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I had this same conversation with a colleague recently. She was making a QR code that just pointed to her Linkedin profile as her "contact". I suggested a QR-ified vCard contact. It's probably a matter of what works best for your particular situation. The helpful takeaway is that a QR code need not be a URL. Just for giggles, you could also encode the contact information onto an NFC label and attach that to your business card. If I recall correctly, Google Lens can take (or used to take?) a sensibly formatted business card and offer to turn it into a contact. So with some careful design, you could make a three-way physical-to-digital business card. [Some NFC labels have a pretty low max character limit.] On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 10:45 AM Hammer, Erich F <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There are a number of browser add-ons for "QRing" a web address, but the > nice thing about Zint is that you don't need a web address to point folks > at. > > In other words, you can generate a QRcode (or other symbol) from any > stand-alone text you want. E.G. a physical mailing address and telephone > number like you would have on a business card. I'm sure there is a limit > to the number of characters, but I tested making QR-haiku. ☺ > > > On Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 09:33, Luke Menzies eloquently > inscribed: > > > There is an Extension or Plugin built into the Chrome browser that will > > generate a QR code from a web address. It's pretty easy and does not > > require that you purchase anything or download malware. You just click > > on the "Share" button directly to the Right of the address bar. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Hammer, > > Erich F <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 7:46 > > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] QR Code replacement for business card > > > > The plethora of "free" code generators online are harvesting > information. It > > wouldn't surprise me if most don't even have a privacy policy. > > > > Zint is open source and offline, and it appears very capable and > documented > > with 41 different kinds of symbols/codes plus sub-variants: > > > > https://www.zint.org.uk/<https://www.zint.org.uk/> > > > > Download the zipped binaries (for Windows) here: > > > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/zint/files/< > https://sourceforge.net/proj > > ec ts/zint/files/> > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > Erich > > > > On Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 21:56, Charles Meyer eloquently > > inscribed: > > > >> My esteemed lisatmates, > >> > >> If I just wanted to create a QR code others could scan off my Samsung > >> Galaxy A03 so they would have my name, phone #, email, library name, > >> address and Web site which site would you recommend for me to create a > >> free "business card" replacement QR code? > >> > >> Thank you. > >> > >> Charles. > >> > >> Charlotte County Public Library > > >