Barcode Manifesto

Excellent piece of writing from Tommi over on S60 application blog: 2D Barcode Manifesto. The discussion that follows is also very interesting (as much as the post itself) with Dennis from ShotCode ans Stan from Semapedia around the content of the codes… shortcode vs. url

I believe there is a market and an use for both… shortcode has some advantages over url! Size is one advanatge and then there is all the services you can provide on top of it.

I don’t see a solution for ID’s unless there is open number space for ID url mappings. (#)

Yes…

In my view codes should be like the internet, you don’t earn money with the internet, you earn money with the solutions you provide via the internet. (#)

I think that for instance kaywa is heading in the right direction by creating a browser and by providing solutions and concepts. The only thing is that kaywa should be blamed for misusing the open standard by creating a adding an own shortcode in the system. (#)