But, is the wisdom of the crowds in and of itself enough to grant posterity to great works of struggling creators? How can I, a common infovore, along with thousands of others can really appreciate and grasp potential greatness just because it happens to catch my attention in the flowing stream? Is exposure helping that much in propelling potential wonder-works up through many layers of background noise and into the spotlights of peer reviewers, now, easier than ever?

Oh, much food for thought you’ve given us there!

The question of our age I suspect.

Rather than academic or artistic greatness I think I was thinking of just plain work, your 9 to 5 sort of speak. Having said that I don’t think that greatness was ever such as everyday occurrence in the pre-internet age. Most of us can aspire to a ‘job well done’, some of us to brilliant moments and only a minuscule proportion to real greatness.

Why not think about it a different way? The onslaught of information and works from ‘real people’ rather than Authors or Artists (I guess in the Barthes’ sense of the term) might help encourage struggling creators to get their work out there and eventually achieve greatness.

I’d love to concede the veracity of this feeling, especially since I also navigate my electronic craft through mindscapes a pre-internet era would deem unfathomable, and derive as much pleasure and inspiration as the next person. I also have to admit that magnum opuses of art/science/literature/music/crafts were neither hindered by the absence of the information age, nor diminished in quantity, quality and endurance in time. To which, some might say, give it another thousand years and see how it goes. Absolutely!

All the people you’ve never met and, presumably, never will, project information gathered at the gates of your perception, go through various stages of filtering and influence your work in a myriad of ways.

But do they really constitute a rich environment for more creation and good work, or an endless tumult that hampers great inspiration and muddles paths of glory? I wonder.

I’m glad though you emphasize on people…

I hate pricing though.

Moo, provides an excellent platform for DIY cards, and incorporate 3rd party services that they level up the whole designing process.

However, the pricing tag, is really high. For example, 50 moo business cards cost -deliverd to Greece- 19euros.

That is 380euro for 1000 business cards. I can print 1000 for 50euros.

About paper quality, I will agree that they use heavier paper -and they have initiate that recycled paper as well- but even in that case, they are high priced.

To make a long theory short, if you are in a proffesional need of printing, moo is not a printing solution, if you just want limited quantity,creative, looking good DIY material, is the best!