My QR Code

Above is my QR code! I made it using Adobe InDesign for the Creative Cloud. The benefit of having a QR code is the simplicity. A single code can hold a handful of information such as name, email, address, telephone number, and website. In a business and networking aspect, the creation of QR codes is glorious. Individuals no longer need to go through the hassle of exchanging material before technological times. Since many people today have smartphones, they can download a QR code scanner app, which can be used to scan codes like the one above. For example, let's say there are two individuals who would like to exchange information. Traditionally, they would have to ask for each others' email addresses and phone numbers. Because a QR code can store data, having such would make information transferring much simpler. They would only need to scan each others' codes and the phone would do the rest. On iPhones, all the information gets filled out in either a new or existing contact. After that, all that needs to be done is press the 'save' button. No matter how many details their codes contain, the act of scanning a code is much faster than typing out information. I highly suggest everyone creates a QR code, and everyone with a smartphone downloads a QR code scanning application.

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