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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">To chime in on the snark:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">As a consumer, I have scanned QR codes and have never found what was returned to be useful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">-Ken<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> editors-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:editors-bounces@mit.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott R Murray<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 25, 2014 4:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Andrew Whitacre; Julie Pryor<br>
<b>Cc:</b> editors<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Editors] QR codes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Nice one, Andrew!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">I agree with Tom’s Forbes quote. Even in situations where a QR code is an option, I tend to prefer a custom shortened link.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">For example, my dept (GECD) is moving from Building 12 to E39. For the posters we’ve made to inform the campus, I have the following link:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://bit.ly/gecdmove">bit.ly/gecdmove</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Probably just as easy to type that than scan a QR code, plus it’s easy to remember if you’re on the go but want to look it up later.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Scott R. Murray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Social Media Specialist / Career & Global Ed Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://gecd.mit.edu/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="329" height="94" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF4845.1A50F410" alt="Title: Global Education & Career Development (GECD) - Description: http://gecd.mit.edu"></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Global Education & Career Development (GECD)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">617.324.7350<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/MITCareers"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="43" height="43" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CF4845.1A50F410" alt="Title: Careers on Facebook - Description: http://www.facebook.com/MITCareers"></span></a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/MITGlobalEd"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="43" height="43" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CF4845.1A50F410" alt="Title: Global Education on Facebook - Description: http://www.facebook.com/MITGlobalEd"></span></a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/MITPrehealthAdvising/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="43" height="43" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CF4845.1A50F410" alt="Title: Prehealth Facebook Group - Description: Open to @mit.edu addresses only.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/MITPrehealthAdvising/"></span></a><a href="http://www.twitter.com/MITCareers"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="43" height="43" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CF4845.1A50F410" alt="Title: Careers on Twitter - Description: http://twitter.com/MITCareers"></span></a><a href="http://www.twitter.com/MITGlobal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="43" height="43" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image006.jpg@01CF4845.1A50F410" alt="Title: Global Education on Twitter - Description: http://twitter.com/MITGlobal"></span></a><a href="http://twitter.com/MITPrehealth"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="43" height="43" id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image007.jpg@01CF4845.1A50F410" alt="Title: Prehealth on Twitter - Description: http://twitter.com/MITPrehealth"></span></a><a href="http://instagram.com/mitglobal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="43" height="43" id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image008.jpg@01CF4845.1A50F410" alt="Title: Global Education on Instagram - Description: http://instagram.com/mitglobal"></span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:editors-bounces@MIT.EDU">editors-bounces@MIT.EDU</a> [<a href="mailto:editors-bounces@MIT.EDU">mailto:editors-bounces@MIT.EDU</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrew Whitacre<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 25, 2014 3:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Julie Pryor<br>
<b>Cc:</b> editors<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Editors] QR codes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hehehe: <a href="http://shouldiuseaqrcode.com/">http://shouldiuseaqrcode.com/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mar 25, 2014, at 3:50 PM, Julie Pryor wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I'm curious to know how many of you use QR codes in poster advertisements for your events. Everything I've read/heard seems to suggest that QR codes aren't really
effective. But, I see them on many posters throughout campus so perhaps they're more effective than I originally thought?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I welcome any feedback, thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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