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My new business cards for Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

As I previously wrote, I'm attending the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and I needed new business cards because some of my URLs had changed so I ordered cards from Streetcards in London.

The front (or back, depending on your view) has an illustration by Hugh MacLeod (see above). He's a marketing consultant and blogger who has generated quite a lot of attention from bloggers and techies for the cartoons he draws on the back of business cards, and he has turned his hobby into a business.

The back (or front!) of the card has my contact information reversed out in white on a red background (see below). MacLeod typically draws about technology and human relationships.  I wish he drew cartoons about mobile communications, but the one I selected is appropriate -- much too appropriate <g> -- for me.

I paid extra for lamination, and the cards feel quite substantial and slick.  I like 'em.  I think they will go over well with the conference attendees I meet in Spain.

Heading to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Saturday

I'm heading to the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona (see below) on Saturday, arriving on Sunday.

I've been to Spain several times and to Barcelona twice, but never for the MWC.  In 2006 some 50,000 people attended the show, that used to be in held in Cannes.

I'm going as a guest of Nokia, through its "blogger relations program," and expect to receive a couple of great new toys -- that I certainly intend to put to good use during the conference.  I'm especially interested in attending panel discussions and exhibits about multimedia products and services, such as, duh, mobile television and mobile videos as well as camera phones for live streaming and.

Assuming I can get some good wireless data connections (hopefully free or Boingo-affiliated WiFi hotspots) I'm going to try some live streaming cellular videos.  Stay tuned next week.