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Business card holders have been around since the invention business cards themselves. The original holders were elegant leather binders with either cut out inserts into which each individual card could be placed for easy viewing, or they contained plastic pages that were sectioned off and each section would hold a business card.
Even though these holders had almost been replaced a few decades ago with the invention of an electronic Rolodex device that was meant to store information from each of the business cards we received, it was cumbersome, difficult to use because everything had to be input directly into the device, and of course as any type of technology ultimately does, it died.
In the late 1980s technology seemed to take away the need for these business card holders, at least temporarily. There was a surge in interest in the newly created electronic Rolodex gizmos that allowed owners to add names, phone numbers, company names, and a host of different types of notes and information. These were of course the forerunners of today's smart phones.
As these electronic Rolodexes were thrown into the trash by the hundreds, business people quickly returned to their previous holders, knowing this was pretty much the only and best way to maintain their business cards and files. But technology didn't stop there!
A new adjunct technology specifically made for the business card industry is the ability to scan an actual business card into either a computer or of course a smart phone. Technically the hardware into which these cards are scanned becomes a business card holder of sorts. As you look at these business cards on your screen you are actually seeing the business card in its entirety. Unlike these old-fashioned electronic devices, and even some simple cell phones today, we're at the end for a shift from business cards simply translated into lines of text, this new technology provides virtual images of each card.
Aside from these electronic versions of the business card holders, holders come in to basic formats. One of course is the type of book or booklet into which we would place individual business cards into slots or sleeves and we would carry this around with us or, if it was too large, we would simply keep it at the office as a convenient reference material.
As technology grew new inventions quickly replaced these electronic databases and soon we were given the ability to scan each business card into a computer or a smart phone. The beauty of this technology was multifold. It allowed us to capture images of the exact business card rather than only keeping what was in text format, as the electronic databases from decades before did. It also gave us the opportunity to have these images located on a computer and a PDA at the same time, providing a marvelous backup opportunity in the event of a hard drive crash.
Of course it's important to keep in mind that as with any type of business document, there should always be a hard copy original on file. Ergo, no matter how much we may rely on technology to produce scanned images of our cards, we should never give up our business card holders.
Even though these holders had almost been replaced a few decades ago with the invention of an electronic Rolodex device that was meant to store information from each of the business cards we received, it was cumbersome, difficult to use because everything had to be input directly into the device, and of course as any type of technology ultimately does, it died.
In the late 1980s technology seemed to take away the need for these business card holders, at least temporarily. There was a surge in interest in the newly created electronic Rolodex gizmos that allowed owners to add names, phone numbers, company names, and a host of different types of notes and information. These were of course the forerunners of today's smart phones.
As these electronic Rolodexes were thrown into the trash by the hundreds, business people quickly returned to their previous holders, knowing this was pretty much the only and best way to maintain their business cards and files. But technology didn't stop there!
A new adjunct technology specifically made for the business card industry is the ability to scan an actual business card into either a computer or of course a smart phone. Technically the hardware into which these cards are scanned becomes a business card holder of sorts. As you look at these business cards on your screen you are actually seeing the business card in its entirety. Unlike these old-fashioned electronic devices, and even some simple cell phones today, we're at the end for a shift from business cards simply translated into lines of text, this new technology provides virtual images of each card.
Aside from these electronic versions of the business card holders, holders come in to basic formats. One of course is the type of book or booklet into which we would place individual business cards into slots or sleeves and we would carry this around with us or, if it was too large, we would simply keep it at the office as a convenient reference material.
As technology grew new inventions quickly replaced these electronic databases and soon we were given the ability to scan each business card into a computer or a smart phone. The beauty of this technology was multifold. It allowed us to capture images of the exact business card rather than only keeping what was in text format, as the electronic databases from decades before did. It also gave us the opportunity to have these images located on a computer and a PDA at the same time, providing a marvelous backup opportunity in the event of a hard drive crash.
Of course it's important to keep in mind that as with any type of business document, there should always be a hard copy original on file. Ergo, no matter how much we may rely on technology to produce scanned images of our cards, we should never give up our business card holders.
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