By @edent · microsoft ms tag qr QR Codes · 250 words · read ~232 times.
Three years ago, I wrote about the deficiencies in Microsoft's Tag system. It was painfully obvious even then that MS had no desire to back the "standard" they'd tried to create. They couldn't even be bothered to leverage the then-new Windows Phone to get the reader into customers' hands. Their terms and conditions at the […]
Continue reading →By @edent · advertising badvertising nfc qr QR Codes tap4offers · 3 comments · 450 words · read ~2,235 times.
Public transport is a great way to assess the Zeitgeist. Watching commuters transition from iPhones to Samsungs, and from paper books to Kindles, really gives one a sense of how the world is changing. Advertising is also a great way to measure society; seeing lots of adverts for dodgy loan companies can give you an […]
Continue reading →By @edent · qr QR Codes scanning small · 350 words · read ~527 times.
One of my hobbies is looking for QR codes by leafing through the free papers which blight the city of London. Yes, I lead a tragic existence, but it keeps me off the streets - so let me be, eh? Most of the QR codes that I see now are pretty good. They have clear […]
Continue reading →By @edent · internet of things nfc qr QR Codes rfid salt and pepper usability · 2 comments · 550 words · read ~4,006 times.
My first QR code post of 2013! I'm a long term fan of QR codes. I know some people don't like the idea of augmenting reality with specific tags for computer vision - but I do. Some people prefer RFID/NFC. Others still prefer dedicated augmented video apps. As I've written many times before, QR codes […]
Continue reading →By @edent · council monitoring qr QR Codes statistics · 400 words · read ~516 times.
Wandering around the steets of London, I came across this excellent initiative from Camden Council on how to use QR codes on street furniture. If you see that a light - or anything else - is damaged, you can scan the QR code and report the issue. There's even a phone number and vanilla URL […]
Continue reading →By @edent · qr QR Codes · 10 comments · 150 words · read ~11,744 times.
I unashamedly love QR Codes. But every so often, I see one which makes me wonder if there should be some sort of licence for creating them 🙂 As I was walking around Camden the other day, I spotted this monstrosity. I figured with a code that dense, it probable contained a URL to a […]
Continue reading →By @edent · interview metro newspaper qr QR Codes · 50 words
Last month I gave an interview to the Metro newspaper about QR codes.
Continue reading →By @edent · advertising badvertising bit.ly qr QR Codes statistics stats trains · 250 words · read ~1,219 times.
No, I'm not talking about Masabi's innovative technology, but of this rather odd bit of advertising found on the back of a train ticket. There's no specific call to action - but there's not much space to play with. Let's give it a scan... sigh A non-mobile site. With an Adobe Flash plugin in the […]
Continue reading →By @edent · bit.ly london QR Codes · 250 words · read ~183 times.
Wandering through London today, I noticed that Southbank London has put QR codes on its posters. I've mentioned before the dangers of using Bit.ly as a QR code generator - as it allows us to peek at the codes' performance statistics. Here are the codes on the posters - click for bigger. As all the […]
Continue reading →By @edent · github Open Source php qr QR Codes · 4 comments · 450 words · read ~1,065 times.
When people ask me which QR generator to use, I usually suggest Google Charts. However, recently I've become dissatisfied with its limitations, so I've decided to write and release my own QR encoder. I'm still looking for a catchy name for it (suggestions welcomed) - so for now it's called "QR Generator PHP". It's available […]
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