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Exercise, and in particular 30 minutes or more, every day, has been successful as one of the best forms of preventive medicine out there. It's highly effective against progression in depression, anxiety, knee arthritis, frank diabetes, and many other illnesses. One of the best videos that illustrates the benefits is 23 1/2 by Dr. Mike Evans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUaInS6HIGo

We based our app on the notion of moving at least 30 minutes every day. We've had very positive feedback from people that cope with depression and/or anxiety. Would love your feedback: http://human.co

"omg I'm so afraid of change!"

Great work, guys.

We'd love to invite you over to get to know the startup scene here better. What does it take to steal PG away from YC for a day or two?

Just a very big thank you for this. That we have a product out there doesn't mean we're saying we've solved the problem. It's feedback like this that's making us better. Again, thank you.

We're diving into NFC - although still doesn't solve even half of the problem.

And something physical? Like cassettes? CDs? Newspapers?

Nope. Notes on E get pushed back into the cloud. Notes on cards get stained. ;)

Very much so - the graphic is very much tongue in cheek though, can be taken lightly.

Valid arguments, we're working to make everything easier each day. Thanks for the lengthy response!

Fixed! Thanks.

'Guesstimates'.

Actually, you can! http://cl.ly/3s010o3p3O0M0M0I473W

Best response so far. However, we don't feel that this (the business card as a status symbol) can't be translated into a p digital form. We will be pushing out features that allow for more sophisticated designs, and optimized connections methods will make the whole concept more of a commodity. However, we know that until we get to a point where adoption of (whichever) online business card service reaches some kind of critical mass we have to play well with paper cards. Like I've answered before, this won't be solved overnight.

But even if your card is well designed, with offset typography: "Eggshell with Romalian" type (continuing with the American Psycho references) - come back from a conference, trade fair or event with piles of cards that lost all context - that's where our system shows its power first and utmost. The context of a meeting is just as important, if not more, than the card itself. Eventually you'll want to follow up on a meeting, track sales trajectories, etc... Information your paper card will not remember.

Final note: have a look at our video and see if you can spot the reference.

That post was right after we graduated with the concept, great to see it linked back. We learned quite a lot since then.

Thank you! I will forward this to our devs.

That's great to hear. I'm planning to write an extensive blogpost on our story there: was quite a train ride. Will post it to HN and my Twitter as soon as it's done!

We have an iPhone app in the store now. It's free. Currently working on our android client and moving to all other major platforms asap. But you can share your cards with people that don't have the app installed.

For non-iPhones we currently offer a stripped down version of the app on i.mynamese.com

And being based in Amsterdam probably reinforces that perception.

We haven't had bad experiences with our name so far, but we're well aware that some people might make that association.

Thank you! We think our name will work in our advantage.

Yes, a Card Editor is definitely in the planning.

These are all great points. Thank you for sharing. We have some features in the pipeline that already address some of your points - but new stuff as well. Thanks again!

Thank you for the first point, but more importantly, the second.

We know about the important function of paper cards in the world. When people ask us who our competitors are, we respond with 'paper cards'. The only we we will solve the business card problem is by playing well with these paper cards.

What you see on E today is the basic system we've designed to handle contact information with an additional visual layer. Features to handle paper cards - and mimic paper cards for that matter are things we're working on passionately. We know what it feels like to get a great looking business card, with a nice choice of paper, excellent typography, etc. But I'm convinced in time we will find an equally attractive solution - though it will not be overnight. The transitions from vinyl to cd to mp3, or printed books to ebooks have also take years.

Our added benefits however (stored geolocation of meetings, synched notes, etc.) are features we're getting great feedback on.

Yes. Ecards are based on the vcard, and that's what you will be able to save directly to your phone, or export from the website. What we add is a visual layer and other metadata like social networking profiles.

This counts for phone to phone sharing, but also for sending your card to an email. Recipients will get your visual card, and a vcard as attachment.

Excellent points, and thank you for sharing them. The physical memorability of paper cards are one of the most difficult borders to cross for us. We have some great ideas that we'll be implementing throughout the year.

Customization of cards and playing nicely with old-fashioned paper cards are an absolute requirement for us to succeed: we're very aware of this - and building towards a great solution.

We're working on scanning features.

The Android app is currently in alpha stage. We'd love more testers though, firing an email to android@mynameise.com would make us pretty happy!

First point: our cards can be shared to people without the app. That being said, we have a long way to go before we're even close to Bump in terms of user adoption. I do believe the product is in essence more focused on business cards than on data transfers.

For the time being we only show one phone number on the card (we picked a size that shows up correctly on all mobile screens, not just iPhone). That doesn't mean that the info doesn't get shared though.

And this is without reading the text? So you'd suggest using a less abstract image?

Great point. We'll add that.

We support this. We don't support creating new cards on the phone yet, but once you login to your Cardcloud in the browser you can create multiple cards with different contact info, social networks, etc!

Point taken. We aim to be as unobtrusive as possible to the user as a brand, certainly when it comes to product. Business cards are about the brands/identities of the people that carry them - we follow the same philosophy here.

Did you get this impression after looking at the homepage?