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[Kelly A]

2headedcow, on 09 August 2011 - 02:07 AM, said:

Wouldn't it be faster to just say that information as opposed to making the QR Code?

It's a bit like people using acronyms.  It often takes more time to explain it's meaning and defeats the whole purpose of the acronym in the first place.

I agree that it doesn't make much sense to use them for text and general conversation. Andrea and I are just being "different".
  
I wanted to see about how many people can understand what they are and read them.  (They're basically just barcodes).

The practicality that I see is in providing website addresses and other contact info.  Sure, you can print it out on a business card or ad (and you should), but if you can save the recipient the time and potential mistakes entering in a name, address, email, website, phone number, or whatever, and transfer all that information in less than a second....  that seems handy to me.  Imagine if checkout clerks had to enter the product code by hand for each item you're buying.

Of course if nobody uses them, it's a moot point.

[Driver Nate]

Still life with QR code

[zveozdi]

Kelly A, on 09 August 2011 - 06:56 PM, said:

I agree that it doesn't make much sense to use them for text and general conversation. Andrea and I are just being "different".
  
I wanted to see about how many people can understand what they are and read them.  (They're basically just barcodes).

The practicality that I see is in providing website addresses and other contact info.  Sure, you can print it out on a business card or ad (and you should), but if you can save the recipient the time and potential mistakes entering in a name, address, email, website, phone number, or whatever, and transfer all that information in less than a second....  that seems handy to me.  Imagine if checkout clerks had to enter the product code by hand for each item you're buying.

Of course if nobody uses them, it's a moot point.

A while back I designed a business card for a web developer and one of the ideas was to put a QR code in the card. I ended up going in a different direction, but I think it's a clever idea, especially since you work in a field where that kind of stuff can be easily recognized. I'd still put your contact info in the back (just in case), but maybe you can use the QR code in the front with a 'punchline' or any witty phrase to make your card more eyecatching and interesting.  I did put a drawing by numbers in the front of mine and it had a very possitive effect on people.

[Tronyé]

Kelly A, on 24 July 2011 - 08:35 PM, said:

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Fuck you too.

[Kelly A]

Ah yes, you figured out what it really says.  Sorry, but someone had to say it.



I like the still life, and the dot-to-dot business card sounds really cool.

[Tronyé]

Kelly A, on 15 August 2011 - 08:41 PM, said:

Ah yes, you figured out what it really says.  Sorry, but someone had to say it.



I like the still life, and the dot-to-dot business card sounds really cool.

[Kelly A]

Tronyé, on 16 August 2011 - 07:32 PM, said:

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[bizaleth]

I like them because I can scan them quick and load info directly into my phone. I see them in Seattle a lot, too. Business use them to direct people to their Facebook pages or Twitter feeds.

We use them in the library for books that aren't on the shelf (for our popular reading and DVD collection). It takes people to the record where they can request the item through another library or put a hold on the copy we own.
Are they exclusionary? Yes. You not only need the right kind of phone, you need the app.

They began to  pick up popularity in the library world last year but the exclusionary nature is what has kept some places from using them.

Should you put them on your business card? Sure. Add it to the corner. I've thought about adding it to mine (and to me email signature). Because if enough people are like me, I hate having to actually enter shit into my contacts. Yes, I have become just that lazy.

(I tried to attach/post a QR code, but I can't. Says I'm not allowed. Have I been gone too long?)

[Kelly A]

Hi Biz!

Not sure why you can't attach your QR code.

Thanks for the feedback, and stay in touch.

[pebbles]

Like having secret languages when we were kids...

[Tronyé]

I am releasing my novel solely in QR code.

[DericksHam]

Tronyé, on 03 September 2011 - 06:34 PM, said:

I am releasing my novel solely in QR code.

i'm gonna release it in old skool substitution cipher 'cause i'm more "indie" than you

[Kelly A]

Why not a combination of both?  As a highly competitive novelist once said, "The harder it is for your readers to access, the better!"