QR Codes

I have a new Android phone and kept seeing these funny looking barcodes so I decided to learn more. Here is a quick reference for my friends and colleagues.

They are called QR Codes (Quick Response Codes).

Found a great video on CNET that gives a great general overview of how you can use this day to day:

http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Use-QR-Codes-268834323

Wikipedia gives you a more detailed and technical description:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code

On this website you can use their tool to create your own QR Codes:

http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/

For my Android phone I'm using an app called Barcode Scanner. I have a Sprint EVO 4G with an 8 megapixel camera and this Barcode Scanner app does amazingly well for several types of one and two dimensional barcodes.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android&feature=search_result

The QR Code below will take you to my website: