I got a new iPad for my 65th birthday.  And I’ve been filling up my time figuring out how to transfer all of my data and apps and setting from my iPad one to this new one.

Because it’s new I’ve also been thinking about security and for me that means the likelihood that I will lose it.  I have already had to go back to numerous restaurants to retrieve my iPad or my iPhone. The problem is that if you set the security so that only you can use the iPad then others can’t access it far enough to get you contact information.

I did put one of my business cards inside the back of the cover but it could easily be overlooked.  I couldn’t tape one to the outside of the cover with any of the tapes or glues that I had and then I had an idea:  Take a photo of my business card and use the photo as the start-up screen.

I made three samples:

I settled on Chairman Mao for the test.

I probably should add a sign that says “reward if found.”

I let you know if it works.

The only commercial application I could think of was if a company like Zynga or the Angry Birds people were willing to build a template to that just happened to have their logo on it.