Chris Lake at econsultancy has posted a blog about QR codes, smart barcodes that bridge online and offline.
“The future for QR codes is very bright. In Japan they are widely used by companies and consumers, but in most other parts of the world there are a couple of things that need to happen before QR codes really take off.”
I’ve blogged about the potential of QR codes in the past but think its a topic worth revisiting.
econsultancy provides a four point guide to creating a personal QR code using KAYWA QR Code Generator. Here’s a QR code that I created with my personal information.
Search Google for a reader such as Neo Reader to snap and decode the QR code using your mobile phone.
I don’t get QR codes. How much info can be stored on them? Aren’t they usually a case of – here’s the site. ta da! – can’t a URL do the same thing? (ok it doesn’t have the automated bit) Don’t the conditions for the phone to take the picture have to be more or less perfect (every demo i’ve seen – it’s not a case of snap snap and away you go, it takes a little adjusting)