By @edent · advertising badvertising bit.ly qr QR Codes statistics stats trains · 250 words · read ~1,236 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 […]
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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 ~1,072 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 […]
Continue reading →By @edent · 99% occupy protests qr QR Codes · 250 words · read ~270 times.
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 to print […]
Continue reading →By @edent · art bit.ly cambridge london qr QR Codes tracey emin · 450 words · read ~322 times.
I spend yesterday wandering around London and, as is my wont, spotted some QR codes which I think may interest readers of this blog. Tracey Emin The Hayward Gallery are having a Tracey Emin retrospective. At the start of the exhibition is this rather odd QR code. Why odd? Three main reasons. It leads directly […]
Continue reading →By @edent · business cards HowTo moo moo cards moo.com qr QR Codes · 1 comment · 550 words · read ~919 times.
An edited version of this paid-for post appeared at Moo.com on the 7th of June QR codes are awesome! I mean, you may think your moo mini-cards are pretty funky - but they're nothing without a QR code. Why do you hand your card over to someone? You want the recipient to plug your contact […]
Continue reading →By @edent · guides qr QR Codes · 16 comments · 1,250 words · read ~4,415 times.
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 you […]
Continue reading →By @edent · conferences digital open Open Data opentech qr QR Codes rights ukuncut · 1 comment · 950 words
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.
Continue reading →By @edent · charity donate qr QR Codes sms technology · 3 comments · 350 words · read ~1,168 times.
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 my […]
Continue reading →By @edent · QR Codes · 12 comments · 550 words · read ~1,218 times.
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 asked […]
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