I was reading Dave's post on index card journaling the other day. In it is a YouTube video.
The TL;DR of this video is put labels on things. But, also in it, are labels with QR codes. This got my brain excited.
For a while now, I've been collecting digital versions of manuals of important things like my chainsaw, the fridge, etc. But I never had a great way of accessing them. This video connected some dots for me. I need to create QR codes that I can put directly on appliances, tools, etc. that will take me to the manuals, notes, or whatever.
Time to make an app.
To keep things simple, I created a new folder in Google Drive called "Home Database" with folders like "Kitchen" and "Garage". I shared this with my wife and put what I have so far up there.
Part 2 is an app that will generate short links and QR codes. I make a new link called "Chainsaw" or whatever, and tell it to redirect to my chainsaw folder in Google Drive. It generates a short link like qr.warnick.me/123abc. This way, I can change what the short link is pointing to without needing a new QR code.
What I still need to work out is how to print the QR codes. I'm currently looking at the Brother PTD610BT. It has software to let it print QR codes. I've read that Brother labels are a little more durable than Dymo labels.
Alternatively, I could buy sheets of vinyl address labels or something like that. I still like the idea of the Brother better because it's easier to just print one label if needed.
I told my wife about my plan and she got really excited. We share the love-of-organization gene.
We'll see how it goes!