Hi guys,
I just generated the QuickResponse-code for HF
http://www.planethammock.nl/images/qr.jpg
Here is the code you can use:
http://www.planethammock.nl/images/qr_hf.png
(click right button and save)
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Hi guys,
I just generated the QuickResponse-code for HF
http://www.planethammock.nl/images/qr.jpg
Here is the code you can use:
http://www.planethammock.nl/images/qr_hf.png
(click right button and save)
Or just bookmark it...
I RSS the page and use google reader. Works on your smart phone and in your web browser ;)
If you stare at it long enough, you'll see a hammock hanger in 3D.
j/k, although feel free to stare as long as you like. :rolleyes:
Stupid person here, with a new smart phone. I see these bar code things everywhere nowadays, but am not sure how/why to use them. For what exactly would I use this HF one, for instance?
Thanks!
And, for the record, I rolled my eyes at the parents for not being able to set their VCR.
to me the question is why??Quote:
Originally Posted by Wintec
Well, you'd download your QR reader app there, start 'er up, point it at your QR code thingy and have the app read it, which would take you to the HF homepage.
I am quicker on the draw with just hitting my browser bookmark, but I guess for new sites, it could be good. I'm not one to stand in the way of progress (ok well maybe a little bit in the way, but willing to move), but still am unconvinced about the usefulness. Of course my iPhone is slow in starting apps, so that may factor in to my experience with it as well.
There is that gee-whiz factor I suppose.
You have an app that "reads" the QR "barcode", gives you info and usually direct you to their website for more info:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Flangler
Don't worry about the hurdle of new tech, you've got to learn to use everything, this is new "not natural tech" - think about small kids having to learn to walk, impossible at first - but fast becomes second nature, and pretty soon they'll run.... it's all the same with mobile tech and computers;)
I don't think it's a matter of understanding the tech. To me it always comes down to getting a satisfactory answer to the question "what problem does it solve?".
I really don't think this was created for folks who spend every day here. (<---Guilty)
However, take that code and paste it onto a business card format out of word or whatever. Now you find yourself in your local outfitter(or hardware store...or bank...or gas station) talking about hammocks...'cause that's what we do...and someone asks about find out more info...
Got a smart phone? Here scan this and check it out...
Or say someone is selling wares at Traildays and they want to promote the forums...the symbol could be included on a sign.
Pretty cool, Wintec.
I guess that would be slightly faster than the ubiquitous urls everywhere. But it sure does "ugly up" a business card.
Well, the QR Code worked fine - took me right to the home page here. Of course, I am always here anyway, sooooo...I guess I coule print it out to give to folks. Right now I just give 'em the website URL. 6 = 1/2 dozen???
heh... I am so behind the times I only have one hammock and it's an old HH. My phone is as stupid as they come. Which is pretty stupid. So I guess this leaves me in the dirt.
I missed the first four or five PHONE calls on my new PHONE because I couldn't figure out how to answer the darn thing. But I was surfing HF the second I had it charged up out of the box!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bomber
Those of us who are not naturally tech savvy, I think, have a set point in the evolution of technology where we can pinpoint EXACTLY where we lost the ability to quickly grasp the newest gadgetry. For me, it was the cell phone/MP3/iPod (mobile tech, I suppose) era. Have I/will I learn? Sure...just in time for that dang iBrain to come out. I would have been the black sheep Jetson kid.
I am forever thankful for you tech types getting us through our dark times, as I'm sure you all are forever thankful for us entertaining the heck out of you.
What is really sad is when you ARE the tech guy and your kids have to teach you stuff. I hope the boss never finds out.:confused:
Quote:
Originally Posted by NCPatrick
I used to have the same problem, before I found how to close apps :cool:
speeds the phone and extends the battery life :shades:
simply press the home button twice a bottom menu bar will appear, just press and hold on an app icon and it will allow you to turn the app off :D
have fun!!!
Hmmm. On my 3G, pressing home twice only brings up my favorites phone number list, and no bottom menu option to close apps. I don't think I have the latest greatest as you must have. But I digress. Thanks for the tip!Quote:
Originally Posted by fred1diver
While new here, I am a 20 year veteran in the Tech Industry. QR codes are just like a business card. They are really good at trade shows and demonstration events, as well as magazines, flyers and posters.Quote:
Originally Posted by NCPatrick
If you were at an outdoor trade show, thousands of people could walk by and scan your code and have it in their phone for future reference. While (sort of) fairly new, it is a quite popular method of getting your data to your customer.
Instead of trying to remember was that hammockforums.com, or was it hammockforum.net? Insteead, a quick scan, and it is stored accurately for review when you get time.
Don't get me wrong, I do see the value in quickly getting and storing website urls. And I know that from the marketing side there are tools that are used to measure which hits come from these codes to measure the effectiveness of a campaign, I just don't see HF going on a membership drive anytime soon (speaking only for myself here, not HF). We have thus far acquired our membership through the quality and quantity of our content, and I expect that will continue. Again, JMO.
I do appreciate having the HF QR code though. I do think it's cool and valuable.
Hi Patrick,
This has nothing to do with any membership, iy's just a cool new piece of technology that can be used to inform your friends and people who are interested in hammocking to lead the way to this forum where they can find pretty much all the answers to their Q's.
For example, I print it on my businesscards:
http://www.planethammock.nl/images/bc.jpg
This is a dummy QR code)
You could print one and hang it in your local supermarket on a messageboard or so, or a gas station...
This is what i made for a re-seller:
http://www.planethammock.nl/images/gfs.jpg
Quote:
Originally Posted by NCPatrick
to me it is the age factor :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by NCPatrick
I know older folks are trying to keep up using technology (big article in the paper about that the other day) Guess I am not one of them...:D
When I am away from the computer the last thing I want to do is check email, check in on a website, or click on that block that will store things in your phone....of course you need to have a phone that does that :laugh:
I have a dumb phone.
Shig
You could easily have a QR point to the donation area that would help convert members to donating members.Quote:
Originally Posted by NCPatrick
Or, cottage industries could use them in their tagline to drive people to their sites.
Or, they could create a QR for a special offer that would link directly to the purchase page.
etc.
The difference between finding an app on the miscellaneous marketplaces and jumping directly to it from an interesting ad or article with a QR is night and day.
THAT'S IT!
You could easily have a QR point to the donation area that would help convert members to donating members.
Or, cottage industries could use them in their tagline to drive people to their sites.
Or, they could create a QR for a special offer that would link directly to the purchase page.
etc.
The difference between finding an app on the miscellaneous marketplaces and jumping directly to it from an interesting ad or article with a QR is night and day.
QR codes are getting prettier: (Thanks Wintec!!!)Quote:
Originally Posted by NCPatrick
Well now we're getting somewhere! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pipsissewa
On my iPhone for I use an app the is called tapatalk. It is a forum app. I have three listed in the brings me to Hammockforums.net, whiteblaze.net and a truck forum. works awesome and I don't have to worry about zooming in or out. Shows all the new posts quickly and I can hit the mark all read button easy enough to.
QR readers have enough following at this point that many new smart phones have pre-installed QR reader apps. They are also starting to find their way into magazine/pulp advertisements, quicker then having to type in a URL that takes you to a website, sale, whatever. I have seen them used for viral campaigns also for a couple of years, single QR pasted to a telephone pole at an intersection (which when scanned gives you the location of a bands gig, etc).
Keep your eye open for them they are more common then you think.