April 2011
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Electronic Love for Stickybits
Check out this album cover that Dutch visual artist Baschz recently designed for hip-hop group La Melodia. He tucked a stickybit in amidst the wild colors and chaotic cool!
The album, Electronic Love, was produced entirely on synthesizers so Baschz wanted to bring out the the tech theme on the cover. Fans can scan the code for a video of the duo...
March 2011
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Stickybits in the Wild.
Across the Atlantic, Shropshire Wildlife Trust is using stickybits to create an awesome experience for those exploring the English Hillside. The organization, an environmental charity dedicated to protecting wildlife, is leaving a breadcrumb trail of stickybits for wanderers to scan and learn more about the nature and history of the landscape around them. They are...
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Enter to Win an iPad at SXSWi!
Anyone headed to SXSWi? Scratch that. Everyone headed to SXSWi? We thought so. Well along with sunshine and breakfast tacos, even more awesomeness awaits. PepsicoJobs is running a great promo during the conference. To celebrate the launch of their new set of job search apps, they’re giving away an iPad!
Just look for the PepsicoJobs team....
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Scan for the chance to win an Alexander...
The Washington Capitals are running an awesome promotion on Stickybits this month. They’re offering an iconic #8 jersey signed by the one and only, Alex Ovechkin. Fans, we’ve seen your spirit decorate the Caps’ Facebook Wall. This is your chance to win the ultimate game gear. Just scan the QR code on the Washington Capitals Facebook page to...
We Call It, Scanvenger Hunt!
Sounds fun, doesn’t it? One of our users, Janna, thought so. She recently wrote in to tell us about a Stickybits scavenger hunt she created for her boyfriend. She had him scan a box of cereal to find the first hint: a picture of the next item to find and scan for more clues. The BF scanned his way from sunblock to cough drops, and finally to the freezer, where he found a surprise tub of his...
February 2011
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Experimenting With Stickybits.
The #Coolthingspeopledowithstickybits list is coming along nicely! Today’s addition is a project called “Random Thoughts & Observations,” a brainchild of Creative Director Heather Grimstead from DC. Heather is sending 1000 cards with barcodes (shown above) around the world as a social media experiment. The cards ask people to scan...
Stickybits Releases Version 2 of the Android App
We are excited to announce that Version 2 of the Android app is live! With V2, Droid users can now join challenges, score cool stuff, and earn points just by scanning. We’ve run some exciting promotions with Fiji water and Ben and Jerry’s, and now Droid users can get in on the action too!
Some cool new features:
Promos and deals attached to barcodes
Earn points and level up to...
HeArtwork uses stickybits to create "art with a...
“An artist and a nerd” from Salt Lake City have created a project that plays with the interaction between technology and art. The artist, Jaynel, paints brightly colored hearts in all different sizes, and then adds a QR code to the back—prompting people to scan it with stickybits to add their story and see where the heart has been.
The idea of art with a memory is an interesting...
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PETA campaign sees 13,000 scans and counting.
Working with McCann-Erickson Singapore, PETA has used stickybits to take their recent ad campaign beyond print and turn it into an interactive experience for anyone who scans.
The response to this innovative idea has been huge: thousands of scans in over 100 different locations in Singapore, along with a buzz of blogging activity.
Like the one shown above, each ad appears to promote...
January 2011
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Project 365 meets stickybits.
Do you remember what you did on July 16th? No idea? Me neither.
The folks at Material Mashup have created a journal that combines stickybits and project 365, so you can document your days with digital goodies. They describe the journal as a “mashup of your old-school diary and your digital camera.” On each day there is a barcode to which you can attach photos, text, or video using...
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Scan code for a free Israel Kamakawiwo'ole...
Beloved Hawaiian artist Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s greatest hits were released earlier this week. To celebrate, Spotify is offering a free song download from the album. And guess what, they’re doing it with a stickybits barcode! You can scan the code here to download the song, “White Sandy Beach of Hawai’i.” We’ll be listening to this dreamily as the snow...
December 2010
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Brisk Makes Art Social.
Cool hun?
Brisk Ice Tea has commissioned artists to create huge, brightly colored wall murals in a couple of spots in both NYC and LA. Each mural is an interpretation of the new risk can and smack dab in the lower right corner is a stickybit barcode, enabling you to post your interpretation too.
These murals do more than color NYC and LA in bright greens and purples (though that is pretty...
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World Travelling Snail Mail.
We recently received a very cool piece of mail from our friends at QR Arts. It’s a stickybit printed on a postcard, with these directions: scan code, take a picture of where you are, mail EAST to a friend. We can’t tell if we’re more excited to see the pictures or to witness the six degrees of stickybits…either way, we’re excited.
They’ve sent out 25 of these...
Be Warned: We Are Contagious.
The Most Contagious List of 2010 is out, and guess who’s on it? Yup. We made the cut.
Contagious is a magazine/website/trend spotter that highlights game-changing ideas and technologies. They’ve deemed 2010 an “officially manic year,” and they feature the outpour of activity in categories like viral, tv, movements, real time and tech.
You can view the list...
You could win an Elmer's prize pack filled with...
It’s time to get creative with Elmer’s and stickybits. Elmer’s is running a promotion on stickybits that gives you the chance to win an awesome prize pack filled with crafting supplies, coupons, and a project recipe.
So, while the paint is drying or the glue gun’s heating up, snap a picture or video of that DIY masterpiece you’re working on and attach it to an...
Scan Glutino Pretzels and you could win a year's...
Have you tried Glutino Pretzel Twists? We have, and they are delicious. Just as delicious is the promotion that Glutino is offering on stickybits.
Scan Glutino Pretzels, and post a photo on the wall of your favorite and most creative way of eating our Glutino Pretzel Twists. Are they dunked in peanut butter? Spread with hummus? Drizzled in chocolate? The possibilities are endless!
A grand...
November 2010
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Now arriving: Stickybits at the London Gatwick...
The London Gatwick Airport installed giant stickybits this morning, officially one-upping our friends at Blue Fountain Media who formerly held the title for creators of the world’s largest stickybit.
Gatwick, the busiest single runway airport in the world, is undergoing a £1 billion renovation. Stickybits are being placed around the airport as part of the Gatwick Discovery Tour which...
September 2010
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Stickybits at the Zoo
The San Diego Zoo is using Stickybits to help people share stories of their encounters with snakes, lizards, and tortoises at the Reptilemania event.
Mobile Sharing Stations
Scan the special codes at our mobile sharing stations using your mobile phone and share your pictures, videos, audio files, questions, and comments with your fellow reptile maniacs at the Zoo.
Can’t make it to the...
July 2010
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stickybits in your pantry
food52 has attached a ton of their amazing recipes to various products out there.
We’ve recently come up with a new way for you to access food52 recipes while you’re at the grocery store, or even while you’re wandering around your kitchen looking for something to cook. Using the StickyBits application, we, along with a few intrepid volunteers, have linked hundreds of our...
June 2010
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The World's Biggest Stickybits Barcode
We can confirm that this is in fact the biggest stickybits barcode we’ve seen.
Great job Blue Fountain Media!
Here’s a link to them setting it up
now sticking: official bits
with stickybits, our goal is to make things more interesting, by enabling people to attach digital content to physical objects. at launch, our application allowed anybody to add videos, photos, or comments to barcodes. it was first come, first serve: if you were the first one to scan an object, your bit came first. everybody else’s bits appeared sequentially.
the feedback we got was...
May 2010
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SOME NEW FACES AND A SWEET API
Since launching in March, we have seen some awesome uses of stickybits, from a scavenger hunt through London to photo-tagged family trip to Disney World. Much to our surprise, people are even scanning products in grocery stores and creating social networks around brands. Through all these examples, people are using the stickybits platform to tell stories about objects and make things more...
Around the World in 80 Days
Our friends at neigh*borrow are trying a really neat experiment with stickybits.
They are taking the book ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ and seeing if they can get the book around the world in that time or less. You’ll be able to track the books progress with stickybits.
Phase one will be getting the book from NY to SF. The only rule is no mail. You need to pass it on and it...
Python developers
stickybits is hiring! After an awesomely successful launch at South by Southwest in March, we’re now working on building out our next version. And it’s pretty ambitious, so we need some serious talent to pull it off. What is stickybits? stickybits.com allows people to attach digital content to barcodes. When those barcodes are scanned (via our iPhone or Android apps), you’ll...
April 2010
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Scavenger hunt
Ken Marchant has put together a little scavenger hunt in London.
If you’re in that neck of the woods, go play!
http://kahunageezer.squarespace.com/
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Android 1.6+ update
We’re excited to release our next version of our Android app! It’s now compatible with Android 1.6+ and has tons of improvements to it. It also has the brand new RedLaser scanner inside, adding a much improved scanning experience.
If you didn’t notice, scanning barcodes in our iPhone app is pretty awesome. It was created by the good people of Occipital, the creators of one of...
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