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From technology to design, everything you need to know to get the most from your ID badges.
I often get asked, when I explain InstantCard’s business to a new acquaintance, “but aren’t ID cards going the way of the dinosaurs?”. This question is particularly common from tech-savvy entrepreneurs I meet, whose core belief is that mobile and web technologies are rapidly replacing all [...]
On a recent phone call with a major corporate prospect, I was asked a very simple question: “What makes InstantCard unique among the various online ID card services?” This simple, straightforward question got me thinking that perhaps the unique services we offer and take for granted are [...]
The production of ID cards is an important element of the secure identification ecosystem. This broad area of technology has become an essential part of modern life, because personal identification is the cornerstone of system security. Security has leapt to the forefront of our collective consciousness [...]
I recently attended a major industry conference, and gained some interesting insights about the use vCards in day-to-day interactions with fellow businessmen. I had decided to systematically use my vCard with everyone I met, to see how it performed and to test peoples’ reactions, rather than [...]
Many people, when they hear that I run America’s leading online photo ID card provider, ask me “but isn’t that a dying business?” Aren’t ID cards going the way of the buggy whip and the steam engine? But you know what? I’ve been hearing that reaction [...]
Here at InstantCard we are occasionally asked whether we offer a card layout tool to allow our clients to design their own ID card templates. We have long resisted the temptation to release such a tool, as we think that our clients are not well-served by [...]
Of course, the temptation is there— “Hey, ChatGPT, give me some ideas for blog posts on employee ID cards… Actually, scratch that. Just write me one.” And, to be fair, when AI first hit the scene I was one of the first to use it to [...]
ICO Overview Over the past few years, InstantCard has invested heavily in building out the technical capabilities of its ICO (Individual Card Ordering) service. ICO is a unique cloud service which gives the employees, students, or members of a client organization the ability to order their [...]
Imagine the scene, thousands of years ago, in a bustling ancient marketplace. Grog, the official stone ID badge carver, is frustrated. His latest commission, an ID badge for Chief Rock, has been a challenging one. Carving Chief's rather complex beard into the stone without it looking [...]
Have you noticed the recent spate of articles about how much rage printers generate? For example, "We must end the tyranny of printers in American life”. Or this article, about printer “rage rooms”: "Need to smash a printer with a baseball bat?". Ah, printers, those infernal [...]
