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I was walking down the street to catch the bus to work when I noticed a music flyer pinned to a telephone pole. I’ve been in a band for many years and appreciate a good advertisement strategy, just in case I can use it for future performance flyers for us. As I walked closer, I noticed a strange black and white square situated prominently on the bottom left corner; I figured it was just the band’s symbol or an interesting decoration. But, as I focused on the square, it had a checkerboard design to it. I realized I had seen this shape before on magazine pages and T-shirts. It was a QR code.

What a unique idea, I thought. QR codes, or quick response codes, are meant to be scanned with today’s smartphones that have a camera, like an Iphone or Android. I pulled out my smartphone gadget and downloaded a QR scanner application right there off of my mobile broadband. One fast click of my camera and this band’s song began playing through the phone’s speakers with a duplicate flyer blazing from my touch screen. Maybe I should go check out this band’s performance.

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A few weeks later, my band scheduled a new performance. Naturally, I was in charge of the flyers. I was very impressed with the flyer I saw previously and created my own QR code. We had a song that we were truly excited about and had the QR code encoded to play it; the code also pulled up a copy of the flyer with the address and website of the performance venue. Our band was sure to be a hit since fans could save the information from the QR code in their phones and reference it later. We could possibly end up selling more music at the performance as a result of the extra band exposure. I’ve noticed that many fans feel more of a personal connection with a band when they feel involved with exclusive content, just like our unreleased song that erupts out of the phone after scanning the code.

Before I created my own QR code, I had to find a website that would formulate the music and flyer data. Luckily, there are a number of different companies that will take your information and convert it into that simple checkerboard square that works on mobile broadband. Some businesses even do it for free; it just depends on the quantity of content that the square needs to hold. Kaywa was successful at creating my square.

At the performance, I was pleased to see that a lot of new fans showed up out of curiosity. As a walked around the crowd after the performance, I mingled with a few new faces. I asked them where they had heard about us since I was wondering how effective the flyer and QR code turned out. As it turns out, most of the new people were wanting to try out their new scanning code applications and were looking for random codes. Our band’s flyers were everywhere; the code let people listen to our new song and where to find us. Just what I was looking for.

After the performance, I researched QR codes a bit further. It turns out that they can also hold a website link in the form of a URL shortener, like bit.ly. My band and I have been trying to finish our website. As soon as we add all the finishing touches, I am going to create another QR code for our website. Between our flyer and music code matched with the website QR code, the band is going to soar into the big time.

This is a guest article by Ruben Corbo, a writer for the website Broadband Expert where you can find internet service providers in your area and compare prices on different deals for your mobile broadband needs.

Tablets like the iPad have made our lives easier by bringing our email, work, and communication on the go. However, can this tool be used to help people with speech problems, too? Many speech pathologists believe so.

Third party companies are developing iPad applications especially tailored for children with special needs. Among these is the application Prologuo2Go, an augmentative communication device for children who can’t adequately express themselves.

With applications like Prologuo2Go, children that need to develop their verbal skills can now point to pictures of what they wish to communicate to others. Games are developed on the iPad that make speech therapy and communication fun, colorful, and engaging. Even silly games like making a virtual cake on the iPad can teach children the steps of how to make something.

The iPad not only helps with speech development, but also aids patients with general developmental delays, delayed motor skills, autism, and even cerebral palsy. The iPad can also help those with trouble focusing in a classroom setting, giving them a tool through which they can complete tasks independently, at their own pace.

Additionally, the iPad allows many schools and medical centers to save money, as its $500 price tag is significantly lower than prices for many speech pathology and therapy technology. Its portability and capacity are added bonuses.

Author’s Bio: Margot is a guest writer and techie who advocates practical uses of technology. She loves to write for the Blog Content Guild and has a penchant for finding the best deal using Dell coupons.