QR Codes: like barcodes, just better

Quick Response Code
A Quick Response Code

QR Codes, või Quick Response Codes, are all the rage nowadays. Tead, 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 nagu Aadressid, 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, ja JavaScript: Tuleviku veebi

Before I start, a brief trip through history

It’s 1999. Internet Explorer 5 is hot stuff, the tech bubble is growing. And Mariano Rivera is World Series MVP. And young (gasp.)

A web developer sits at his computer, drinking coffee and writing some code. He wants to make a browser-based game. The only way he can do this is to use Adobe’s Flash platform to make an interactive movie and embed that in his website.

He wants to put a video on his site too. YouTube sounds like the name of a cheesy subway line, nothing more. Our developer has to make a Flash movie for that, liiga.

Unusta mälupulgad Dropbox

Ma olen kindel, et see juhtub palju inimesi: sul on oluline faili oma flash drive ja sa pead andma selle, välja trükkida, või võtta seda kusagil mujal. Ainult probleem? Sa kaotad oma flash drive. See juhtus minuga liiga palju kordi.

Nii et miks ma otsustasin hoiduda mälupulgad ja postitada kraami ise ja kasutada võimu internet.

Leidsin Dropbox, mis võimaldab mul juurdepääsu oma failidele kõikjalt nii kaua, kui mul on internetiühendus. Ma ei pea isegi mälupulka enam; Võin lihtsalt salvestada kõik, mida vajan minu Dropbox konto.