Table of Contents
Quick Shortcuts 11
Introduction 13
About QR Codes 17
What is a QR code? 17
Why should I scan QR codes? 19
Why should my business use QR codes? 19
How are QR codes already being used? 21
You and QR Codes 22
How do I scan and decode a QR code? 22
What happens when I scan a QR code? 23
Readers 23
How do I find the right QR code reader for my phone? 23
Can I decode QR codes on my desktop computer? 26
Making QR Codes 27
Why make a QR Code? 27
Can I make color QR codes? 27
What resolution should QR codes have? 27
Can someone make a QR code for me? 28
How can I make my own QR Codes? 28
How do I enter text into the QR code generator? 30
Can I create QR codes with my mobile phone? 30
Rules of Thumb for making QR codes 30
Firefox Extension 31
WordPress Extension 31
How do I convince someone to scan the QR code I made? 32
Where can I put QR Codes? 33
QR Code Analytics 34
Google and QR Codes 36
Google Places 36
Google Goggles 39
Mobile Web 40
Should I use the .mobi Extension? 40
Mobile Websites 41
How You Can Use QR Codes 46
The A to Z of QR Codes 50
Appendix A – Other Types of Barcodes 105
1D Barcodes 105
Create your own 1d barcodes 108
Comparative Shopping 108
Other 2D Barcodes 109
Decoding 2D Drivers License Barcodes 116
Appendix B – QR Code History and Specifications 117
Appendix C – Entering Text into QR Code Generators 122
Appendix D - Not Barcodes, but Kind of Similar 124
Location-Based Applications 124
Augmented Reality 125
Internet of Things 127
Appendix E – Academic Research 129
Index 135
Quick Shortcuts 11
Introduction 13
About QR Codes 17
What is a QR code? 17
Why should I scan QR codes? 19
Why should my business use QR codes? 19
How are QR codes already being used? 21
You and QR Codes 22
How do I scan and decode a QR code? 22
What happens when I scan a QR code? 23
Readers 23
How do I find the right QR code reader for my phone? 23
Can I decode QR codes on my desktop computer? 26
Making QR Codes 27
Why make a QR Code? 27
Can I make color QR codes? 27
What resolution should QR codes have? 27
Can someone make a QR code for me? 28
How can I make my own QR Codes? 28
How do I enter text into the QR code generator? 30
Can I create QR codes with my mobile phone? 30
Rules of Thumb for making QR codes 30
Firefox Extension 31
WordPress Extension 31
How do I convince someone to scan the QR code I made? 32
Where can I put QR Codes? 33
QR Code Analytics 34
Google and QR Codes 36
Google Places 36
Google Goggles 39
Mobile Web 40
Should I use the .mobi Extension? 40
Mobile Websites 41
How You Can Use QR Codes 46
The A to Z of QR Codes 50
Appendix A – Other Types of Barcodes 105
1D Barcodes 105
Create your own 1d barcodes 108
Comparative Shopping 108
Other 2D Barcodes 109
Decoding 2D Drivers License Barcodes 116
Appendix B – QR Code History and Specifications 117
Appendix C – Entering Text into QR Code Generators 122
Appendix D - Not Barcodes, but Kind of Similar 124
Location-Based Applications 124
Augmented Reality 125
Internet of Things 127
Appendix E – Academic Research 129
Index 135