QR codes, or “Quick Response” 2D bar codes created to be scanned in with your mobile device, have been popping up in mainstream locations for a while now. These codes can be attached to anything from a movie poster to a drink can, and using this trick you can now easily addone to your WordPress (or any other) blog.
If you’re looking for a simple way to share your virtual life in a compact package, JumpScan packs a miniature profile into a QR code; easily share contact information and links to social networks with a simple smartphone scan.
Chrome only: If there’s an app, a link or anything else on the web you want to quickly pull up on a smartphone or send to friends, QR Code Generator gets you there with just a right-click from Chrome.
If you regularly use flashcards to build your brainpower but find it too easy to cheat or just inadvertently see through the cards, Lifehacker reader Honda Wang uses QR codes for an inventive solution:
Creating camera-phone-friendly QR codes with a goo.gl shortlink URL tweak is nice, but one of our readers took the next logical step. His bookmarklets creates a goo.gl link, automatically converts it to a QR code, and shows you the result.
Google’s official URL-shortening service, Goo.gl, just added a very cool trick to its shortening arsenal: Quick QR-code creation with a simple URL tweak.
Ever since I installed a barcode-scanning app on my phone, I see QR codes everywhere — so naturally I wanted one of my own. If you’re a barcode-scanning fool, the QR code to the right links to my personal website. Fun!
QR codes—essentially square bar codes that can easily be read by mobile phones, amongst other devices—could potentially make information exchange much easier, but haven’t really taken off. Are their benefits being overlooked?
