By @edent · copyright legal sky sky news twitter YouTube · 22 comments · 1,000 words · read ~7,467 times.
UPDATE! I have reached a settlement with Sky. Update: 16 March, 2011. They have finally paid up! tl;dr Sky News stole my copyrighted work and distributed it without credit or payment. I asked them to pay £1,500. They refused. Full Story During the recent O2 brouhaha I recorded a video showing how the issue could […]
Continue reading →By @edent · #ipexpo badvertising qr taxi · 1 comment · 250 words · read ~626 times.
I recently overheard two advertising executives discussing their latest QR campaign. I jotted down what they were saying... Dave! Dave! I've got a brilliant idea! What is it, Fred? Let's make a QR code... right... but make it really hard to scan! Brilliant idea, Fred! How? We can stick it on a Taxi, so that […]
Continue reading →By @edent · barcap govcamp government government camp hackday ukgc12 · 3 comments · 900 words · read ~201 times.
As per the meme, here are my 20 points on Gov Camp UK. Sign up early. I dawdled and so was only able to get a ticket for Saturday. I feel like I missed out on a lot of interesting conversations. BarCamps should be recorded for posterity. It's a point I've made before. Cameras and […]
Continue reading →By @edent · http https mobile path privacy security ssl · 2 comments · 250 words · read ~275 times.
I'm trying out the new Android app for Path - the new social networking service. I've discovered something rather troubling... Most of the app's communication with the Path servers is over SSL. This means that no-one can see the data you're sending and receiving. If there are snoops on your network, they will only be […]
Continue reading →By @edent · mobile world congress mwc12 qr qrpedia smartukproject · 100 words · read ~116 times.
We're incredibly excited to announce that QRpedia has made the shortlist for the Smart UK Project! We are searching for the UK's Most Innovative Mobile Companies. Our aim is to celebrate UK innovation and showcase the best examples of UK mobile innovation. We'll be presenting at the competition in January - if we make the […]
Continue reading →By @edent · metro mobile newspaper qr statistics · 3 comments · 350 words · read ~440 times.
There was a lot of interest in my recent post about TfL's QR statistics. Today, I present to you three very different QR codes and their statistics. These are all taken from the Metro newspaper on Tuesday January 10th. Wowcher First up is "Wowcher", a big quarter page advert on page 28. Wowcher's statistics show […]
Continue reading →By @edent · battery mobile samsung · 2 comments · 550 words · read ~298 times.
You may have heard of "Range Anxiety". It's the worry that your car will run out of petrol before you have a chance to find a filling station. I have "power anxiety" - the crushing realisation that my smartphone's battery will be dead by lunchtime if I use it for more than five minutes. Over […]
Continue reading →By @edent · london qr statistics stats tfl · 4 comments · 450 words · read ~1,698 times.
Last year, I suggested that TfL should use QR codes to point to their excellent mobile countdown service. Looks like someone was listening! I spotted this poster at a tube station. Nestled in the corner is a QR code pointing at the mobile bus countdown service! This is a close-to-perfect use of QR. Points to […]
Continue reading →By @edent · copyright deviceatlas lawyers openddr wurfl · 63 comments · 1,150 words · read ~8,301 times.
When a phone's web browser visits your site, how can you tell what capabilities that phone has? How can you work out its screensize, whether it can play mp3s, or know if it supports a particular bit of JavaScript? It ought to be possible using a mixture of UAProf, accept headers, and media queries. But […]
Continue reading →By @edent · idiots southwest trains sw_trains trains · 100 words · read ~234 times.
An amusing mistake spotted by my wife on her way to work. SouthWest Trains are trying to promote their Twitter service - @SW_Trains - via their LED message boards. Looks like the displays don't understand the underscore character. I wonder if anyone tested this before it went live? You can watch the full video
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