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(After Ben Metcalfe’s post on the the vb.ly sage).
As a mobile Internet consultant, companies often ask me which QR generator to use. There are many worth considering, but I always tell clients to avoid bit.ly.
The security of Libya Internet organisations are probably not an immediate concern (you did know that’s what .ly [...]
Maplin, the UK technology retailer, is experimenting with QR codes in its Tottenham Court Road store. It’s a very mixed bag which deserves equal measures of praise and criticism.
Here’s a typical product display stand with QR code placed on it.
There’s no “call to action”. Nothing to say what the code is, [...]
I think that WP7 is one of the first phone operating systems which natively has a QR scanner built in.
It’s rather hidden – you have to go in to search (not camera) then click the eye icon.
However, it is one of the fastest and most accurate scanners I’ve ever used. It knocks
I was tweeted an interesting link the other day – We Don’t Make Demands. They have a set of posters for the “Occupy Movement” which incorporate QRpedia codes.
These posters were designed by participants at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City. They are in the public domain. You are welcome [...]
QR-jacking is the act of covering up a QR code and replacing it with an alternative – often malicious – code.
Your carefully crafted code could be replaced by one which…
Points to a rival’s site. Calls a premium rate phone number. Redirects the user to a site which EXPOSES THE TRUTH BEHIND… Goes to [...]
To whoever is responsible for this QR code marketing monstrosity: go home.
Seriously, pack up the tools of your trade, go home, pour yourself a stiff drink, and weep at what you have done.
The Poster
Here’s a fun game for all the family! Play “spot the QR code” on this poster…
Bzzzzzt! [...]
When you create a QR code which contains a URL, it is vital that the code is not only as small as possible, but also as user friendly as possible.
I’m not a massive fan of short URL services like bit.ly – but for shrinking the text you want to fit in a QR code, [...]
This is a great video all about the inappropriate use of QR codes.
There’s one area where I think Scott Stratten is wrong – and that’s on the issue of QR codes where there is no signal.
It’s a common trope to bemoan QR codes on the tube, or on an aeroplane – [...]
As you may know, the Miro Exhibit is fully equipped with Catalan compatible QRpedia codes.
Here’s a great video showing off the exhibit:
You can jump straight to the two-minute mark if you’re just interested in the QR action.
There are Nineteen thousand, five hundred bus stops in London!
Each one of them is (eventually) going to be upgraded with a new real time bus countdown signs.
If you’ve got an Internet capable phone, you can get real time information for your bus at http://m.countdown.tfl.gov.uk/. The service has a number of [...]
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