Generally, I don't use a lot of business cards because we don't do a lot of business locally. However, I carry some with me most of the time. Mainly for when people ask what I do, what our URL is etc. I can just give them a card.
I did however exchange quite a few business cards at Hosting Con. Came away with all sorts of business cards from Microsoft, Ensim, cPanel, SW-Soft, EV1, The Planet, GNAX etc. Whether I will ever do business with some of these companies is debatable, but it is certainly useful to have the contact details for some of the top people within these organisations.
The best business card (not in terms of design) was the one Robert Marsh from EV1 gave me after chatting with him for about 25 minutes. The card didn't have his name or contact details on it, but details for Isabel Wang, EV1's Director of Communications.
- Chris