ncompass live: tech talk with michael sauers - qr codes, wifi security & more tech news

TechTalk with Michael Sauers

NCompass Live24 November 2010

Do you offer free publicWiFi in your library?

Click the GoToWebinarcheckmark for yes.

Do you require a password to access your open WiFi?

Click the GoToWebinarcheckmark for yes.

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Has Firesheep led you library to implement WPA on the public WiFi?

Answers

Yes, as soon as I heard about it.Not yet, but it's in the works.Nope. We're not going to turn on WPA.What's Firesheep and/or WPA?WPA was on before Firesheep was released.

What?

• Wikipedia:A QR Code is a matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by QR scanners, mobile phones with a camera, and smartphones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on white background. The information encoded can be text, URL or other data.

Numeric only Max. 7,089 characters

Alphanumeric Max. 4,296 characters

Binary (8 bits) Max. 2,953 bytes

Kanji/Kana Max. 1,817 characters

QR Code data capacity

Hardware

• Any cell phone with a camera and the ability to install software that can interpret the code.

• What the device can do with the resulting data will vary depending on the devices other features. (i.e. Internet connection)

Software

• Barcode Scanner (Android)

• Quickmark (iPhone)

• BeeTagg QR Code Reader (Windows Phone and Blackberry)

• UpCode (Blackberry)

Examples

Library ideas

• Hours• Branch Locations• Call number locations• Tours• Art descriptions

• What ideas do you have?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shifted/5041172669/

QR Code Generators

• QR Code Generatorhttp://zxing.appspot.com/generator/

• SPARQcodehttp://www.sparqcode.com/static/maestro

• i-nigma barcode creatorhttp://www.i-nigma.com/CreateBarcodes.html

• Chrome Extensionhttps://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/cicimfkkbejhggfjaabggafffgdnjgjp

Other 2D Codes

• Micro QR Code35 Characters

• High Capacity Color Barcode3500 characters per square inchMicrosoft TAG is one implementation

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