Carabiner Reel with Slide Clip

File this under giving the people what they want. We have had regular inquires for a carabiner style reel with a rotating slide clip on back. The multiple attachment option has a special appeal. We now are stocking translucent red and blue with opaque black on the way. There is a 3/4" recess on the front side to allow for a flat acrylic or poly domed logo. And yes, of course we will send you a sample.

Boy, we have let our popular little blog fall into disrepair! It's been a barn burner of a spring. We have been out exhibiting at trade shows literally across the country and we have visited customer's in just as many places. Travis has been pushing hard to complete a new catalog and it's going to be our best one yet. After a long and unusually cold winter this beautiful spring looks like the way our economy is heading...bright and sunny.

Our little start-up division, ID4Sports, has had event sponsorships all over the country just about every weekend and we have exhibited at a few sporting events festivals. This past weekend one of the pro racers on Team Metro, the cycling team we sponsor, won the Pro 1/2 Criterium in Roswell, GA. Congrats Andre Vandenberg!

We will try to get back to our regular posts on the promotional products and photo ID industry. Until then, enjoy your spring and don't be a stranger!

PS: Become a facebook fan for ID4Sports. Just click on the icon on the ID4Sports homepage!

Live from ISC-West

It's a little like finding Waldo. Can you find Laminex's Patty Moran Lee in this video?

Using a card printer? Which one?

Here's an anonymous (we promise!) poll for all the readers out there that use card printers every day. Respond and you just might see how many folks are using the same kind of printer as you.

ID Card for Workers is at Center of Immigration Plan

From the Wall Street Journal -Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have introduced an immigration reform bill that creates a system that aims to preventing U.S. companies from hiring illegal immigrants. Under the system, all legal U.S. workers would be issued an ID card embedded with biometric information like fingerprints or scans of the veins in the tops of their hands. When workers go to apply for a job, the cards would be scanned by the employer using a $700-$800 machine. Small employers unable to afford the cost of the scanners could instead choose to take applicants to a government office to have their hands scanned, Schumer said. Schumer and Graham's plan calls for the cards to be phased in. Workers who have jobs now would not be required to obtain the card until they leave their current position. In addition, industries that typically rely on illegal workers would be required to check the cards first, with other industries to follow later. The system is being criticized by privacy advocates like the American Civil Liberties Union, which says that the cards could become national ID cards that the government could use to track citizens. However, Graham says that the system would simply make current forms of identification, such as Social Security cards, tamper-proof.

We say: A few years ago some people thought biometric technology would replace ID cards. At that time we thought physical verification would not go away. This has become evident with the increased use of multi-technology cards.

Over at ZOOMcatalog

When you work with great folks giving testimonials is a piece of cake! You can view our catalogs at their site or at our CredentialExpress site.

Custom Badge Holders

Custom Badge Holders? No problem. Check out this sweet combo of printed lanyard, custom 4 color matte/gloss finish fold-over insert shaped like an iPhone, and a custom size & printed badge holder with zip lock pocket on back for your stash. We get jazzed working on these type projects. How about you?

Note: The insert looks small in the pocket because the badge holder is sized to allow an actual iPhone to be inserted when the software app is used at the SXSW 2010 event.