Idea
- Manor, TX put codes on lots of public property. 22-year-old CIO.
- e.g. QR code on the backstop of a baseball field that brings up the schedule
- Ann Arbor (MI) District Library put QR codes on their summer reading game posters.
Brainstorming
- Different colors of code for different types of information
- Are we allowed to put QR code stickers around the city, or is that illegal?
- City may need to eventually give its blessing, much like the WalkRaleigh project last year.
- QR code leads to a redirect page, so if the original destination goes down it can be relinked.
- Maybe the intermediary is Triangle Wiki? Also provides publicity for TriangleWiki
- QR code generator that's colorized by type. Open source the creation of the QR tags.
- Plugin for LocalWiki that generates a QR code for the page.
- Doesn't have to be a printed sticker--could also just be embedded on another page. Scanning the tag with your phone will open the link in your browser.
- How much does the city need to be involved? Have the city adopt a common protocol that defines how to generate the code, where they can be.
- If it's easy to produce a QR code, how do we prevent someone from printing bogus ones that link elsewhere?
Resources
- Wales, UK is doing this in partnership with Wikipedia. QR codes around the city linking to historical information.
- Some companies, e.g. delivr.com provide re-linkable QR codes.
How to do it
- TriangleWiki plugin that generates a QR code for every page
- Find a graphic designer to design a cool-looking "sticker" that contains the QR code, the triangle wiki logo, maybe the name of the page
- Talk with WalkRaleigh people--how to print the signs, reuse their existing code that open sources their generation
- Find some seed money to print out a first batch of codes. Maybe use public art installations?
- Volunteers install these.
- People see them, scan them, learn more about Triangle Wiki, get more involved in the community
- Peace descends upon the planet. We are all knighted.
