Got my Moo Cards. And I'm impressed!
Andy Ihnatko talked on Macbreak Weekly recently about ordering some Moo Minicards, and that was all it took to sucker me into ordering a set. And I have to say, I'm pretty impressed.
Moo lets you upload a number of high-quality color images to form the back of your cards; your order of cards are split up for an even number of each image. This means that you can create a huge set of completely unique cards, or only cycle through just a few. Since I ordered on something of a whim, I went to my Desktop Backgrounds folder here on the Macbook Pro and picked out a few likely candidates. (In retrospect, I should have checked the licenses for these images before doing this. This is an oversight I'll be attempting to rectify, as soon as I can track down where I found the darn things in the first place)
The Moo site delivers a Photoshop template that you can use, or you can just upload images and see what sticks through the process. They preview everything for you; you have to try pretty hard to make a mistake with this thing. I uploaded four images, which would mean 25 of each in my batch. Then, all I had to do was wait.
Moo is impressive. The packaging is top notch. The cards themselves have a significant weight to them, and an excellent matte finish; the image quality is superb. I think that if I were crashed on a deserted island I could build a perfectly serviceable shelter out of these things. I've had business cards over the years, but these things are so damn nice I'm itching to find someone to take one of the darn things.
If you rely on your business card to say something about yourself, these are the kind of cards you get. Moo makes them in regular size and "Mini" size; the mini size is about a third as high as a regular card. I ordered 100 of the minis and a freebie ten-pack of the regulars, just to see what those are like. I can't recommend these guys highly enough.
