[Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia press release: Technological landmark for award-winning Birmingham Moor Street station

2012-05-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
Wikimedia UK press release about my QRpedia work at Birmingham Moor Street Railway Station, from WikimediaUK: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/05/technological-landmark-for-award-winning-birmingham-moor-street-station-press-release/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia press release: Technological landmark for award-winning Birmingham Moor Street station

2012-05-29 Thread Richard Symonds
I've been sitting in the office with Stevie listening to him ring round the various railway magazines - it takes a while to explain QR codes to some of them, but once you start mentioning combining modern technology with preserved steam locomotives, you can hear their ears perking up... Richard

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia press release: Technological landmark for award-winning Birmingham Moor Street station

2012-05-29 Thread HJ Mitchell
I find QR codes a little hard to get excited about (perhaps because I don't own a smartphone), but if we can get the railway publications, and through them the railway industry, interested in Wikimedia, it could lead to some very constructive partnerships. There are a lot of dilapidated railway