Don’t throw your AWS Summit access card away! You could still use it as…

Weiyuan
3 min readMay 10, 2024

… an e-business card! With your name and organization nicely printed on this card, it would be worthwhile to keep it around, not to mention the value of reuse instead of contributing to wastage!

Making the AWS Summit pass card into an e-business card

1. Install a phone app that supports writing onto NFC tags

source: Google Play Store for NFC Tools app

On Android, I used the NFC Tools app, which satisfied the read-and-write use cases in the later steps. (Not officially endorsing this app, and any suitable app should work regardless)

2. Delete and format any existing data on the access card

source: NFC tools app

From the app, select the right options to erase and format the memory, and scan your card to complete the memory wipe.

3. Load your desired URL (like LinkedIn, or personal site)…

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Weiyuan

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