You can create your own QR code and direct people to a specific website, document, or any other type of media.

Apps Create personalized QR codes with the fast and fun QRhacker November 13, 2011 - 12:24 pm At the How To Web conference in Romania this week, I moderated a panel discussion on mobile trends.

Is there such a thing as animated QR codes? And could they work? Even those who may not know how exactly QR codes work have pretty much been exposed to them by now.

These days, it's a snap to embed your contact information -- and in fact anything else you want to communicate -- in a QR code that you can insert in your PowerPoint slides.