It is a Quick Response code or QR code for short.  If you haven’t heard of QR codes yet, here is a brief introduction.  The codes were originally used for tracking parts in vehicle manufacturing and quickly became popular with the Japanese youth culture to tag outdoor events.

It’s similar to a bar code that is on most packaged goods, but this code links you to all kinds of great information.  This unique code can be used to link to rich media content on the web like a YouTube video, a web page, a text message or PDF document.

The process is pretty simple, you need a mobile phone that has a camera and can run a special application to process the QR code information.  On your phone, open the reader application which turns on the camera.  Point the phone’s camera at the QR code.  Scan the QR code and the application will redirect you to the media.  I have an iPhone so I was able to find several free QR Reader...