Business Cards are dead, long live Business Cards!
This morning I launched a new website. Some people commented asking why I needed another site, as I already own 2. My initial answer was: “One site to rule them all.” But actually, it’s just a virtual business card…
Screenshot of timvandamme.com, my new online business card
I have lots of different business cards: Personal, business, some free Moo business cards, and some fun cards to hand out as schwag.
That’s a lot of cards, and I can’t have them on me all the time. So I thought: “Well, since timvandamme.com is still available, I might as well buy it, and put some information about me on it.” The URL is easy to remember (even my grandfather could remember that domain from the first time), and people (clients, friends, family, online friends) can find all the information they want.
Besides being easy to remember, and saving me some costs in print, this was a great opportunity to play around with jQuery and Microformats. The Vcard is generated by Technorati, which scans websites for Microformats. This makes it easy to update your information (just change the HTML and your Vcard will automatically change as well).
So that’s the story behind timvandamme.com. I’d like to thank you all for the warm welcome it got on Twitter. Watch this blog somewhere next week for more exciting news!
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20Comments
prisca
5228 days ago
Tim :)
saw this earlier via Twitter – lovely ;) nice idea and looks beautifully light, playful – yet informative and professional ;)
Rodrigo
5228 days ago
Very nice business card! Love the effects.
Elliot Jay Stocks
5228 days ago
I’ve spent the entire morning having sex with your site. I hope you don’t mind.
Andy
5228 days ago
Hi Tim
OK, I get it now. I suppose I just wondered why you hadn’t made this part of the maxvoltar site. Anyway, it’s a lovely site.
Tim Van Damme
5228 days ago
Grant
5228 days ago
Very well done. You’ve given my own little personal site something to aspire to.
Mike Robinson
5228 days ago
The site is great! I was thinking about doing something like this to mikerobinson.me but got lazy and redirected it to my blog. Not as easy to remember as a .com if you’re not aware of .me :/
Though now I’ve seen one done well, I might just pick it back up :)
Phil Bowell
5228 days ago
Excellent idea and an excellent execution. I like. Sparks off a few ideas to do something with my philbowell.com domain which has been sitting stagnant for nearly a year!
donotfold
5228 days ago
Really nice idea and well done! I’m a bit jealous now :)
Andrew Wilkinson
5228 days ago
You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.
Elena
5228 days ago
I was messing around with the same stuff you used here.
I guess I was not the only one :)
Imke Dielen
5227 days ago
I’m jealous of course!
Harm
5222 days ago
Yo Tim,
Nice businesscard but ehmz.. no microformats? Very simple.. add some CSS classes here and there.
Check how-to + browers plug-ins (safari + firefox) on www.microformats.org
Tim Van Damme
5222 days ago
Harm: Yes there are! You just have to look closer ;)
Viking KARWUR
5221 days ago
Hi Tim… Congratulations…
Jorge Quinteros
5221 days ago
Loving the whole concept, especially the extra touch with jQuery and it’s also a very convenient way of tying down all social networks.
Luke Dorny
5209 days ago
Wow, how did i miss this?!
It’s very cool, Tim!
Seth Rubenstein
5208 days ago
I love this concept! Any plans to perchance release a template to the public :-)???
Destry
5206 days ago
Cool idea, and nice work. I suppose this could just as easily be a page in an existing site as opposed to a site itself (in case folks didn’t want to buy an extra domain just for this). Or, kind of like the mini About section in a home page side column, you could do a mini-sized business card too, right up front. Then you don’t have to point anybody to it at all. They just see it on your main site along with your latest wisdom. Usability.
Sven
5205 days ago
Very very nice! Looks quite good! I must have it! ;-)