May 20, 2010

daily bizcard 023: alex de carvalho

Today’s “Daily Biz­card” design, “South Beach”, goes to Alex de Car­valho, one of Miami’s most active social media evangelists.

Alex and I have known each other for a while. We first met at Le Web Paris 2005. He was living in France at the time, he moved to Miami a cou­ple of years later, about the same time I first star­ted going there on a regu­lar basis.

As my busi­ness got more and more Miami-based (I now visit there once a month, for around 4 – 10 days), we became good friends. When I’m in town Alex, Maria and I will usually meet for drinks at least once or twice, pro­bably at Monty’s. It’s become part of my Miami ritual.

I drew this car­toon back in January, while I was sta­ying in South Beach, Miami. Up to that point, it was the lon­gest I had ever sta­yed in that town– ten days or so.

It was quite an expe­rience. South Beach is full of ran­dom peo­ple– tou­rist and local– wal­king around, almost aim­lessly. I wan­de­red up and down Ocean Drive again and again, trying to see sto­ries in the faces. All their faces see­med to tell sto­ries. Not all of them were happy ones.

[The Daily Biz­card archive is here etc.]

[Com­mis­sion Hugh]

[Alex, please send me an e-mail at gapingvoid@gmail.com with your ship­ping address and the details you want on the back of the biz­card, and I’ll send a free box of 100 to you. Thanks!]

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2 Responses to “daily bizcard 023: alex de carvalho”

  1. There are 8 million sto­ries in The Naked City. This, is one of them.…

    No one pro­bably remem­bers that early 60’s tv series that may be late 50’s, howe­ver, that was about New York, New York, the town so nice, they named it twice. There are sto­ries everywhere, you simply need to know where to look.

    You also remin­ded me of why I’m follo­wing you in the first place, so, I might be ready for my 100ppl post now.… Thanks!!!

  2. Hugh,

    This is all kinds of awe­some, thank you.

    Thanks also for the inva­lua­ble advice over the years.

    See you in South Beach ;)
    –Alex

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