Proof of Nerdism

If "nerdism" was a word and you were to look it up on wiki it would most likely have an example similar to this...

So I got this crazy idea the other day that I needed business cards. I do not own a business and I never find myself in a situation that requires handing out my personal contact information, but it still seemed vital that I have a business card. I think it may have something to do with the fact that we have a fax number that was rather recently acquired (a whole other story for another time) and that makes me feel important.

Regardless of the reason, once it was in my head that I needed them I had to make them. So after work today I stopped at Staples and took 30 minutes to pick out a pack of the printable business card sheets. Yes, it really took me that long. After all, what your cards are printed on says everything about the person presenting them. Right? So I had to be sure.

So after ensuring I was quite happy with my selection I get home and downloaded the template software to get started. I ended up hating all the templates and started from scratch, BUT whilst fooling around with their software I noticed a really cool feature. You could put barcodes on your documents. I thought to myself how freaking cool would it be to have my contact info as a barcode on the back of my business cards? So I fooled around with it for a while (time flies when you are wasting it on worthless projects) and determined that barcodes are actually not very practical for contact info.

Next I researched QR codes. A lot of info in a much smaller space. At first I made one code for each of my four contact methods: phone, fax, email, website. I was soooo very excited after I printed a test page out to make sure my phone could scan them. They did all work, but it looked a little tacky having four different QR codes. So I continued my research of QR code generators and found one that fabulously wraps all my contact info including my birthday into one neat little code. Now here is the best part... I tried it out and not only does it pop up all my info when I scan it, but all you have to do is push "add contact" and BAM I'm in your phone! Tell me that isn't cool?!

So there you have it. I have an awesome looking business card on one side, a practical QR code on the other, and absolutely no real reason to have them. The best part, however, is that it only took me roughly 3 hours to make them. If this is not proof that nerdism is alive and well within me... then nothing will.

And that ladies, gentlemen, and those in between is all I have for now. Until next time... BUBBLES!!!