Lufthansa QR Code Campaign continues:



A picture to remember how it looked when they started:



See also: Vowe about the QR Code Lufthansa Campaign, Step by Step (with the inbuilt Nokia QR Reader)

Shui Tang | Liquid Delicacies
Spiegelgasse 26 | CH-8001 Zurich
info at shuitang.ch | +41 44 555 91 61

Short Info about Shui Tang with QR Code (PDF)

And below is a screenshot of the mobile tea overview. You will find most teas so far in the Oolong overview (all texts in german). Naturally there are many more teas you can find at the Shui Tang teahouse. Texts for single teas will be added and updated continually. An all teas come always with a QR Code.



See also:
Extended Packaging with QR Codes

Some people seem to have had difficulties downloading the Kaywa Reader for the 7610 Supernova. It seems this phone has a problem with the jad file, when downloading directly via mobile phone.

So here you can download the jar file directly.

New Kaywa Reader for the following Symbian devices

Nokia 5500 Symbian
Nokia 6290 Symbian
Nokia 5700 Xpress Music Symbian
Nokia 6110 Navigator Symbian
Nokia 6120 Classic Symbian
Nokia E51 Symbian
Nokia E61i Symbian
Nokia E63 Symbian
Nokia e65 Symbian
Nokia E66 Symbian
Nokia E90 Communicator Symbian
Nokia N71 Symbian
Nokia N73 Symbian
Nokia N76 Symbian
Nokia N80 Symbian
Nokia N81 Symbian
Nokia N91 Symbian
Nokia N93 Symbian
Nokia N93i Symbian
Nokia N95 Symbian
Nokia N96 Symbian
Nokia 6124 Symbian
Nokia e61i Symbian
Nokia e70 Symbian
Nokia e71 Symbian

The NKR reads:
- URL
- Shortcodes (eg. 202506)
- MeCard (= NTTDoCoMo contact format)
- Vcard (= International contact format)
- Phone Numbers
- Email
- SMS

Peeking through the Sudare at Shui Tang, Image: tee.kaywa.com

The same as in the Teahouse/Shop Shui Tang at Spiegelgasse is getting more and more complete, so does the Extended Packaging of Shui Tang.
The printed packaging finally arrived and we are very happy with the results. The photo below gives only an idea how it looks, as the colors are rendered too bright.



The sticker with the QR Code (which will be applied on the above packaging) can be seen below, while we finished yesterday the mobile version for Symbian devices. So here is the QR Code (click the image below to get a bigger picture) to access information about the Qilan Oolong.



And here is what you can expect when scanning the QR Code:



and if you go back to Home, it looks like this:

Chragi from #atelier359 just sent me the mockup for the invitation card of Shui Tang. I think it looks stunning and I had an urge to publish it. It will naturally come with a QR Code.

Whereas the invitation card is still in progress, the business cards are now printed. How they look, you can see here:
Meng-Lin Chou's Business Card (downsized PDF)
Neutral Business Card (downsized PDF)

They are much more beautiful in real, so if you visit Zurich don't miss Shui Tang and get a real one.

You can already bookmark the QR Code:
Shui Tang - Liquid Delicacies
www.shuitang.ch

The recent study from Marsh Inc and reported on by japan.internet.com can be found at
QR code-reading phones held by almost four in five Japanese.
It corroborates what I recently said in Why a QR Code on a webpage?.

Q1SQ2: From where have you read a QR Code using your mobile phone? (Sample size=199, multiple answer)

	Votes	Percentage
Advertising leaflet	116	58.3%
Computer display	111	55.8%
Newspaper, magazine	102	51.3%
Product label, packaging	84	42.2%
Poster	66	33.2%
Paper print-out	41	20.6%
Business card	20	10.1%
Mobile phone display	13	6.5%
Vending machine	9	4.5%
Other	3	1.5%

USE CASE #1: QR Codes on a Webpage in general and QR Codes on DokoDare in particular

Why a QR Code on a webpage?
Many people say, that they don't understand why on earth someone should put a QR Code on a website as you are already have it before your eyes.

Well, in general, you are not glued to your PC screen 24 hours and so it makes a lot of sense to scan the QR Code and take the webpage with you when you are leaving the "big screen". Normally you also have more idle time when on the move than before a PC, so a QR Code helps you also to bookmark interesting things which cannot be read right now - as you are probably working.
Also the webpage and the mobile version can significantly diverge in what they offer as both screens have different advantages and disadvantages.

In the case of DokoDare this is even more true. The normal use case of going somewhere unknown was to 1) print the address with phone numbers and all 2) to go to map service 3) to print the map and note down phone numbers 4) to finally head to the place.
Now you find a place on DokoDare (example (web version not yet open to the public)), you scan the QR Code and you have everything with you - address, phone number, map, additional information. And even better, you have not only the place you are going to, but you also see nearby places (like nearest bus or tram station, a café where to wait when you are too early etc.)

Let me know if that has helped you or if you have something to add to it in the comments.

1) September 17, 2007

After reading an article on the Dubai blog about Kufi, architecture combining QR Codes and Kufi's makes a lot of sense for me. I close with:

And imagine the use in architecture, on a middle eastern telecom building full of kufi's and QR Codes.

See: Kufi and QR Code, post from September 17, 2007


2) During #IranElection on Twitter, this idea of Kufi and QR Codes reemerges in my mind
12:49 AM June 15, 2009
@MAMK idea: QR codes to facilitate planned protests. => in England they got around the perimeter rule this way. We'll see and watch
1:10 AM June 15, 2009
Iranian people turn digital smugglers in battle for information - Guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/2M6sk - Simple Text QR Code could help

After having seen the Kufi on Khamenei's site, I remembered my Kufi post. And I think that this similarity could be well used.

4:43 AM June 16 , 2009
@MAMK @rafik @AugmentedAdvert - Addendum : (old post) Similarity of Kufi and QR Code http://mobile.kaywa.com/p777 and http://bit.ly/mQZtW


3) Today I discover Söhne & Partner's QR Code Building in Dubai (planning begun August 2008)
See Code Unique, Studio City Hotel. There is also an infosheet about Code Unique, Studio City Hotel (L.C.).



The Dubai QR Code meme comes full cercle. Still I continue to think that the combination of Kufi and QR Code is what would be even more interesting. Especially as the QR Code could help to be scanned by people who cannot read well. Somehow I also think about the cathedrals with their paintings which were there for the majority of people who could neither read nor understand latin. And somehow, in another way, this persists in Iran with the use of farsi (persian) and arabic. So imagine, you could either read the Kufi or scan the QR Code and hear the text in your language.

As you can see this post got a bit long and I apologize if not everything is clear and I mix too many things. To make it easy, I continue to call it the Dubai QR Code meme, but it brings up much more questions than this meme's name could express.

The new japanese resident card - the Jukicard - comes now with a QR Code. As Switzerland voted recently about biometric passports (see also NZZ in german), why not adopt this too. Kaywa went already half way (although the nicer part of it).