Consumer Escapes - QR Codes

My contact information in QR code

I remember when we were kids riding our bikes and someone would yell out, "I know a shortcut." When the shortcut worked out it was great. Sometimes we ended up on a dead-end street and had to double back.


Today's technology is much the same. Many digital shortcuts are true time-savers. For instance knowing the commands to cut, copy, paste, close and my personal favorite "force quit." And some technology shortcuts are dead-ends. Like sometimes clicking on this blog.


One that holds great promise is the QR code, or Quick Response code. Often I receive a business card and have to type all of the data into my phone's address book. (Beaming on a Palm Pilot, now that was a shortcut.) Now with a QR code reader all of the data can be captured and transferred in a blink. Give it a whirl.