How much would you pay for the universe?

April 12, 2010

Nobody’s dreaming about tomorrow anymore. NASA knows how to dream about tomorrow. If the funding can accommodate it, the funding can empower it, the funding can enable it.

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A tip for using IMAP with Gmail and Apple Mail

April 9, 2010

I’ve found over time that a good tip for using gmail with Apple Mail is to use an IMAP prefix. This lets you control exactly what appears in Apple Mail (especially if you have a lot of gmail labels).

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How to create a business card QR code

April 2, 2010

Generally there are two ways to create QR codes for business cards. The first involves putting the information directly into the barcode. The other usually uses a web address to act as either a landing page filled with the contact information (say your linkedin profile) or as an indirect way of pointing to your contact information. Each method has its pros and cons and I’ll go over each.

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Bookmarklet: Create QR Codes From Your Browser

March 24, 2010

Here’s a quick little bookmarklet to generate QR codes. If you click the bookmarklet while you’re on a page, it will generate a barcode based on the address for that page, if you highlight text first, it will generate a barcode for that text.

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Painting with Chaos and Light

March 20, 2010

I’ve been playing with a really cool online painting tool called “Flame”. It’s a Flash app, so no need to download anything. From the site: Flame is a painting program, it belongs to my ‘I am Artist’ experimental project. I think with tools which inspires you, everyone can be an artist. You can try it [...]

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Facebook Jumping in the Gowalla and Foursquare Pool?

March 19, 2010

Just saw on Techcrunch, that it seems like the QR tests that appeared on Facebook are part of a location service of some kind. At first blush it sounds more like Google Favorite Places, but with Facebook’s focus on people and connections I can’t help but wonder if it’s going to incorporate aspects of Foursquare [...]

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QR Codes Ugly? The Future of Unobtrusive Physical Hyperlinking

March 19, 2010

One of the issues with QR codes that I’ve heard several times is that they’re not that visually appealing. I just ran across an interesting blog post Clothes With Matrix Codes Put Information Up Front | Singularity Hub. The post mentions another technology I wasn’t aware of Data Glyphs, symbols that can be embedded into [...]

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Overcoming the Limitations of QR Codes as Business Cards

March 18, 2010

Sharing information using QR codes is a great idea but it’s not without its limitations. I’ve been working on SnapMyInfo for several months now and thought I’d share my experiences with sharing contact information in this way.

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Facebook and the Coming Wave of QR Codes

March 16, 2010

With Facebook’s push to add QR codes to profiles, there is now the potential for millions of new users to be exposed to the what’s possible with these two dimensional barcodes. This technology has the potential to be as fundamental as the hyperlink with just as many amazing applications and creative uses.

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Read and Decode QR Codes Without a Smartphone

March 12, 2010

This led me to create a way to read these 2d barcodes without a smartphone. What I’ve built is an email-based QR code decoder that works on photo attachments.

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