Is the new business card killer?

[venturi]

Personally, and no offense, but I could give a shit about how flashy and cool a business card is. I use them for one purpose only - Information. Colorful graphics and glossy paper means absolutely Zero to me on a business card.

Personally, I prefer:

- White, with very readable text. A logo is cool but not gonna necessarily grab my attention.
- Some form of stock paper that I, or you, can make notes on with a regular ball point pen. If I can't make notes how am I going to remember meeting you among the multi-dozens of other business cards I come away with from a convention?

When I get back from the shows and I'm organizing stuff one of the things I do is sort through all the biz cards I got. I make 2 stacks ... Stack 1 are the ones with notes scribbled on them - these are the ones that get followed up on. Stack 2 are the ones with no notes - these get filed away and IF something comes up I might rifle through these and make contact.

Just my $0.02 and a different angle on this discussion.