This is an idea I picked up from the moo blog and also fitted in nicely with something I had been meaning to do for ages. As a working photographer, I carry lots of equipment with me for each job. Occasionally, some of this can get lost – or at least temporarily mislaid. I decided to label everything with my contact details, so that there would be some chance of getting it back if I lost it. Around the same time, I read a blog post from moo about using QR codes.
So, I decided to design some moo stickers with a custom QR code, and use them to label all my equipment. It would be possible to just print ordinary labels, with my contact details, but that would be a lot less interesting and far too low-tech !
However, apart from that, there are a few advantages to using the stickers instead :
- They’re small, and therefore can be used on virtually anything – including CF cards
- The vinyl they’re printed on is harder wearing and more waterproof than my usual inkjet-printed labels
- I can have quite a lot of information on a small label
- It makes it just that bit easier for anyone with a smartphone to contact me
However, I’ve also added my phone number for those who don’t have a smartphone, or don’t know how to read a QR code.
Here are some photos of how I use them :
There are loads of websites you can use to generate QR codes, I used this one :
http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/
I also used the information on the next website to guide my layout. The stickers are probably a little smaller than the ideal size – but seem to work fine :
www.jeffkorhan.com/2011/08/3-best-practices-for-generating-reliable-qr-codes.html
And, last but not least – the moo website
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