I need to tell you all about my latest gadget which is excellent for people like me who network a lot and have a challenge with typing in all the details from all the business cards we collect. I have invested £130 in the most amazing card scanner that is able to read all the various business cards designs out there and then split them into name, address, mobile, email, etc. and can then be exported into an excel spreadsheet or similar.

I loaded it up last night.Iit went like clockwork which is amazing to say the least. I then tentatively did my business card in about 4 seconds which went OK.

Then I did another and it went OK.. I though that this is too good to be true, all clear and very few miss-readings but easy to correct. The I did 20 straight off in just over a minute and only 2 corrections.

The amazingly I was able to export it into excel and it went light clockwork. I cannot recommend this amazing machine highly enough.. it is absolutely brilliant and I will now be able to use those hundreds of cards that I have had lying around for so long.

The machine is called Cardscan and I got it through the local agent who I met on a train to London http://www.cardscan.com/index.asp and I may be able to do a deal if there is anybody interested.

Since I purchased it there are apparently cheaper similar versions on the market but I have no idea how good they are.