Digital Business Cards – Kevin Van Lierop

PodCamp London is coming up quick. Today we profile a collaborative project that will be taking place throughout the day on April 25th.

Be sure to check out the Friday night launch party announcement.

Digital Business Cards is to be a collaborative project at PodCamp London, a project that will allow every attendee to leave their mark on the day.

Unlike traditional business cards that can get lost or destroyed, Digital Business Cards is an attempt to collect in one easy to access place the essential information from each participant at PodCamp London. Taking a short 90 seconds to answer 3 simple questions about yourself will allow for other PodCamp London participants to remember (1) Who You Are (2) What You Do, and (3) Why You Are At PodCamp London. 6 months down the road these Digital Business Cards can be an easy way to remember who you met and can allow you to make connections and collaborations for future projects.

These videos will be tagged (pclo09 & DBC09) and uploaded to Flickr throughout the day as a way to document everyone who was at the first PodCamp London. For those like myself who always loose physical business cards I figure this would be an easy way to keep track of everyone and put a face/voice to a name, as often a face or voice is much easier to associate with than a traditional business card.

On April 25th I plan on “getting the ball rolling” but I anticipate with the number of people attending I will most likely not be able to tackle this alone. With that said anyone, wanting to spend 90 seconds to “interview” another attendee is more than welcome to help in what I hope can be a collaboration throughout the day.

NOTE: I have yet to actually figure out how I will accomplish this feat on April 25th, most likely with my Macbook, but there is always the chance of me buying a Flip Video Camera before then.