The Twitter background template you are linking to no longer works with the new Twitter design.
Ron West
· 1 year ago
It has been working for me http://www.twitter.com/notronwest. I would be happy to share my PSD with you (built courtesy of @brennah).
Jim
· 1 year ago
Cool, great scoop on online business cards, I agree it won't ever replace normal cards but does offer another avenue as well. LinkedIn is a really cool site bur paying $20 a month for a decent service is not appealing. I use the free version but it isn't near as good.
sikantis
· 1 year ago
A good idea. And you're right there are too many online profiles around.
DKumar M.
· 1 year ago
Ok, That's what i exactly looking for. I guess It's important that how you want to be seen but it's more important that how others going to saw you. Printing your identity is really a creative idea since years.
anyway... Nice writing.
Douglas Lampi
· 1 year ago
It's clear that organizing your personal social profiles is becoming a challenge.
Here's Three Steps to Manage The Monster
1. ) set up social media profiles with all the services at Profilactic.com
2. ) update those services supported by Ping.fm and Posterous.com
3. ) use FriendFeed, Lifestream.fm or Yahoo Pipes to Aggregate
Peter
· 1 year ago
your right that the about me page is not utilzed well. I am just as guilty if not more so then most in that area. I like the digital business cards but until everyone is connected all the time they will never be as usefull as one you can just pull out of your wallet and look at.
Wayne Sutton
· 1 year ago
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@johntoups
· 1 year ago
Ever looked at gravatar?
Jake Basco
· 1 year ago
Great post. I have been trying to find a way to manage all of my accounts and keep track of things better with the ability to share them with everyone. Thank you for the info.
Lots of good advice here. One other thing I do is always use the same username and picture for my avatar. I'm shocked that so many people have an entirely different brand on every site but still think they are building something recognizable.
BTW, love the huge examples, and the http://idek.net link prominently displayed on @waynesutton's profile. That's my up and coming url shortener. Feel free to check it out!
Gabe Zichermann
· 1 year ago
Hi there:
I'm Gabe, the CEO of rmbrME - thanks for the shout out.
Just to amplify a couple of points:
a) We're not anti paper cards in the slightest. In fact, we've just launched our 'txtNames' offering which lets you define an SMS "domain" that you can use to let people request your card. You can put this on your paper cards if you like, and allow your recipients to simply SMS and get your vCard sent right to their phone. Better than scanning, right! :)
You can try it by SMSing 'get txtname' (without quotes) to 762763 (RMBRME)
b) While I don't think that paper cards are going away anytime soon either - I think that progress affects all aspects of our lives - even things as seemingly intransigent as the business card.
The analogy I love to make is that the business card is to rmbrME as bank checks (or cheques) are to credit cards. Less than 30 years ago in the US, bank checks were the dominant P2P payment mechanism (after cash). Now, credit/debit cards have all but decimated the check industry, and they will soon overtake cash as the primary form of payment. What would someone in 1978 have said if you had forecast that shift?
I'd posit that switching from the expensive and slow-acting business card to a flexible and socially networked rmbrME is easier than giving up checks - although no less meaningful for our ecosystem.
-Gabe
Ricardo Bueno
· 1 year ago
Retaggr is something that I've seen other people use in their emails (and something I should be using for myself). My favorite networks remain: 1. LinkedIn, 2. Twitter, 3. My Blog...
I have profiles on various other accounts and I can see where retaggr might help me display these (aside from having them displayed on my 'About Page')...
Ajay
· 1 year ago
now i will try to use all these servcies to manage my web 2.0 profiles thanks very much
Varna
· 1 year ago
ClaimID, which is online here: http://claimid.com/, allows you to use OpenID and is a place to put your digitall identity online in one place. It even has a bookmarklet to claim ownership for your pages online. Its simple, easy and also gives you what is called an hcard - which is really a vcard. I have online on my blog - on the sidebar.
WiseStamp (online here: http://www.wisestamp.com/) is also a great way to embed full fledged ID cards in your e-mail signagature. Both are excellent ways to manage your online identity.
Lightning Fast
· 1 year ago
Thanks for the post. Specially, I liked the rmbrME . Just wondering how to embed the signature using Outlook.
Designer
· 1 year ago
wow... thanks for the lovely tips.
Steve Borsch
· 1 year ago
Great post since anyone participating needs multiple identifiers for all the stuff we're involved in!
A Minnesota innovation in internet and web tech blog, Minnov8, did this story on BusinessCard2, one your readers might want to know about: http://minnov8.com/2008/05/17/businesscard2/
Another one you might want to add to your list is the Verisign's Personal Identity Page.. ( https://pip.verisignlabs.com/ )
I use OpenID as much as possible (which I got from Verisign) and for certain sites (ie Blogger) when someone clicks on my name in the comment, they are taken to my PIP page..
Fantastic post! I'm SO linking to this and will probably have to update the presentation I gave at Podcamp Ohio on Managing Multiple Online Identities: http://danieljohnsonjr.com/main/2008/07/03/mana...
C.M.
· 1 year ago
Ah yeah, wasn't BusinessCard2 supposed to be on this list? We're they not the first group to break away from the vCard/hCard into a dynamic virtual business card? Also, isn't there a pretty well-publicized project called Webcards going on as well?
Udi Drezner
· 1 year ago
I also have multiple online profiles and use a site called LookupPage that aims at representing you professionally online and making sure you are found every time someone searches your name. This service also helps users promote their business / services, generate business leads and track their page visitors. You can check it out if you like :-)
Jimmy Dean
· 12 months ago
Wow dude that is some really cool stuff. Well done!
With regards to your discussion around Twitter backgrounds, I feel this is an under-utilized thing, and am running a "Hunt for the Coolest Twitter Page" to, I guess, stimulate creativity here.
Would invite any and all to submit their most impressive "finds"... we're talking the most innovative background images, the coolest colour schemes... that sort of thing :)
The about me page is not createed and Another way to keep it manageable is only put up important statuses messages..how to manage your social profiles and create virtual business cards.. loans
Alyssa
· 5 months ago
Can anyone tell me how to get a retaggr card into outlook 2007? It appears that outlook 2007 does not allow html signatures.
Alyssa
· 5 months ago
Can anyone tell me how to get a retaggr card into outlook 2007? It appears that outlook 2007 does not allow html signatures.
MYUHC
· 4 months ago
Great post! Just wanted to let you know you have a new subscriber- me!
MYUHC
· 4 months ago
Great post! Just wanted to let you know you have a new subscriber- me!
pauljamesclark
· 4 months ago
I was excited after reading this post, I would like to add an important disclaimer. Retaggr will not work on using the hosted version of WordPress (.com). Heres the Retaggr support link that clearly documents this limitation.
I was excited after reading this post, I would like to add an important disclaimer. Retaggr will not work on using the hosted version of WordPress (.com). Heres the Retaggr support link that clearly documents this limitation.
All Comments
Printing your identity is really a creative idea since years.
anyway... Nice writing.
Here's Three Steps to Manage The Monster
1. ) set up social media profiles with all the services at Profilactic.com
2. ) update those services supported by Ping.fm and Posterous.com
3. ) use FriendFeed, Lifestream.fm or Yahoo Pipes to Aggregate
BTW, love the huge examples, and the http://idek.net link prominently displayed on @waynesutton's profile. That's my up and coming url shortener. Feel free to check it out!
I'm Gabe, the CEO of rmbrME - thanks for the shout out.
Just to amplify a couple of points:
a) We're not anti paper cards in the slightest. In fact, we've just launched our 'txtNames' offering which lets you define an SMS "domain" that you can use to let people request your card. You can put this on your paper cards if you like, and allow your recipients to simply SMS and get your vCard sent right to their phone. Better than scanning, right! :)
You can try it by SMSing 'get txtname' (without quotes) to 762763 (RMBRME)
b) While I don't think that paper cards are going away anytime soon either - I think that progress affects all aspects of our lives - even things as seemingly intransigent as the business card.
The analogy I love to make is that the business card is to rmbrME as bank checks (or cheques) are to credit cards. Less than 30 years ago in the US, bank checks were the dominant P2P payment mechanism (after cash). Now, credit/debit cards have all but decimated the check industry, and they will soon overtake cash as the primary form of payment. What would someone in 1978 have said if you had forecast that shift?
I'd posit that switching from the expensive and slow-acting business card to a flexible and socially networked rmbrME is easier than giving up checks - although no less meaningful for our ecosystem.
-Gabe
I have profiles on various other accounts and I can see where retaggr might help me display these (aside from having them displayed on my 'About Page')...
thanks very much
WiseStamp (online here: http://www.wisestamp.com/) is also a great way to embed full fledged ID cards in your e-mail signagature. Both are excellent ways to manage your online identity.
A Minnesota innovation in internet and web tech blog, Minnov8, did this story on BusinessCard2, one your readers might want to know about: http://minnov8.com/2008/05/17/businesscard2/
i fav this post.
http://dannybrown.me/2008/10/09/why-meeid-is-yo...
I use OpenID as much as possible (which I got from Verisign) and for certain sites (ie Blogger) when someone clicks on my name in the comment, they are taken to my PIP page..
please check the post at digg
http://digg.com/gadgets/showmylink_com_a_enhanc...
jess
www.anonymity.pro.tc
Would invite any and all to submit their most impressive "finds"... we're talking the most innovative background images, the coolest colour schemes... that sort of thing :)
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http://www.retaggr.com/Site/GetCode?pid=pT9SpfL...
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