I've tried it at the airport after watching a guy with an iPhone scan in his QR boarding pass. But my cell phone image was so fuzzy it didn't work.
But I think it has use in a library setting -- imagine sitting down at a kiosk (hmm, let's say a video theatre since this is a fantasy anyway) and "flashing" your QR code, when what to one's wondering eyes does appear but the lights dimming and Ida Lupino strolling into focus. Or a video on how dolphins will save the planet -- whatever fits. I think primarily these are a great development because they can carry both information and instructions, actions, etc. Randal Baier Jonathan Miller wrote: > Dear wise(r) ones > > We know nothing about QR Codes, but are putting our virtual toe in the ... > > So, may I ask a coupla' more questions please: > > A) do any of you use QR codes for anything? > > B) if so, what? > > C) would it be useful to have Marc records as QR codes on > > i) our web pages? > > ii) the DVD jackets? > > D) or would other data be more useful - links to video clips? Links to our > web pages? > > E) we have created our first QR Code (cue the cheering) but don't know if it > is any way readable, (since I gotta upgrade my iphone OS to be able to > install QR code reader? Yikes) > > it is supposed to be of a Marc record a library somewhere created for one of > our films (I think, to make things even a little more interesting, in > Spanish) > > Do you have a QR code reader? Can you read this image we created, or is it > just gobbledegook? Should we continue down this road, or abandon it at the > fork in the road? > > Comments welcome (I think) > > The QR code is on my blog: www.MetaFilm.com > > Thanks! > > Jonathan Miller > > > Jonathan Miller > President > Icarus Films > 32 Court Street, 21st Floor > Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA > > tel 1.718.488.8900 > fax 1.718.488.8642 > www.IcarusFilms.com > jmil...@icarusfilms.com > > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
