Showing posts with label mobile phones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mobile phones. Show all posts

Monday, February 8, 2010

QR Codes - assistance on the go

QR codes are graphic codes that can be read using the camera on many existing mobile phones with the appropriate app. There are a number of websites such as http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
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that allow you to create your own QR code which can then be printed or embeded into a website. These codes can be used to convey text such as brief details of an event such as a seminar.
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When used on a web-enabled phone, they can also direct you to a website for further information. QR codes are appearing in many magazines for this very purpose.

UTS Library is running a pilot project using a range of applications of QR codes. For example, they are including the codes on their promotional bookmarks and brochures to link clients to the relevant online content. They are also placing the codes on equipment used by customers in the library. If the customer is unsure how to use the equipment they can scan the code and watch a short demonstration video. This is a great way of supplementing existing assistance by providing a physical demonstration.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Cellular Storytelling

Listening to FBI radio when I heard an interesting item about novels on mobile phones. In Japan in particular, reading a novel on your mobile phone is apparently hugely popular. Novels are also written on mobile phones. For more info, check out these articles:

"In Japan, cellular storytelling is all the rage", SMH, 3 December 2007.

" a novell?, Wikipedia, viewed 9 October 2008.