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St. Andrew’s and QR Codes

Posted by Steve Published in Relationships, St. Andrew's, _samp

Many St. Andrewsians have noted the appearance of the odd little boxes in our weekly Sunday handout, “Currently.” What are they? Great question.

The boxes are “QR Codes.” “QR” stands for “quick response.” It is a two-dimensional barcode and can contain thousands of bits of information. Most smartphones are equipped with a built-in bar code scanner – or in the case of my iPhone, I downloaded an app called, “Red Laser.” Simply scan the QR code using your barcode scanner and a link embedded in the QR code will, depending on the information contained, take you to a webpage or inititate a text or email. For instance, in “Currently,” you can scan the QR code next to the headline “Confirmation” and your browser will open the SAMP webpage with the information regarding our youth confirmation process. You can register for the Men’s Hike/New Wine, or, you can scan the QR code next to the “Staff” heading and be taken to the staff bio/contact page. My favorite feature of QR codes? If you have a question about the sermon being preached that morning you can scan the QR code next to the “Questions” headline and it will generate a text message that will be sent to that morning’s preacher with your question.

Pretty cool, huh?

Hopefully, it will enhance your life at SAMP as it increases our effectiveness at communication.

h/t Greg Shore (director of all things cool at SAMP)

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Droopy Dog said in March 11th, 2011 at 10:23 am

Hey Greg,

What’s the difference between these and IUID 2-D’s (Itemized Unique Identifiers)? Also, I think you should have them on the toys in your office so you can track them in case of bandits.

Geo said in March 11th, 2011 at 11:31 am

This is Latin to me & all other senoir citizens. I want to be present when Kojo participates in any of this. The average age of the congregant will drop to maybe 13/14.

Greg Shore said in March 11th, 2011 at 12:36 pm

IUID 2-D’s are a specific type of QR Code and are used to identify assets in the Department of Defense logistics system. They look just like a QR code and the technology is exactly the same. In our use, QR codes mostly point to assets on the web but they can contain any alphanumeric string.

George – Anthony already participates using his iPhone 4G!