With the help of a global smart phone contagion the QR code is becoming more common as its uses are experimented with and practicality and helpfulness tweaked. If it’s easy and makes your life better – why wouldn’t you use it?
QR Codes were created in Japan by Toyota in 1994. QR is the abbreviation for Quick Response, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. How it works – Scan the barcode with a device that has a QR code reader, then you are directed to either a url, text, phone # or SMS. Google: QR code generator to make a QR code. Post edit May 4 / 2011 – QR code Generator links added at the bottom of the post.
Click below for creative uses of the QR code.
QR CODE – Content-rich Resumevia — Chris de Jong
QR codes on a intern resume. Design by victorpetit.fr (Sup de Pub Student, Lyon, France).
QR Code Sand Castle
QR code created not digitally, but out of sand? This is a question that arose while communication “architectsâ€Â Sinap Co. Ltd.
3D printed QR code stamp: put your QR code anywhere
images below via — dzineblog
QR Code Hotel
via – Print Media Centr
Apparently this hotel is being built in Dubai that may or may not be scannable.
Lego QR Code — Mobile Tagging Art
QR Code Generators
QR Stuff.com
Simple t0 use and lots of interesting link / interaction options to easily out put a multitude of default print layouts and colors. Ability to add analytics for a small fee.
Vector QR Code Generator
QR Generator is online service for creating, tracking and reading QR Codes and it is part of online survey software good-survey.com.
More Resources
- 2d-code - There are quite a few QR Code generators online. Some of them like Barcode Maker simply customize the Google Chart API while others like ZXing have full MECARD encoding. Here are the best examples.
- Google Code -Â This document describes how to create QR codes using the Chart API.
- Wikipedia - A QR code (short for Quick Response) is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by dedicated QR barcode readers and camera phones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded can be text, URL or other data.