mobile moo moo card qr code template · 1 comment · 250 words · Viewed ~983 times
Click for Full Size Moo Cards seem to be the darling of the UK tech scene. Cute business cards which you can personalise with whatever you like. Some people are boring and use company logos, others dump their best flickr images on there. Me? I'm all about phones and QR codes, so..... (more…) …
Continue reading →Doctor Who DoctorWho DrWho mobile qr code · 2 comments · 400 words · Viewed ~1,556 times
Mobile QR codes are fantastic. They're real-life hyperlinks. Snap them with your phone and go direct to a website. What could be better? The BBC, however, need a few lessons in how to optimise the experience. As part of their Prisoner Zero page - the BBC have an awesome "Wanted Poster". Here's the teaser image. Prisoner Zero - QR Code Let's take a look at the full QR code. This is about…
Continue reading →Doctor Who DoctorWho DrWho mobile phones qr code · 5 comments · 250 words · Viewed ~594 times
It shouldn't come as a surprise to any reader of this blog that I'm a phone geek. And a Doctor Who geek. So, image my utter nerdgasm when we got to see the 11th Doctor using a mobile he'd nicked. The burning question is which phone? Touchscreen It's quite hard to see throughout the episode. It just looks like a standard touchscreen device in a rubber casing. I had wondered if the props team h…
Continue reading →mobile qr code twitter · 200 words
BBH Labs - a marketing agency's "Skunkworks" - recently blogged about using QR Codes to send messages via Twitter. There approach was interesting, but as I commented, there are ways to improve it. If you scan in the above QR code, it will take you to Twitter and pre-populate your status with "@edent". You can, of course, set it to be any message you like. There are two key things to remember …
Continue reading →news paper · 2 comments · 250 words
angusprune@mastodon.lol 🫡@anguspruneThe guardian should have qr codes so I can teeet what I'm reading in the paper❤️ 1💬 0🔁 010:58 - Thu 22 October 2009 Let's Make It Happen So, assuming each story has a URL, how would that look http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/22/post-national-strike-begins Turning it into a QR code using my encoder... The URL in QR form That's probably a bit large for a…
Continue reading →android qr code YouTube · 5 comments · 150 words · Viewed ~910 times
I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere else. It would appear that the mobile version of YouTube now includes links to QR codes, so you can share the video with your friends. I've only seen this using the Android browser, I'm not sure if it's available on other devices. Browsing http://m.youtube.com/ at the bottom is a new link A link to a QR code Clicking on it takes you to a QR code The QR …
Continue reading →.mobi 2d barcodes awesome barcode flight lufthansa qr code · 1 comment · 300 words · Viewed ~1,957 times
Yesterday, I was a little pissed off with Lufthansa. How hard is it to supply a vegetarian meal on a plane? Anyway, today they have totally redeemed themselves. I love online check-in because it means that I don't have to faff around at the airport, I can choose my own seat, it reduces queueing and, because I usually only travel with hand luggage, keeps everything running quickly. What I don't …
Continue reading →qr QR Codes · 1 comment · 250 words · Viewed ~560 times
The unstoppable rise of QR codes continues! Last week I picked up two of the London free-sheets. Both of them sporting scanable codes. CITY A.M. uses the code to take you to its mobile friendly site. They recommend the i-nigma reader which you can get by texting "i-nigma" to 88010 (in the UK). Page 7 of thelondonpaper. Opodo uses a QR code to offer £20 off flights. Interestingly, …
Continue reading →datamatrix qr code · 150 words
Seen on a billboard in London, near Oxford Circus tube. A part electronic animated advert offering a discount at a local store. If you text to 79990 you'll receive a Datamatrix code.In this case, it's the store which is using the code; they'll scan it in before giving you a discount.This is a pretty good way of distributing codes. The retailer gets your phone number and, when you show the…
Continue reading →qr code · 2 comments · 250 words
QR Codes are funky 2D barcodes. Snap one with your camera phone and you'll get information on your phone. However good your mad T9 skillz are, it's a struggle to type in long URLs, SMS exact keywords to a shortcode or to accurately transcribe a business card onto your phone. That's where QR Codes come in. No more typing - just point and click. Even Google is getting in on the act. They're…
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