QR Codes: Ugly, Overused and Doomed | Techdirt<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI've never understood the hype about QR codes. They appeared one day, and then suddenly every advertiser made them a priority, plastering them all over everything in print. It has always seemed like u…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I think I've scanned a QR code with my smartphone … oh, twice in the last year or two. Coincidentally, one of the times was this weekend, scanning the code for a open box laptop at Best Buy that was on sale for a really cheap price. There was no spec info about the machine … Continue reading “QR? 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