Jimmy Wales ♥ QRpedia


Photo. Jimmy Wales scans the QRpedia code for the Broad Ripple Park Carousel in The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

You know Jimmy Wales, right? He's the guy co-founded Wikipedia - and, possibly, its most prominent face. So, a few days ago, he popped down to The Children's Museum of Indianapolis to see the work the museum is doing with its Wikipedian in Residence - Lori Philips. What else did he do while he was there? Why, scanned some QRpedia codes! You can see all the photos of his visit on Wikimedia Commons. My highly placed sources tell me that Mr Wales was highly impressed with the work the…

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Social Media Camp London 2008 - #smclondon08


Photo of a grid of colourful post-it notes stuck to a wall.

((Work In Progress - still need to add pics, videos and links))Yesterday, myself and a few hundred other bloggers, geeks, marketing droids and other social media maverns descended on Wallacepace St Pancras for the inaugural Social Media Camp London 2008.This is just a quick post to say what I did, what I liked and what I thought could go better,First off, enormous thanks to Vero for single handedly organising the whole shebang. Her Whuffie must be through the roof by now. The venue was…

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Lufthansa - 2D Barcode Boarding Passes


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 like is having to print off a boarding pass. I'm either nowhere near a printer or I find myself…

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