Stephen Downes

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Re: Use QR Code to Share Your Site to the World!

Jean-Rémy Duboc, December 6, 2009 2:36 a.m.

These codes are probably the most ridiculous and pointless use of mobile technology ever. [Comment] [Permalink] [Previous][Next]

Re: Use QR Code to Share Your Site to the World!

https://psychemedia.myopenid.com/, December 6, 2009 10:19 a.m.

I scan barcodes on books with my phone all the time now, rather than writing down the easy-to-read ISBN10/13 text...

...just sayin'... ;-) [Comment] [Permalink] [Previous][Next]

Re: Use QR Code to Share Your Site to the World!

Anymouse, December 6, 2009 3:50 p.m.

The consumption of QR Codes is meant to happen in the real world, on posters, packaging etc. A simple link would not be interpreted to be read by a phone and so you have to communicate an awful lot. Whereas with a QR Code everything becomes clear and "stands out".
See some uses of QR Codes here: http://www.shuitang.ch/qrcode

There can still be a link somewhere in the text, but the link is meant for PC/Mac web consumption whereas the QR Code brings you to the mobile site.
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Re: Use QR Code to Share Your Site to the World!

Stephen Downes, December 6, 2009 7:33 p.m.

Sheesh, everybody writes as if creating OCR for mobile phones is hard or impossible, and that's why we need QR codes. Which of course isn't true at all.

The only reason for QR codes I can see is to require people to use their phone in order to read messages. [Comment] [Permalink] [Previous][Next]

Re: Use QR Code to Share Your Site to the World!

Leonard Low, December 6, 2009 9:12 p.m.

4 years ago, when I first looked at the use of QR Codes in m-learning, the built-in cameras didn't have the resolution to do OCR. For today's inexpensive phones with low-resolution cameras, QR Code may still be the only way of circumventing numberpad-based text input.

However, in recent years I have also been speculating that OCR will eventually take over from QR Code for the purposes of connecting people to web-based content via their mobile devices, as well as "visual search" software that will automatically recognise images. [Comment] [Permalink] [Previous][Next]

Re: Use QR Code to Share Your Site to the World!

Tony Hirst, December 7, 2009 12:50 p.m.

One little push... (or maybe 100,000) http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/explore-whole-new-way-to-window-shop.html


"Sheesh, everybody writes as if creating OCR for mobile phones is hard or impossible"

Not at all - the Goog just covered that base as well earlier today... ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhgfz0zPmH4
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Re: Use QR Code to Share Your Site to the World!

Leonard Low, December 7, 2009 1:16 p.m.

@ Tony Hirst

I just had that article in my RSS reader and was going to pop it here too!

It seems that one of the aspects of QR Code that mobile marketeers are playing on (and that educational designers could also capitalise on) is the visibility of the QR Code. It says "WEB LINK HERE" in the physical world from quite some distance, and stands out in a world where plain text clutters our visual field.

And it's a simple matter to pop a human-readable URL under a QR Code for those who'd like to use an alternate way to access the web link (via OCR, or if people *need* to type it in the old-fashioned way). [Comment] [Permalink] [Previous][Next]

Re: Use QR Code to Share Your Site to the World!

Anymouse, March 1, 2010 9:37 a.m.

Guys who think this is useless.

We are using it in the IT department for asset tracking, like information regarding when a computer / monitor / laptop was bought, who is the user ( who it's assigned to ) the configuration, last checked update all available when we scan on the iphone.

The trick is that we keep the info upto date on our intranet server and the scan reveals the ID that will be picked up on the iPhone and displayed in real time.

Its one of the most practical technology for us ;)

QR Codes are awesome

http://misterjester.wordpress.com [Comment] [Permalink] [Previous][Next]