I admit it - I love gadgets! Tech gadgets. Kitchen gadgets. All kinds of gadgets.
This weekend I read again about a new tech gadget that takes the place of a business card... Poken! At the PokenZoo you can see all the critters they offer. These critters "talk" to each other by touching the hand-like icon on one to the hand-like icon on another. Instantly it transfers the data, the digital business card you created with all kinds of information about you. You can have several accounts (I think 3) so you could have a work contacts or casual contacts. I see it as being great at conferences! I hate having all those business cards to keep track of. With this, I envision being able to download the info, hopefully a picture also, and then being able to add my notes to make it more relevant in the future. Of course the website notes more fun environments -- when you go clubbing, at parties, reunions, as well as the more traditional (business) meetings.
I know I am going to get one, and soon. I have a conference in January I would like to take it to, just in case someone else has one. I just can't decide on the green or pink alien, or the pink geisha, or perhaps I should be more practical and get the flash drive. Mmmm, decisions, decisions.
Let me know if you have been poked!
2 comments:
I looked at this briefly and it looks interesting - especially for those people who do need to track and organize a lot of information in a lot of different formats. I continue to be astounded at the speed with which new apps are made to help us manage the ones that came out before them. This gives whole new meaning to the concept of exponential growth!
Wow! I have this problem in that I can't become excited about some of this new technology as I'm too busy thinking of ways that it could be abused.
I checked out the PokenZoo and immediately thought about the problems that could occur if you lost it. If all of your personal info is on it, what if someone found it? I understand that you wouldn't be putting anything really personal out there, but even an email isn't something that I want shared with the world.
I do recognize the benefits it could offer. What a neat way to trade info to help communicate with someone at a later date.
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