QR Codes

QR Codes- A new (rather old now) method for marketing!

Originally intended for the automobile industry, these codes abbreviated as Quick Response codes, were developed by Denso Wave, a subsidiary of the famous Toyota Automobiles in 1994.

And these are a kind of two dimensional bar codes and contain virtually any kind of data.

QR Codes vs. Bar Codes

The conventional Bar Codes, which are in use, are of one dimensional can contain literally small amount of data as when compared to QR codes. And unlike bar codes, QR codes don't need special readers/scanners to obtain the data in them.

QR codes require the ordinary Smart phones with some applications to read a QR code. These apps include

NeoReader, QR Droid (where you can create and scan QRs) and so on. These are available at free of cost.

QR Codes-demystified

[A QR code for my blog.
Created from Qrstuff.com]

The image to the left will link you to this blog if you scan it with a proper QR reader application in your smart phone. 

QR codes are a variant of 2D codes apart from Aztec codes, Data Matrix are also in use. They contain data in the form of pictures and the data that can be transformed range from 

website URLs, Social networking links, Appstore downloads, Vcards, Vcalendar etc.

 It is possible for us create QR codes via online QR code generators available. Various websites are:

qrcode.kaywa.com

www.qrstuff.com

goqr.me

www.the-qrcode-generator.com

A visual QR code, a more different form,can be created at www.visualead.com

Further information regarding the structure and type of a QR code can be obtained from the www.qrstuff.com

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

And what made me to post this is that I wanted to give my resume a lil bit different look . Then I came up with an idea of inserting QR codes into my resume. There are suggestions where we can use QR codes in one's resume. It may make your resume somewhat innovative and shows your interest in learning new technology!!

Well Happy QRing.....