From the monthly archives: May 2011

You Are Too Stupid To Use QR Codes Correctly

By On 31/05/2011 · 18 Comments · In qr

In one of my previous “day jobs” I used to deal with bug reports for a major application. While there was the odd genuine problem or poorly designed bit of UI, the majority of the “bugs” were PEBCAK – aka people so unbelievably dense they couldn’t work out that print button does nothing if [...]

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Windows Phone 7: Mango. So what?

By On 25/05/2011 · 7 Comments · In mobile

I was recently invited to the Windows Phone 7 Mango preview (no, I didn’t get a free phone) – here are a few thoughts.

The first thing to note is that WP7 still looks gorgeous – the front tiles (aka widgets) are smart and add a real feeling of fluidity to the phone.

Juicy [...]

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OpenTech 2011

By On 23/05/2011 · Leave a Comment · In /etc/

Another year, another OpenTech. I found last year’s OpenTech conference to be awe-inspiring. This year’s was equally good.

This is a quick rundown of the sessions I attended that I found particularly interesting.

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Charity QR Codes – A Missed Opportunity?

By On 11/05/2011 · 2 Comments · In qr

QR codes are an awesome free resource for charities. Sadly, they are often misused. Charities can use them to drive SMS donations – here’s a quick example of how this works.

Sightsavers

Sightsavers is an incredible charity, working hard to combat blindness in developing countries. I’m picking on them only because their poster caught [...]

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A (Minor) Twitter Privacy Bug?

By On 09/05/2011 · 1 Comment · In /etc/

Quick Summary

Twitter’s secure API hides the contents of the tweets you are reading. But it doesn’t hide the images of those you converse with.

Raised as Issue 2175.

A Bit More Detail

Twitter has a secure (HTTPS) and insecure (HTTP) API.

When calling the secure API, all the content of the returned message [...]

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Are QR Codes Effective for Advertisers?

By On 07/05/2011 · 12 Comments · In qr

I recently read Andrew Grill’s post about being a QR Code Sceptic. I agree with some of his points about crap QR code adverts – I’ve blogged about many of them – but I believe the fundamental business case for QR codes is still strong.

Many people on the blog and on Twitter have [...]

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ebuzzing – formalising the PR relationship with Bloggers?

By On 03/05/2011 · Leave a Comment · In /etc/

This is a sponsored post from ebuzzing


I've been pleasantly surprised by ebuzzing. They're part of the Wikio Group, who are focussed on getting bloggers to post about about brands that they like – and get paid for it.

Despite running a [...]

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Tales of two smart phones: or how one woman made an impression on a Scottish Museum

By On 02/05/2011 · 1 Comment · In qr, qrpedia

A guest blog by marianne@bamkin.org.uk

The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh has QR codes in some places. Level 6 to be exact. This is the story of what happened when I tried to use those QR codes last week. The article in The Guardian gave explicit  instructions of how to access the information linked [...]

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