19 Dec
2009
19 Dec
'09
9:29 p.m.
At 09:05 PM 12/19/2009, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Ideally, I'd want something cheap, about half the
size of a credit
card (so it's not easy to lose) that cost about a quarter in
quantities of 1000. Should hold a megabyte or two and be readable
on any computer or mobile device. Write-once is okay, as long as
read-lots is supported. What fills that role today?
Email. :-)
But I sympathize. For many years, I thought there should be a
keyfob device that could send and receive similar biz-card quantities
of personal info, but transfer via audio over the phone or in-person.
How many man-days have you spent writing or saying addresses?
These days, how hard would be it be to modem-tone a URL at the
end of a radio advert or a TV advert? Why aren't street billboards
emitting useful data via Bluetooth and WiFi? Why am I looking at an ad
and then still typing the URL on my Internet-connected phone?
- John