QR codes
I’m sure many of you have seen the new barcodes that are appearing on websites such as mobile YouTube and also people’s business cards. These are known as QR codes and are basically two dimensional barcodes. For more detailed information check the Wikipedia entry here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code. To create your own QR code, go to this link: http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/
One thing to keep in mind though is that this site belongs to Google and is tailored toward their products such as the Android platform. If you want to create a ‘generic’ code that will work with other devices e.g. Nokia phones you will have to use only a few of the input fields otherwise it will confuse the device. You may have to play around until you find the best fit. Here is the one I create for this blog using the zxing website:
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