May 26th, 2009
Faces
I was reading an ironically timely post by Brad Feld titled “It’s All About The Faces”. He discusses an experience he had in switching his blog avatar from his personal photo to a graphic depiction made by a talented local artist. He experienced some positive and negative feedback on the switch, but his overall opinion of it is that “there is no question that photos make people feel more real and accessible.
Just a few days ago I was looking at our business card template. Although it’s visually appealing I thought it might be an interesting experiment to incorporate my face into the card, right above my name and to the left of our logo. I sent it around the office asking what everyone thought about a new business card concept.
Until the cards came in the mail from VistaPrint everyone thought it was a joke – Now they all want their own 
