QR Codes: like barcodes, just better

Quick Response Code
A Quick Response Code

QR Codes, of Quick Response Codes, are all the rage nowadays. Jy weet, those black-and-white barcode-looking thingies that show up on magazines, posters, and even some t-shirts.

A QR Code is actually fairly similar to a barcode: it’s an image that encodes data soos URL, phone numbers, words, and more. You can even take a picture and sort of turn it into a QR code (the picture is uploaded to the internet and the QR code encodes the URL of the picture.) Sure you lose some aesthetic value, but hey.

HTML5, CSS3, en JavaScript: die toekoms van die web

Voordat ek begin, 'n kort reis deur die geskiedenis…

Dis 1999. Internet Explorer 5 is hot stuff, die tegnologie borrel groei. En Mariano Rivera is World Series MVP. En jong (snak.)

'N web developer sit by sy rekenaar, die drink van koffie en skryf 'n paar kode. Hy wil 'n browser-based spel te maak. Die enigste manier waarop hy dit kan doen, is Adobe's Flash platform te gebruik om 'n interaktiewe film te maak en insluit in sy webwerf.

Hy wil 'n video te maak op sy webwerf te. YouTube sounds like the name of a cheesy subway line, nothing more. Our developer has to make a Flash movie for that, te.

Vergeet stick met Dropbox

I’m sure this happens to a lot of people: you have an important file on your flash drive and you need to hand it in, print it out, or take it somewhere else. Only problem? You lose your flash drive. It’s happened to me far too many times.

So that’s why I decided to eschew flash drives and emailing stuff to myself and use the power of the internet.

I found Dropbox, which lets me access my files from anywhere as long as I have an internet connection. I don’t even need a flash drive any more; I can just store everything I need on my Dropbox account.