Crossed between quasar and a game of tag, QR-kill is the new phenomenon spreading around the mobile community. Utilising high-end mobile phones like the Nokia N95 and Applie iPhone and 2-dimensional barcodes called QR-codes, this game is best played in public places like shopping centres or department stores for added amusement.

QR-Kill Rules

1. A QR-code with your name and phone (SMS format) will be printed in a 20cm minimum width sheet of white paper. It will be reinforced by a hard cardboard and stuck to the back using american tape.
2. The QR-code must be visible at all times. It cannot be covered by any means, wall, floor, etc.
3. Once you receive the deathly SMS you must leave the scenario right away.
4. When team playing, members can only communicate by using same phone they use as a weapon.
5. Disguising is allowed as along as the QR-code is visible.
6. Unless playing sniper mode no extra devices can be used to capture the QR-codes (e.g. zoom photo cameras, videocams, etc.)
7. If there is a conflict deciding who killed first, SMS time will decide (we recommend synchronising watches before the game starts)
8. No one can assist you to kill the enemy with your phone. However you can hire spies, etc.

You can create QR-codes on Kaywa’s website.

Last weekend I attended Barcamp Brighton 3. For the uninitiated like me, a BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats.

Barcamp Brighton was a great event, attended by some of the web-gliterati: Jeremy Keith, Aral Balkan, Tantek Celik, Jerome Ribot and Mark Wudden to name but five I was lucky to converse with. That’s not to say the other attendees were any less significant. It was everyone who made the event great.

As you may have observed from the title of this post, I presented a talk, along with my good friend Rob Douglas, titled Talking QR.app.

The presentation can be viewed below, or via the SlideRocket website.

I have also bookmarked a number of QR-code links on Delicious.

Since getting the new iPhone 3G I’ve been downloading ‘useful’ applications like there was no tomorrow. I now have the very useful Vicinity app, various social networking apps and the best of all, a Light Sabre.

But there was something missing in my toolset; a WordPress app. Typepad have long since had one, so it was about time my favourite blog platform upped the ante!

Well, I’m glad to say, as of today an app has finally reached the Apple App Store that allows me to write posts: thank you Automattic.

In fact, just for good measure, this blog post has been written from the app.

The interface is intuitive and easy to use, although it does lack admin features, which for some may be a concern.

I’m sure I’ll get RSI if I continually blog via my iPhone, but for those moments when I’m caught away from a computer and desparately want to offer my 10 pence worth to the blogosphere, it’s a good tool to have.