January 9 - QR Code

Interesting I had no idea we could do this. Would have been fun to add the satellite image where we walked to my page for yesterday! Cool!!!!

 

Thank you for this challenge! I had so much fun..... here is my page



The QR code leads to my blog

 

I think you have the QR app on your phone to read it.

 

I don't have many as I got rid of apps I do not use. Thanks Liz!

 

I keep forgetting about this fun idea. Thanks for the reminder! I decided this would be a good way to spread information about my favorite presidential candidate.

Anybody know if we can shrink the QR codes and still have them be readable? I hesitated to do so but would have liked to.

 

I love QR codes and use them all the time, so this challenge was a good one for me!

 

I got side tracked looking at some of the codes! Luckily I remembered to post my page, lol
I used QRstuff.com (free if you don't upgrade), easy peasy...just pasted the link to the empty box and it generated it. I then just saved it as a jpg and pulled it into PSE as it was a photo.

 

I think this is the first time that I have used a QR code. I even had to ask my son how to scan it with my phone to check if it is working,

 

THANK YOU! I'll give it a go!

 

So am I correct in saying that ONLY someone with an iPhone can watch the videos, not just an Android phone?

 

It would be a Smart phone. If your Android is a smart phone then it should work. This was the first time I ever tried it. Perhaps @Karen knows if it works for Androids.

 

So, really curious (and possibly about to sound like a grinch). Those of you who are actually using these in your scrapbooks (rather than just for this challenge), are you relying on these links to tell your story? Don't you worry that using this sort of technology will give your page an expiry date if the technology changes/disappears? e.g QR codes fall out of favour (phones don't recognise, no generators), service hosts go out of business, website urls change or are taken down.

 

You can. As long as your phone camera can read it, it's fine. I don't remember how small? but I know I've shrunk them a lot.

Nope! Android phones can totally read them. It's built into the main camera on my Motorola, and it was the same for Samsung. Just hold your phone to the QR code and voila! Mine shows a link with the option to copy (looks like two papers layered) or go to the link (looks like a chain link). Click the link and it'll take you right to it.

If you are having trouble, try moving closer or farther from the qr code. I have to fill about 2/3 of the camera with the qr code to get it to read.

 

I don't worry about it, because my page still tells the story without the code. The code is just extra for me. Like Karen's page tells the story, and the video is an extra bonus.

Sometimes I link to Youtube, google photos, or sometimes I link to my own computer. Funny enough, Youtube and photos are more permanent in that way than my computer. But, I used to include dvd's or cd's of extra photos in the back of scrapbooks. Those are obsolete for most people now. So, at some point, it's possible the link won't work anymore, but until then, it's a fun addition. I typically use them for a photo album, or for video links.

 

Fun challenge, something new learned, thanks

 

I've wanted to do this for a long time but never tried. Thanks for the push!

 

I just use my iPhone camera and it asks me to open a browser and takes me right to it. I don't have a QR app.