Looking for personal bizcard feedback

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Threw this together at moo.com this evening; it's a concept for a personal bizcard, something I can use when I want to represent myself outside of Appleseed or Volity contexts. Looking for feedback on the image and the text content; I'm aware the text itself is too plain and the image is wobbly lookin in this preview. (Blame moo's layout thingy - it was useful enough for this mockup.)



It's playing on the "three personal tags" idea that I first picked up at BarCamp in April. I've settled on these three as a good summary of my primary interests and activities at present, even though I'm not solid on the wording. Currently choosing "Game Studies" over "Ludology" and "Homebrew Television" over "DIY Television".

Thoughts?

Comments

[radtea.livejournal.com]

"Ludology" or "Comparative Ludology" would be a great narrative hook, but won't tell anyone what you actually do, so it depends if you want to inform or catch people by the curiosity. Both are worthy goals.

Plain fonts can be useful: the company name and tag-line ("Rapid Development, Robust Results") on my corporate cards are in Courier New, which all my stylish designer friends sneer at and all my technically-oriented friends say looks good. Since my clients are all technically-oriented, it works. So the depending on the market, the right plain font could be good (or a different font for each personal tag? Might work, or might be too busy.)

I actually kind of like the image, but I'm weird: I recognize the book, associate cards with mathematical gambling strategies, and spent far too much time working with DAT tapes to mistake the miniDV for VHS.

If you can figure out the typical target audience for a card, the design choices become a lot easier. So asking yourself, "What situations have I been in where I wished I had a personal card, and what kind of people would I have given one to in those situations?" could clarify things.