Lesson 32. Learn new things.

It's clichéd to say that the pace of change is speeding up. But it's
true. So it can be hard to keep up with the latest trends and
technologies. If you're not using FaceBook, FlickR and Twitter, some
people will think you're behind the game. If you don't have a mobile
or cell phone, let alone a SmartPhone, you're considered a Luddite.
Well, SmartPhone owners have a new(ish) technology to learn – QR
codes. These small, square codes can carry a lot of information, in
more than 4,000 alphanumeric characters. They can also link directly
to web pages via your phone's browser. And, just for fun, they can
contain coded messages like in these QR code t-shirts. The code says If you can read this, you're a geek So if someone points their smartphone's
camera at the code, it will display the message on the phone. The same designers are offering custom QR code stickers and buttons (badges)etc. for under five bucks. You can email the message you want coded to
pregnancydesigns AT yahoo dot com.