On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 17:03 -0500, Bryen M. Yunashko wrote:
On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 15:29 -0600, James Mason wrote:
QR codes seem to be popping up everywhere... should be have an 'official' QR to unify our brand a bit?
Ex: http://minus.com/mbi39IldTn => http://opensuse.org
-- James Mason
Heh, I didn't realize you could put an image on top of a code. Thought it had to be unfettered.
How much of the code can be obscured depends on the level of error correction. http://www.paperlinks.com/designercodes.php
I suggest we not create a single QR code but rather customize them to apply to the relevant material.at hand. Whether it be in a brochure, on poster, or in a magazine, the content of the QR code matters more than having a standardized QR code.
I agree that different content can be used for different topics. I was thinking more along the lines of "if you want a QR code for http://opensuse.org, use this one." Maybe when the black stickers run out we do something that actually has a connection to the rest of our ecosystem, instead of just a logo.
On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 16:12 -0600, James Mason wrote:
I suggest we not create a single QR code but rather customize them
to
apply to the relevant material.at hand. Whether it be in a
brochure, on
poster, or in a magazine, the content of the QR code matters more
than
having a standardized QR code.
I agree that different content can be used for different topics. I was thinking more along the lines of "if you want a QR code for http://opensuse.org, use this one." Maybe when the black stickers run out we do something that actually has a connection to the rest of our ecosystem, instead of just a logo.
Now that I like! I can just see it now. A QR Code on your laptop while you're riding the train or bus and a curious fellow commuter checks out your QR Code from the comfort of his/her own phone and voila! instant "re-advertising!"
We should definitely put this in the works and prepare for an eventual depletion of our existing black-circle stickers. I think we're close enough to full depletion that we can start planning around this.
And for that matter, we should come up with an image for the little laptop "Powered-by" stickers as well. Those need an update to be sure.
Bryen
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