Comments on: Poken: It’s Silly, And It’s Meant to Replace Your Business Card http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/ Computer Science meets Social Science Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:10:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Candece Hanahan http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 Candece Hanahan Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:22:19 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/#comment-1333 With our company Slumber Parties, we meet lots of distributors in one day. The company wants us to "save" our business cards for our customers. Using this will let us all keep in touch, not loose info, and well, we are all women, it is too darn cute! With our company Slumber Parties, we meet lots of distributors in one day. The company wants us to “save” our business cards for our customers. Using this will let us all keep in touch, not loose info, and well, we are all women, it is too darn cute!

]]> By: Hans Frietzer http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Hans Frietzer Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:08:28 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/#comment-709 friend of mine got one of these at conference recently. i tried it and its quite bad experience. design is bad, function is bad. if these were free, could be fun to use once or twice. but charge real $ for it is lame. a waste. friend of mine got one of these at conference recently. i tried it and its quite bad experience. design is bad, function is bad. if these were free, could be fun to use once or twice. but charge real $ for it is lame. a waste.

]]> By: Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/comment-page-1/#comment-667 Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:06:07 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/#comment-667 Distribution of the device is the big problem. Was the same issue with the<br>Cuecat. I can't get rid of my biz cards if no one else has one of these. Distribution of the device is the big problem. Was the same issue with the
Cuecat. I can't get rid of my biz cards if no one else has one of these.

]]> By: VEEB http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/comment-page-1/#comment-661 VEEB Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:26:36 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/#comment-661 The biz card does need to go but this $20 gadget is useless. Why pay for something that few people use? I have waaaaay better things to spend money on ;-) The biz card does need to go but this $20 gadget is useless. Why pay for something that few people use? I have waaaaay better things to spend money on ;-)

]]> By: Hoof http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Hoof Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:18:32 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/#comment-659 I think most people in business situation prefer a. a classy connector or b. their mobile phone (iPhone, more following). I think the smarter concept is <a href="http://mynameise.com" rel="nofollow">http://mynameise.com</a><br>There is also an exciting road map ahead offering a world of opportunities to mix and match virtal worlds, identities and platforms with the real world.<br><br>(I am working with the developers to get the word out, so I am not neutral at all. But a enthousiastic E-vangalist.) I think most people in business situation prefer a. a classy connector or b. their mobile phone (iPhone, more following). I think the smarter concept is http://mynameise.com
There is also an exciting road map ahead offering a world of opportunities to mix and match virtal worlds, identities and platforms with the real world.

(I am working with the developers to get the word out, so I am not neutral at all. But a enthousiastic E-vangalist.)

]]> By: CYNCZ http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/comment-page-1/#comment-655 CYNCZ Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:47:13 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/#comment-655 Poken is a great service. CYNCZ provides complementary service to this service so once you use poken, then you can synhronize your newly created contacts with all other address books. such as email clients, phones, social networks and even CRM systems. Poken is a great service. CYNCZ provides complementary service to this service so once you use poken, then you can synhronize your newly created contacts with all other address books. such as email clients, phones, social networks and even CRM systems.

]]> By: Zoli Erdos http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Zoli Erdos Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:37:17 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/#comment-654 First 10 seconds confirm the silly part - who has time to watch it all the way? First 10 seconds confirm the silly part – who has time to watch it all the way?

]]> By: Martin Lindeskog http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Martin Lindeskog Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:39:55 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/#comment-649 I think we still will use regular business card in the future, but I think it is a neat gadget and business idea. I want to get a Poken cat figure! I think we still will use regular business card in the future, but I think it is a neat gadget and business idea. I want to get a Poken cat figure!

]]> By: Patrick Mackaaij http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/comment-page-1/#comment-641 Patrick Mackaaij Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:05:20 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/#comment-641 It is a cool idea. Two things Poken has to fix:<br>1. The childish look (I couldn't get it introduced because of this);<br>2. The ease of use of the website (in my tests you had to create an online ID *before* using the Poken or you'd find yourself with a lot of unintentionally ghosted exchanges).<br><br>Review (Dutch but Google Translate is in the bottom left corner):<br><a href="http://www.eenmanierom.nl/snel-contactinformatie-uit-te-wisselen-met-een-poken/" rel="nofollow">http://www.eenmanierom.nl/snel-contactinformati...</a> It is a cool idea. Two things Poken has to fix:
1. The childish look (I couldn't get it introduced because of this);
2. The ease of use of the website (in my tests you had to create an online ID *before* using the Poken or you'd find yourself with a lot of unintentionally ghosted exchanges).

Review (Dutch but Google Translate is in the bottom left corner):
http://www.eenmanierom.nl/snel-contactinformati…

]]> By: ian morton http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/comment-page-1/#comment-640 ian morton Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:16:13 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/08/04/poken-its-silly-and-its-meant-to-replace-your-business-card/#comment-640 Poken eh! $20 for an RF USB stick. I'm sure we'll lose a few of those, or maybe just the end cap....not keen at that price. Poken eh! $20 for an RF USB stick. I'm sure we'll lose a few of those, or maybe just the end cap….not keen at that price.

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