QR Codes

A Social Media Breakfast Chat about the state of QR Codes in the current market.

Randy Barnes   @rbarnesdotcom

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• Created by Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave in 1994, the QR code is one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes. It was designed to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed

• Created by Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave in 1994, the QR code is one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes. It was designed to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed

• The use of QR codes is free of any license. The QR code is clearly defined and published as an ISO standard. Denso Wave owns the patent rights on QR codes, but has chosen not to exercise them

Source Wikipedia

Datamatrix

PDF417

Aztec Code

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There Are Other 2D codes

Datamatrix

PDF417

Aztec Code

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There Are Other 2D codes - Who Cares?

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QR Code Readers  -  My Personal favorites:

QuickMark - android and iOS

QR QuickscaniOS only

one for the short bus:Blackberry

The list of apps grows Daily!

QR Code Generators - 155+ growing

2 Tag2D CodeMeAndrew Champ, Code MonkeyAT&T Create-a-CodeAzonMediaBarcode.comBeeTaggBeQRiousBeQRious Trackerbin.nubit.lybitQRBosqwebBusiness Card 2 TagBusiness Card QR CodeBuzziTagConnectMeQRContact SquareCreateQRcodeDelivr – Custom QR codesFacebook – AzonMediaFireFox Mobile BarcoderGO QR megoo.glGood-Surveyi-nigmaiFlymobiilocalmobileInsQRribeINVXItsMyURLsJumpScan

Good-Surveyi-nigmaiFlymobiilocalmobileInsQRribeINVXItsMyURLsJumpScanJustScan.ItKaywaKerem Erkan's QR Code and 2D Code GeneratorKimTagLikify – Facebook LikeLinkblotslinQR.toLynkeeMaestroMetal ElephantMirascapeMobile Barcoder – FireFox add-onMobile FishMobile-BarcodesMobileFishMQR – MustQRMyCod.esMyQR

MySkynetOnline QR LabOpen QR CodePingTagsProductScapeQGen.caQR ChannelQR code – Adobe Air – generatorQR Code BaseQR Code Generator – iPadQR Code Generator – iPhoneQR Code GeniusQR Code ProsQR code.Good-SurveyQR Codemaker 2.0QR Codes by WinksiteQR Droid / QR Droid PrivateQR Gen (Mac-desktop)QR Generator on FacebookQR GoldQR JumpsQR PlanetQR Reader for iPhoneQR Stenciler & QR Hobo CodesQR WildQR-Me.frQR.cxQR.netQR4 – Branded QR Codes®QR4 – QRCodeQR4.nl – BatchQRaffitiCodesQRafterQRalsQRaustraliaQRCNowQRcode.littleidiotQRcoreQRdvarkQReateAndTrackQReateBuzzQReative.altervistaQReativeShirtQRf.inQRicket CodesQRifierQRilizeQRinkleQRjuiceQRK.coQRme

RmediaCodesQRmediaGuideQRmobilizeQRplzQRreader.airQRSocializeMeQRstuffQRtag.netQRw.eeQRzillaQuantum – DesktopQueaarQuickMarkQuickMark – iPhoneQuikQRquiQRQuiryMequrify!QwebRacoRedLaserScan LifeShakespeareShareSquaresmallQRSnap VuSnapMazeSnapMyInfoSocial QR CodesoQR – FrenchSPARQ codeStickerScanTA.GYTag Street, Real EstateTag2B – ItalianTagginnTagomobileTappinnTapReader – QR CodeTec-It QR Code Biz CardsThe 2d CodeToggleToToor.meTrakQRTwi-QRUniTaguQRmeVanity – QR codeVanity QR Code GeneratorWaspWidgetBoxWikkitYouScan.meZebra Crossing – ZXing

from Scanlife.com April 2011

http://static.aws3.mobioid.com/files/pdf/The-Naked-Facts-Whiplash-Edition-Q1-2011.1.pdf

http://static.aws3.mobioid.com/files/pdf/The-Naked-Facts-Whiplash-Edition-Q1-2011.1.pdf

78.4% of Statistics about QR Codes are pure crap ;-)[like this one]

2 Link Shorteners ->  create QR Code with analytics

http://qrmediaguide.com/

A Fast Growing QR Resource Directory:

QR Codesfound in the real world

Scan program/guide leads to twitter stream for event hashtag  #SMIATL

badge scan opens individual's twitter account

URLWiFi networkGoogle mapContact info   [vcards,jumpscan,.me,etc]phone noSMS Textemail addresstextvideocalendarRSS FeedApp Store - MarketSocial Site

now take the shortend URL and just add  "+" to get to the juicy stats! 

o This works for Bit/ly and Goo.gl

after another 24 hours

Low Def QR

several scanner appsfailed in scanning this QR COde from a standard def TV

iPhone app QR Quickscan workedperfectly

http://hcdn.liveclicker.net/z7a3u7c3/cds/videos/321/30849_1_liveclicker_iphone.mp4

   

Window of a downtown Atlanta restaurant

RBarnes.com'srules for QR COdes

• keep it short - less data • make it big - as possible• land a mobile site• give me something worth it• do it again

QR is for Hardcopy! - Printed, not on the web - 

scanning a webpage is stupidand makes you look ________

6,676 total scans

Apartment Promo:   Hiroshima 2006

Big QR codes