Edible encoded messages: QR Code Chocolates By Chocolate Graphics for Marketing Advantage

QR Code Chocolates By Chocolate Graphics - Get The Chocolate QR Code Marketing Advantage:


Edible encoded messages. So how many people out there actually use these QR codes? Marketing executives want to know. I like the range of information you can put into a graphic. Over at http://www.qrstuff.com/ you can choose from 17 different input data types (below) including YouTube videos and big chunky plain text documents. The sample below is a list of the free apps on Amazon from January this year, clocking in at 152 words with 725 characters.

You can also go to bit.ly (URL shortener / tracking) and generate QR codes with link to your webpage, in this case a links to the article on about Amazon apps for the month of March 2012.

The bit.ly links can be customized with your own words or number system that you create. Use the bit.ly URL shortener prefix, or their equivalent j.mp prefix: http://j.mp/Free-Kindle-Apps. See the stats of any biy.ly or j.mp links by adding a plus sign: http://j.mp/Free-Kindle-Apps+

 Website URL
 YouTube Video
 Google Maps Location
 Twitter
 Facebook
 LinkedIn
 FourSquare
 iTunes Link
 Plain Text

 Telephone Number
 SMS Message
 Email Address
 Email Message
 Contact Details (VCARD)
 Event (VCALENDAR)
 Wifi Login (Android Only)
 Paypal Buy Now Link

And to cap it all off, you can integrate this with Google Analytics by encoding their "UTM codes" into the bit.ly link at the same time. These codes can be used to find out where your visitors are coming from with Analytics -- the information appears under "Campaigns".  If you click the link to see the stats above, you'll see the link also includes the google analytics UTM that comes after the standard URL (too many acronyms). P.S. If you haven't checked out the Analytics "Visitor Flow" stop what your doing and check it out - information rich. 

Update: See Real Time tracking beta. It works! Try opening and closing a page on your site.

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New CSS Image Values and Replaced Content Module Level 3 - 2012.01.12 | w3.org

CSS Image Values and Replaced Content Module Level 3:
January 12, 2012

background: linear-gradient(45deg, white, black);

An image showing a box with a background shading gradually from white in the bottom-left corner to black in the top-right corner. There is a line, illustrating the gradient-line, angled at 45 degrees and passing through the center of the box. The starting-point and ending-point of the gradient-line are indicated by the intersection of the gradient-line with two additional lines that pass through the bottom-left and top-right corners of the box.

4.1.2. Linear Gradient Examples

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linear-gradient(135deg, yellow, blue);

linear-gradient(-45deg, blue, yellow);

4.2.4. Radial Gradient Examples

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radial-gradient(farthest-side at left bottom, red, yellow 50px, green);

NOTE: THOSE ARE THE ACTUAL THE CODE PARAMETERS

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repeating-radial-gradient(circle closest-side at 20px 30px, red, yellow, green 100%, yellow 150%, red 200%)

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200th birthday of Manhattan's Rectangular Street grid | NYT

NYT: Manhattan's Rectangular Street

The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 was the original design plan for the streets of Manhattan, which put in place the grid plan that has defined Manhattan to this day. The commissioners published their plan in March 1811 in the form of an eight-foot map with 12 main north-south avenues and numerous cross streets, with Broadway running at an angle through it. The goal was "a free and abundant circulation of air" to stave off disease. The right angles were also favored because "straight-sided and right-angled houses are the most cheap to build."

Original plan of 1807 without Central Park. See also: Egbert Ludovicus Viele

Paisley #Palette :: COLOURlovers articles #designer #tools

Unnamed Photo / Photo Palette :: COLOURlovers

see the color palate that went into this paisley design

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random #pattern generator

Scratch | Project | random pattern generator:

Generative art on iPad

#art #generativeart #iPad @apple
There's a Thicket for that | AudioFile | Colorado Springs Independent

Seamless #Pattern Generator = free #graphicdesign #tiling #backgrounds

Amazing Free Seamless Pattern Generator Templates for Illustrator | Vectips

I have been looking for software like this for a long time. This creates several "wallpaper groups" (see wikipedia article) which is the strange name to describe the 17 possible variations of putting a group of tiles together in a seamless pattern by rotation, flip, transposition (slide and a combination of these transformations.





This book was "only" $80 a few years ago. Drop dead gorgeous pics.  

BgPatterns — FREE online seamless #Background #Pattern generator

Background Patterns Maker:

BgPatterns is a tiny web app for making seamless background patterns in a few clicks. It was created mostly for fun and experimentation by Sergii Iavorskyi.

Quilting #pattern generator software #tiling

Levitated | Nine Block Pattern Generator:

The nine block is a common design pattern among quilters. It's construction methods and primitive building shapes are simple, yet produce millions of interesting variations.

An expanded set of 144 unique 9 blocks

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