QR Code Fun

 

People can have fun with QR codes and make art out of it. It can be an intreging way to attract customers to your website and get them to scan your QR code.

QR Codes adventure

RB Tech posted the video which explains how QR codes work and also shows you how to create your own QR codes as well. Ellie goes around that city looking for intreging QR codes, walking around the streets of a city looking for codes can become an adventure to see what the codes can lead to.

QR Codes in the Classroom

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Being able to keep children interested and engaged in the classroom can have its challenges. In todays generation, kids have portable personal technology such as cell phones, iPods, iPads and other tablets, and laptops it can be challenging for teachers to keep kids focused in the classroom and focused. The periodic table can be used interactively in the classroom with videos from QR codes.  This technology can be used at all different levels of education; so examples of how to use the technology includes launching a survery or create a pop quiz with up to ten questions; or a survey for testing feedback.

Alberta Man using cowboy hats and QR codes

http://albertaventure.com/2012/03/qr-zap/

An Alberta business man, Steve Bently, says that the Calgary Stampede is one of the best networking opportunities of the year. He felt like finding a creative way for people to know about his business, instead of the tradional business cards. He put a QR code on his cowboy hat and when talking and meeting people he encourages them to scan the QR code which directs them to his website. Bently fells that as the QR codes have become very popular in the last few years, but he feels that most companies are not very creative with their webistes and QR code designs. Bently says he has worked with marketers who help companies use technology in more effectively and creative ways.

Attack of the QR code - Calgary Herald

http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Attack+code/6401505/storyhtml
The Calgary Herald has an article about how people are scaming QR code users or attack tagging or "attaging".  Wher people are placing stickers on company's posters where it is very hard to be able to detect that these stickers have been placed over top of the original. These sticker when people scan them with their smart phones it will send them to a fake website which usually have a trojan linked to them and the website looks very similar to the actual company's website.

QR Code Business Cards

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2011/07/30-creative-qr-code-business-cards/

This websites looks at the 30 most creative and stunning QR code business cards on the internet; people today love QR codes and technology as well as the new up and coming technology. It is very smart for businesses to put QR codes directly on their websites, because then it can send people directly to your website so that people can either learn more about what your company does as well as specific product information or product coupons. Also the QR code could connect to the business's facebook page.

Boston Pizza QR Code giveaway

Companies can use QR codes to link to customer satisfaction surveys such as this poster from Boston Pizza they have a QR code to linking to a customer satisfaction survey, but they also have an incentive for customers to complete the survey. For example in this case Boston Pizza is giving away either an iPod or $1,000, it has become very popular for companies to have customer satisfaction surveys. Many of them have an incentive for the customer as well as for the company; for example most restaurants will give away something small like a free desert or a free appetisers as incentives for customers to complete the survey. Also companies benefit by receiving feed back from their customers to know how to be able to better serve them in the future.