Useless Nexus

The Business Card Is Alive and Well

Lifehacker has a short article about a recent survey they did on business card use. They report that 70 percent of respondents still carry business cards. And 37 percent of those carry them at all times.

This doesn’t surprise me. I still carry business cards. What I would really like to know is what information people put on their cards these days? Mine has only online info; name, email, voicemail, and website. No postal information at all!

What about you? Do you carry a business card? What sort of info do you put on it?

Tags: business card, Lifehacker, Personal

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A Global Force for Good

I don’t know how I missed it, but today I discovered the new United States Navy recruiting slogan. And I like it! “A Global Force for Good” is a great slogan.

I especially love this poster! “Because Peace Does Not Preserve Itself” There are some other great posters in the gallery as well.

Visit the US Naval Recruiting Command.

Tags: Military, navy, poster, United States, video

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Google Printing Solution

Google has a problem getting their Chrome OS to print with everyone’s printer. Why don’t they solve this with another cloud application?

I was Listening to one of my favorite podcasts this evening, Buzz Out Loud episode #1117. Tom, Molly and Rafe spent some time talking about a report that Google wants to develop a standard for printing to ease the work required to get Google’s new Chrome OS to print.

It’s a huge problem! Nearly every printer has a different software driver. Even within the same manufacturer there are driver differences for each generation and style of printer they make. It sure makes it all very complicated. I applaud Google for trying and I hope they succeed. But frankly, I think Google is missing a bigger opportunity!

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Tags: BOL, Chrome OS, CNET, Google, InstaPaper, print

4 Comments | Posted in » Software