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Re: Fwd: If you had a card of "useful info"... what would you put
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard H Tower Jr.)
Fri Aug 7 11:54:26 2009
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 11:52:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>
To: apo-printshop@MIT.EDU
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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:23:31 -0400
From: Richard J. Barbalace <rjbarbal@MIT.EDU>
To: Kristin Kuhn <kkuhn@mit.edu>
Cc: Lori Tsuruda <lori@pmd.org>, apo-discuss@mit.edu
Subject: Re: Fwd: If you had a card of "useful info"... what would you put =
on
it?
Yet another possibility, if you have too much info to fit on a card, is
to print
on regular paper and fold using the PocketMod technique:
http://www.pocketmod.com/howto/
YiLFS,
+ Richard
Quoting Kristin Kuhn <kkuhn@MIT.EDU>:
> eureka! foldover business cards, 1500 for $30:
> http://www.bulkinkjetcarts.com/597067-white-250.html
>=20
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Lori Tsuruda<lori@pmd.org> wrote:
>> fyi: the press shop has had double-size jersey cardstock in the past (it=
's
>> twice as "tall"
>> so this should help you find it), but these do not really fit into stand=
ard
>> wallets.
>> Business cards or cardstock cut to be credit card sized and "scored" to =
fold
>> would be
>> more universal for fitting into wallets....
>>=20
>> Yilfs,
>> Lori
>>=20
>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Matthew S Goldstein <austein@mit.edu>
>> wrote:
>>>=20
>>> I'm pretty sure such cardstock exists or at the very least we could hav=
e
>>> them do the folding themselves along some line. =A0That said, sturdy
>>> cards are
>>> thick and folded makes them even thicker - we'll need something
>>> super-useful
>>> for all term/all years as the info
>>>=20
>>> On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Kelly Alioth Drinkwater wrote:
>>>=20
>>>> Would it be possible to get pre-creased cardstock that comes flat but
>>>> then folds into a wallet-sized deal? I feel like wallet-size is a good
>>>> size for people to slip into their pockets, but folding allows us to
>>>> put more stuff.
>>>>=20
>>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Matthew S Goldstein<austein@mit.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>=20
>>>>> (moving to apo-discuss since this is turning into a discussion)
>>>>> The small press can't handle paper-sized things, so 4x6 or maybe even
>>>>> 5x7 is
>>>>> our size limit. =A0Not saying we should go that size, (it seems bigge=
r
>>>>> than a
>>>>> "ticket" - though I guess those were nearly candy-bar sized) that' s
>>>>> just
>>>>> the upper limit
>>>>>=20
>>>>> --Matt
>>>>>=20
>>>>> On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Kelly Alioth Drinkwater wrote:
>>>>>=20
>>>>>> David Leung brings up a good point -- we should think of the scope o=
f
>>>>>> the card. This is related to its size. How big of paper are we
>>>>>> printing on? Is it an emergency-wallet thing, or a "use for two week=
s
>>>>>> and discard" index card, or a "keep tacked to your wall for a year"
>>>>>> index card or larger thing?
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>> From: David Leung <dcltdw@gmail.com>
>>>>>> Date: Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:32 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: If you had a card of "useful info"... what would you pu=
t
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> it?
>>>>>> To: Kelly Alioth Drinkwater <kdrinkwa@mit.edu>
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Hiya, Alioth. =A0Hopefully you remember me; if not, I'm an AX alum (=
and
>>>>>> also married to Alyse, who you probably know as a Thetan alum). =A0:=
)
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> The question that immediately pops to mind is: what's the scope? =A0=
Is
>>>>>> this card for "useful info that you'll want in the next two weeks an=
d
>>>>>> eventually throw away", or "useful info that you'll want to tape ont=
o
>>>>>> your bedroom wall" or "emergency info you'll want to carry in your
>>>>>> wallet" or or or... =A0:)
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> For instance, the LSC calendars they print are clearly intended for
>>>>>> "put on your desk, or tack onto the wall of your dorm room", and
>>>>>> knowing that first principle drives the design process.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> This is a cool project :) have fun with it!
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> yilfs,
>>>>>> dave
>>>>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>
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