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Business cards

Business cards are a big thing for me. I’ve had many in my lifetime: Russell Recycling Center, Russell’s Shoppe, the JRHO Railroad, Justin’s Detective Agency, and the perennial favorite, Justin’s Library. (Have I mentioned my lifelong entrepreneurial spirit lately?)

Well, it’s time for me to create some (real) business cards. After BarCamp Manchester, I really found that business cards can be a good thing to have on hand. I felt as though handing out my Sephone ones alone wasn’t enough (especially because I wasn’t representing Sephone at BCM). I’ve always wanted to have a personal business card to cover my other interests – most notably my photography and my personal site. I also wanted a card that could lead people to find out all of the basics about me… and that’s what I believe that justinrussell.com now does.

BCM attendee Dave Seah detailed the creation of his personal business card on his blog. (I made a point to grab one from him at BarCamp.) I still contend that IANAD (I am not a designer), but I’ve created something that I think fits with the general motif of justinrussell.com:

Comments, as always, are welcome.