QR codes -- what would you use them for?

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Permalink Reply by Tsuko on October 21, 2008 at 4:58pm

Nice finding, it's a rather cute toy.

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Permalink Reply by J.J on October 21, 2008 at 5:52pm

You could use it to shop for Concerts since those are the only posters i see at the street. But I was thinking about it and i thought of a marketing campaign called the treasure hunt where people will go out with their cellphones and look for QR codes around the streets and win stuff or get hints for futher QR codes and then win discounts.

I will also use it for graffiti artists, people can put them there so you scan it and automatically go to a article about the artist and a map with locations of other works he has done.

It can really work for everything, it's an easy and fun way to post almost any kind of information on the street.

Another idea will be to post information for tourists like historical background of the place and directions.

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Permalink Reply by Alex V. on October 22, 2008 at 11:59am

It could also be used for spam.

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Permalink Reply by Laurence on October 22, 2008 at 12:35pm

Could be used for singles nights at bars. Everyone could bring a printout of a QR code that could be stuck on a wall and everyone could use their phone to see what the people that are attending are like before approaching them.

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Permalink Reply by Ankeet on October 22, 2008 at 12:57pm

For fun. Adds a sense of mystique, hidden secrets in an urban landscape, no?

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Permalink Reply by dennis on October 23, 2008 at 5:53pm

i don't own a phone that can browse the web, so i'm not too familiar with any kind of browser limitations... can phones run flash? i'm guessing not, i [think i] remember youtube having to switch over to a different tech to be able to be displayable on the iphone.

i'd kinda like to start a project involving this...

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Permalink Reply by Artist on October 25, 2008 at 12:09am

I would write secret love messages to my girlfriend.
Soppy, but Hey, What you gonna do about it?

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Permalink Reply by Bloodnut on October 27, 2008 at 1:17pm

I would print it on a shirt saying 'marry me' :-)

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Permalink Reply by Max on October 28, 2008 at 7:12am

It would be interesting to use QR-codes in real-life games or some kind of activity. May be coupon distribution of discount codes or password to any services. Don't you just seat there, go and take it. May be you'are standing at a checkout in a supermarket and see the code, capture it, find out what you can say to get your discount )) All in all these codes connecting reality with informational world and bring some piece of a game... Let's play! )

Oh! it is also can be used for cheating on exams!

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Permalink Reply by Laurence on February 22, 2009 at 9:43am

What's to stop this from just linking to a wikipedia article? this should be able to link to any place on the web. When this original article came about I read somewhere that it would only take into account a 150 charachter URL..

However how about combining it with something like tinyurl or snipurl ?

this could extend the range of the website it could access infinitely :)

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Permalink Reply by Ankeet on February 22, 2009 at 7:18pm

Web 2.0 random connectivity app #493214! Go!

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Permalink Reply by Dale on February 23, 2009 at 1:08am

Questacon which is the place I work is using them in the galleries to provide web links from the exhibits to information about them on our website. They are slowly starting to hide them all over the center so it should be fun to see where they all go.

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