2d codes make slow progress in the US

The Bits Blog reviews the current situation in the United States when it comes for tagging places with 2d codes.

If you walk past the gift shop of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, or Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles, or Cheeseburger Baby in Miami, the chances are that you will see a sticker in the window that has a Google Maps logo and a one-inch-square with a series of pixelated black-and-white cubes called a QR Code.

via Putting a Bar Code on Places, Not Just Products – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com.

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