What is this?!

The Summer of Fun - July Calendar is now available!

If you don't have it yet, get your Free copy here. You're going to want to look it over right now . . .





because the topic of today's post is that black and white box on the ad on the last page of the calendar. Did you notice that?

What is it?

It's a new tool for you to use!  It's called a Quick Response Code (QR).  You can scan it with your iPhone, Android or other smart phone and get quickly linked to information you are interested in.  Unlike traditional bar codes, you don't need a special scanner to read it, just a scanning app on your smart phone; and the two-dimensional QR Code can hold much more information than a bar code.

These handy tools have been widely used in Japan, and have now made their way to us.  Have you ever seen something new to you, and then after "discovering" it, you start to see it everywhere?  Well, that's what you are about to experience with QR Codes--you're going to be seeing them everywhere!! The next time you're in the grocery store, watch for them; they've been seen on bottles of dish soap, cartons of fresh strawberries, magazines, even web pages on the Internet.

At USAB we love finding ways to help you get the information you need and want, quickly and easily. QR Codes will do just that.

Go ahead, give it a try . . .

If you don't already have a scanning app on your phone, look for one where you buy apps (a search for "QR reader" or "QR scanner" will probably take you to what you need). After you've downloaded it to your phone, scan the QR code in the July Summer of Fun calendar or the one shown in this blog post, then start watching for other QR codes around you.  You'll be amazed at where you find them and what information they lead you to.