QR Code Mashups for Everyone

“if MacGuyver was still on TV there would be a QR Code episode”

Bert Heymans

Heymans.orgJourneymanPM.com

@bertheymans on Twitter

Scanners

iPhone:    - http://bit.ly/qrafter    - http://bit.ly/optiscan - http://bit.ly/redlaser

Android:    - “Barcode Scanner” http://bit.ly/droidscan1    - “NeoReader” http://bit.ly/droidscan2

Symbian (Nokia) -> built-in(?) or search for Barinsa (?)

BlackBerry -> built-in or http://get.neoreader.com 

Exponential Worldwide Interest

Exponential Search Trend

General Demographic

What did you use a QR code for?

survey question, test base 415 American Smartphone users

Regional Interest

Search Terms

IN THE WILD

GET YOUR OWN

GENERATORS, I LIKE ZXING

JUMPSCAN.COM

KIMTAG.COM

GETSHARESQUARE.COM

GETSHARESQUARE.COM

GETSHARESQUARE.COM

DOS AND DON’TS

Don’t invert

Don’t add perspective

USE QR IT’S AN ISO STANDARD

Make downloading for mobile device easier

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Resources/Thanks

• Google Insight• Google Trends• http://thenextweb.com/• http://macgyveronline.com/• http://mghus.com/qr-code-survey-results• Fabrice de Nola (ant painting with QR Code)• http://www.mobioid.com• http://zxing.appspot.com/generator• http://www.veryimportantpixels.com • As well as http://pixlr.com/ and http://jingproject.com for the image editing

Meant for educational purposes only