Barcodes
I was playing around at Poupeegirl this morning and in order to download a mobile wallpaper I made, I needed to point my phone to QR code. My phone doesn’t have a barcode reader so I googled and it led me to this site. I chose UpCode since it’s compatible with my SE P1i. After installing it and all, I still couldn’t download the damn wallpaper. Frustrated, I just screencapped it.
So I wasted a lot of time but I became interested in QR-codes. I know they’re popular in Japan and I want to make codes for my blogs. The one on the left is for this blog. I created them at Kaywa which offers code generation for free. Then I read Emily Chang’s entry about QR-code and found out about Blotcode.
Blotcodes are more aesthetically pleasing. Unfortunately, it currently can be read using an iPhone app. I hope the develops will come up with applications for other phones. Still, I made one for this blog.
There’s also dandelion which was created by the same guys who did blotcode.
Lastly, there’s shortcode.
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For now I will use the QR-code for this blog but when blotcode develops readers for other mobiles, I’ll make the switch.
Tags: barcode, blotcode, dandelion, kaywa, Poupeegirl, QR-code, shortcode
