[Web4lib] The Big QR > City of New York Blankets Times Square With Giant QR Codes

[Cindy Harper]

How thoroughly American - getting us to expend more energy in order to get
advertising.

Cindy Harper, Systems Librarian
Colgate University Libraries
charper at colgate.edu
315-228-7363



On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 8:19 PM, gerrymck <gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com> wrote:

> To celebrate Internet Week 2010, the City of New York outfitted Times
> Square
> with giant QR codes earlier today. It’s called “The City at Your
> Fingerprints” and eleven New York agencies participated in the interactive
> billboard initiative.
> Times Square denizens could use their smartphone barcode scanning app to
> scan the QR codes — which were featured in an animated sequence on the
> Thomson Reuters building in Times Square from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET — and
> pull up information relating to specific agencies being featured.
>
> [snip]
>
> These QR codes are certainly impressive to behold and are a nice first try
> from NYC Media, the agency behind the effort. [snip]
>
> !! Libraries > Wake Up And See The Future !!!
>
> BTW: If You Think I've Lost Patience W/ My Colleagues That Still Live In
> The
> 20th Century > You're Correct > Get A Clue !!!
>
> Full Story And Other Photos Available At
>
> [ http://tinyurl.com/2592sg6 ]
>
> !!! Thanks To Mashable Mobile For The Tweet !!!
>
> EnJOY !
>
> /Gerry
>
> Gerry McKiernan
> Associate Professor
> Science and Technology Librarian
> Iowa State University Library
> Ames IA 50011
>
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