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Japanese magazine filled with only QR codes

Mike Sheetal Written on 14th March 2008                                                                                                              7 COMMENTS some text
Mike Sheetal, Next Web WebTipr in Japan

I was tipped off via Peter at Bubblefoundry and an article over at CScout Japan about a magazine that is out currently here in Japan that is filled with pretty much only free things that you can download from QRcodes with your mobile phone.

Trends in Japan » Tada Gets: QR code-only print magazine

The Magazine is called Tada Gets (site is made for mobile and is all in Japanese), which basically means “get it free”. The pages are filled with a little text and/or image explaining what you can get and then the QR code that will get you to a mobile website where you can download the free content.

I mentioned earlier that the use of 2D codes in Japan was already a reality and this is just one example of how they are tightly integrated into the lives of Japanese people on a daily basis.

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About the author: Mike Sheetal is Founder/Director of UltraSuperNew Inc., a Tokyo based interactive creative agency. Originally from Australia, he has been living and working in Japan since 2002 and working in digital media since 1994. He co-organises Tokyo2point0, an interactive industry networking event, and blogs at mikesheetal.com.

7 comments/trackbacks to “Japanese magazine filled with only QR codes”

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  2. By localhost on Mar 15, 2008

    Another place to create your own QRcode images is the Nokia site: http://mobilecodes.nokia.com/c.....s=accepted

    Reply

  3. By Alberto on Mar 19, 2008

    Here you can generate also QRcodes for multiple online communities

    http://www.tagmore.com/generator

    Reply

  4. By Joe on Oct 24, 2008

    I use http://www.qrcard.org to generate QR codes in vcard format or in plain text. No software to download, just fill in the form and you get your QR code on the screen. Straight forward!

    Reply

  5. By steven on May 10, 2009

    I believe QR Code will be the ‘code’ of the future because it can contain so much more information than the conventional codes that we’re using.

    Recently, we came up with a marketing campaign using http://www.beqrious.com for the QR Code and we tried to educate people about how useful these codes are.

    Slowly but surely…..we’re on our way, I would say. :-)

    Reply

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