Many times I've seen small under funded, but stubborn agents succeed at
projects large well funded groups have failed at. I've come to believe
that lack of funds can be a major driver of innovation.
I've always admired the touch screen room scheduling devices found outside of business conference rooms such as those at the General Mills headquarters. But implementing such a system required funding for installation of displays at the room doors and a back-end server with dedicated applications software.
The new STSS building has such a system for the classrooms (see below).
If you want to try something like this on your own, a useful QR code generator can be found at http://qrcode.kaywa.com/.
I've always admired the touch screen room scheduling devices found outside of business conference rooms such as those at the General Mills headquarters. But implementing such a system required funding for installation of displays at the room doors and a back-end server with dedicated applications software.
The new STSS building has such a system for the classrooms (see below).
Which
got us wondering about how we could gain some of the same functionality
on the cheap. This is really useful for those times you want to borrow
a room to have a quick meeting, but don't want to interfere with an
officially scheduled event or when you want to know if this is the room
your meeting or class is being held in. Our solution lies in the
observation that more and more of us are carrying small, internet
attached computers around in our pockets and bags.
The
phone camera scans the bar code bringing up a URL that goes to the room
scheduling web site and displays a mobile device formatted room
reservation schedule. Instant, cheap solution. And if you don't happen
to have or be with anyone having a smart phone, you still have the
old fashion method of typing a URL for the reservation system into a
browser on your laptop.If you want to try something like this on your own, a useful QR code generator can be found at http://qrcode.kaywa.com/.
