800

luriete, read a couple posts above yours. I think these are pretty neat, but I've never been what I'd call a business card situation. Oh hell, I'll get the free batch anyway.

By: danb

danb — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:55:44 -0800

been in what I'd call

By: carsonb

carsonb — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:42:36 -0800

a few weeks ago a girl sat next to me on a plane and introduced herself. when we landed she gave me her social card. it was neat and convenient, and I don't think she's a douchebag. since then I've been meaning to get some of my own social cards, so thanks for this!

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:19:20 -0800

Ultra cute! I just ordered some with pictures of my sisters and I; I'll get just enough that we can each have one. It'll be nice to carry them with me wherever I go.

By: shelleycat

shelleycat — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:49:11 -0800

I've just moved house so can easily see ten occassions coming up where I want to give people my new details. And international shipping was free too so I ordered my promo set. Cute cat pictures make everything better. I didn't think to put my phone number or email on there though and now I'm wondering if I should have. But my email didn't change when I move and even I don't know my phone number offhand, so it's probably not important information for this occasion. I'd have to think carefully about how much to share if I did order more. After all, why give out a cell phone number if it only get turned on every two weeks or so?

By: thekilgore

thekilgore — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:11:07 -0800

i think they are cute, too. i haven't really taken a stand on whether handing out cards make you a douche, or if people will laugh at you, etc. i actually do use flickr a lot, so i am thinking for social reasons, or even at things like family get-togethers they would be handy for directing people to my flickr page to see pics of the kids, etc. for personal purposes i don't really mind the logo being on there. being a bit of a flickr junkie, i like the idea of people i know getting to use flickr more often. and as a graphic designer who is sick of standard sizing, i like the wee size. i guess i have lost some of my righteous indignation somewhere ...

By: pineapple

pineapple — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:36:18 -0800

Compelled to point out that, for those who want an undouchey non-logoed card, and yet don't like providing email addresses on cocktail napkins, there is always the old-school calling card option. It's actually the precursor to today's business card.

By: thecashcow

thecashcow — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:54:13 -0800

Paying to help flikr advertise...lovely :)

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:57:47 -0800

Read the comments, folks -- THE FLICKR LOGO ONLY APPEARS ON THE FREE VERSION! C'mon, two of us sent e-mails to the company to get this confirmed!

By: amberglow

amberglow — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:11:39 -0800

i ordered my 10 free ones--thanks! : > (they're a little expensive otherwise--you can find a million places charging less)

By: Chunder

Chunder — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:27:46 -0800

My take on this is that you'd use them to promote your Flickr stream - i.e. you've been at an event taking photos, someone asks how to get copies, or view them or whatever, so you whip out a card. Nifty, IMO... especially that they don't all have to have the same design.

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 03:26:29 -0800

(they're a little expensive otherwise--you can find a million places charging less) Yeah, but I reckon they'll do well out of folk like me, who have kinda-sorta needed business cards for years, but not enough to actually bother designing and printing any. $20 to avoid having to scrawl my numbers and email on a scrap of paper that someone will promptly lose seems a pretty good deal. Shame the choice of fonts is so limited, though (or is that just the free version?)

By: sciurus

sciurus — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:10:34 -0800

Thanks Buddha, I dig this stuff. Like when ZWAN let you send out five postcards to people you knew for free. Suddenly I got five different ZWAN postcards!

By: inthe80s

inthe80s — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:58:57 -0800

I ordered a set of these yesterday for my baby's website. I'm forever telling people the domain name of the site I set up for him, so why not hand them a small picture with the domain name on the back. The odd size did make cropping a little more interesting though. Too bad they couldn't maintain the standard aspect ratio of a normal camera picture.

By: nadise

nadise — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:56:32 -0800

Now the free 10-pack is just for flickr pro users. Pshaw.

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:00:26 -0800

inthe80s writes "Too bad they couldn't maintain the standard aspect ratio of a normal camera picture." What aspect ratio is that? 4:3(645, TV), 2:3(35mm, APS)? 56:67? 4:5(35mm, View in two sizes)? 5:7(View)? Square(Hasselblad, Rollei)? None of these match american business card 4:7 or the ISO standard 3.370:2.125.

By: deborah

deborah — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:07:25 -0800

I think they're cool, too, Buddha. I've ordered my ten free cards.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:26:34 -0800

Got mine. Smaller than I expected but quite nice. Cool and handy little package and very vivid colour. I like.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:12:33 -0800

Got mine too. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality. Very nice cardstock, and the backs are printed properly too. (I'm still not sure what to do with an itsy-bitsy card though.)

By: deborah

deborah — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:17:49 -0800

Got mine a couple days ago. Much nicer than expected.

By: keli

keli — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:25:44 -0800

Got mine. They really mean mini.

By: litlnemo

litlnemo — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:27:36 -0800

Yup, I got mine too, and they are darned cute, but like smackfu I'm not really sure what I'll do with them.

By: etoile

etoile — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:38:27 -0800

I've queued up an order but not placed it yet. I have a million pictures of my cats anyway, so I picked 100 of those pictures and cropped them all properly. My intended purpose is not quite as a social card - if I order these, they will be hey, thanks a bunch! cards. Something that I can hand to people who do nice things for me, or to friends who make me smile, or whatever. I'm not sure that I know 100 people in the first place, so I might take a while to go through these. I'm only waffling about whether I want to pay $25 (incl s/h) for this idea. Any input, MeFites?

By: Frasermoo

Frasermoo — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:36:32 -0800

Got mine. They're great. Probably put in an order for the 100 when we move house or something, or for Christmas....