Semacode is a URL barcode readable by camera phones.
Print the above image, tape it to a physical object. Next time someone wanders by with a Symbian/Series 60 phone they point, click and their browser takes them to http://www.corante.com/many.
Camera phones are the fastest growing consumer electronic device. People take them everywhere in the real world. And like Greg Elin from Fotonotes says, "they are just data capture devices."
[via Dan Gillmor, see also: Smartmobs yesterday and in July]
Definitely CueCat-ish! The difference is that these little widgets can be anywhere, not just magazines. Also, they're using existing deployed devices, rather than trying to get you to install software and hardware.
Can you imagine a room with wallpaper filled with these glyphs? Interesting way to take a "business card" with you.
1. Slithy Tove on May 6, 2004 1:18 AM writes...
Hm. I dunno about this idea. Remind anyone of the late, unlamented Cue Cat?
Permalink to Comment2. Joe Crawford on May 6, 2004 10:02 AM writes...
Definitely CueCat-ish! The difference is that these little widgets can be anywhere, not just magazines. Also, they're using existing deployed devices, rather than trying to get you to install software and hardware.
Can you imagine a room with wallpaper filled with these glyphs? Interesting way to take a "business card" with you.
Permalink to Comment3. milk on May 6, 2004 10:49 AM writes...
hehehe, you two beat me to it. :)
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