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GeekNouveau: the Google Me business card

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March 2, 2009 11:33 pm
By Sheila Lennon

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Google Me Business Card

By NYC designer Ji Lee.

I thought it was sensible, but it has hidden meanings in the rat race, it seems.

Dave Gustafson at unpressable buttons writes,


...what this card is really about is flaunting it if you've got it - and the "it" in this case is the #1 search result for your name. It's definitely a badge of honor, of sorts, in a 'net-based world, and this card is simply a way to show it off.

Oh. Good idea, nonetheless.

Surprise: I thought I'd see what it would look like with my name in it. Today's Google homepage delightfully upends the Google cachet by making the logo nearly unrecognizable:
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