Eatin breakfast.

[prog]

On a whim, I just registered for a breakfast meeting of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce tomorrow so I can network with local businessfolk as a service provider. It's a little pricey, but not too pricey to rise out of what-have-I-got-to-lose range. (Plus, it's a write-off. I now make the write-off gesture, to demonstrate

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[keimel]

IMHO, I think most people are more used to the

http://www.foo.org/oneword

than they are the

http://oneword.foo.org

URLs.

Oh, and when you print them, the paper you can buy that are 'perforation less' end up getting curly, as they actually stick to a backing and you must peel them off. It is annoying.

The perforated look a little less pro, but I wonder if it's so bad. At least they're flat.

Good luck.

[prog]

Really, with the URLs? To me, having my own hostname looks more professional somehow... otherwise yer just a directory on some other website.

Perforated is fine. I actually have several sheets of the stuff from prior adventures. I can hand them out with a smile and a little story about how I'm just starting out. I'm good with that sort of thing.

[radtea]

You can get perforationless non-sticky cards now. I recommend them.

"Consultant" is the word to use. Business-people like words they think they understand, and they certainly don't understand what a "Freelance Programmer" does unless they are in the software business themselves.

[prog]

Yeah, I like the ring of "web programming and consulting". If I wanted to get really abstract, I could go for "web design and programming", but having learned HTML circa 1996, I have a poor mental image of people who primarily call themselves "web designers", even if that might actually mean something totally different now.

[hrafn]

I would use a different font for the contact info. It doesn't really seem to go with the font you use for your name and title. Hmm - maybe a sans serif font? I can't quite put my finger on it, but the all upper-case section looks formal and professional and considered, but the all lower-case section looks casual and um, not (and I don't think it's because it's all lower-case, but maybe).

I spent a couple hours playing with fonts for my F^%%$ing portfolio today. Grump.

[chocorisu]

Pick 1 nice typeface and stick to it.