QR Codes: like barcodes, just better

Quick Response Code
A Quick Response Code

QR Codes, eller Quick Response Codes, are all the rage nowadays. Du ved, 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 ligesom URL'er, phone numbers, words, og mere. 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, og JavaScript: fremtiden for nettet

Før jeg starter, en kort tur gennem historien…

Det er 1999. Internet Explorer 5 er hot stuff, tech boble vokser. Og Mariano Rivera er World Series MVP. Og unge (gisp.)

En webudvikler sidder ved sin computer, drikke kaffe og skrive noget kode. Han ønsker at gøre en browser-baseret spil. Den eneste måde han kan gøre dette på er at bruge Adobes Flash-platform for at gøre en interaktiv film og integrere det i hans hjemmeside.

Han ønsker at sætte en video på hans hjemmeside også. YouTube lyder som navnet på en teatralsk undergrundsbane linje, intet mere. Vores udvikler har at gøre en Flash-film for at, også.

Glem flashdrev med 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.