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From: Mark Turnage <markturn...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 11:39:10 -0500
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Subject: Re: [MidsouthMakers] Re: Revamping Midsouth Makers Tool Inventory
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On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:29 AM, MemphisArtGuy <memphisart...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So let me make sure I have this right. We are going to bar code >everthing with the hopes that members who plan on using items >will bring thier own barcode scanners with internet access so >they can get to the wiki.

Not bar codes. QR codes. Most every phone made in the last several
years can read them. If not, there's always the wiki.

> First question after that, is.... Do we really need this? Seems like >a  member could just go to a kiosk and surf the wiki. Seems we >could run the risk of cluttering the space visually with barcodes.

Yes. Because it's _convenient_. The easier the access to info about a
tool is, the better. There's nothing keeping anyone from using the
kiosk or their own system to look it up on the wiki...it's just
quicker and easier for the person right there at the tool to use the
QR code. If someone prefers one over the other, great. Both are there
to use. It's win-win.

As for visual clutter...a little half-to-one inch square QR code is
going to make things _worse_ in that shop? If anything the added
organization will make things better....


-- 
Mark Turnage