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What is a QR Code Anyway?

February 18, 2011 By 4 Comments
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Have you seen those crazy little square boxes on websites and catalogs and wondered “what in the world” they are?  Me too!  They are QR Codes or Quick Response codes.

According to PCMag.com the definition of QR Code is:

A two-dimensional matrix bar code that is used to identify products. It can store up to 4,296 alphanumeric or 7,089 numeric characters. Depending on the level of error correction applied, it can restore from seven to 30% of the missing data.  Read the rest of the definition at PCMag.com.

So basically it’s a new code that businesses use to help their customer locate them.  Mobile phone users can snap a picture of the code and be taken to a specific product or service or to the businesses website.  On my iPhone, I installed the QR App and when I access the app, it automatically brings up my phone’s camera for me to snap a picture and then uses the code to take me to the site that the code is directing me to.  It’s pretty cool!

You can also get a custom QR code for your business at Google Places.   It is a great way to show off your website or products in advertisements, catalogs, flyers or emails.

Here is my code for Tasting The Internet -

qr code for tasting the internet

Give it a try, take a picture and see what happens.  But remember you might need a special application to make it work on your phone.

Long Time, No Blog

December 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Did you think I died?  Or maybe retired to an exotic island?  I can’t believe it has been SO long since I have posted on the blog.  You know how life sometimes grabs ahold of you and won’t let go?  Well, that has been happening to me for the past two months.

I feel like I have been in a submarine and we are just now surfacing!

What have I been doing for the last two months?   Glad you asked!  Here’s a little update on me and at the end of the post is a cool new web-based photo editing tool I just found that I wanted to share with you.  Yep, it’s free… :-)


smiling baby


In October our family welcomed a new member, Connor Bryant Brooks (our 5th grandchild) was born on October 11th and he is just perfect.  Of course, he’s now two months old and get’s cuter every day!  He is going to call me Mimi and I just love getting those little baby kisses from him. 



custom imprinting


Also in October my husband and I purchased a new business.  (right, like I’m not busy enough helping all of you with social media!)  It’s a custom imprint business and we can put your name, logo, sports team or whatever on just about anything you can think of.  We print t-shirts, sports team uniforms, caps, clocks, pictures frames…you name and we can do it.  This was suppose to be my hubby’s business, but I’ve been helping a lot with all the management pieces and marketing.  (psst..look for a Fan Page coming soon with weekly specials!)  Here’s the website if you want to take a look  http://theimprintdoctor.com


And now for the photo editing tool, it’s called Citrify.  There are lots of standard editing features like taking the red-eye out, smoothing blemishes and color contrasting.  Some of the ones I like are wrinkle remover and teeth whitening!  It’s like a little “mini-spa” photo editor and you can use it free.  :-)

Thanks for staying with me during my absence.  I hope to be back on track with some great social media tips and tools (and other stuff) going forward.