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 vet, 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 som Nettadresser, 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, og Java: fremtiden for web

Før jeg begynner, en kort tur gjennom historien…

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

En webutvikler sitter på sin datamaskin, drikker kaffe og skrive noen kode. Han ønsker å gjøre en nettbasert spill. Den eneste måten han kan gjøre dette på er å bruke Adobes Flash-plattform for å lage en interaktiv film og legge det i sin nettside.

Han ønsker å sette en video på sitt nettsted for. YouTube høres ut som navnet på en cheesy grunnslinje, ingenting mer. Vår utvikleren har å gjøre en Flash-film for at, for.

Glem minnepinner 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.