Woodworkers on the forefront of technology!

We woodworkers often get the reputation of being hermits, toiling away with the same basic tools that were used hundreds of years ago. But here in Santa Cruz, we're charging headlong into the 21st century.

For our upcoming exhibition at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, the Santa Cruz Woodworkers are taking a cue from our brethren over the hill in Silicon Valley, and going high-tech. To enhance the museum-goer's experience of our exhibit, we're all going to create web content about our pieces that will be accessible in real time, right on your smart phone using QR codes. For those who aren't familiar with these, QR (quick-response) codes, are 2-dimensional bar codes that can be read with a smart phone camera and decoded by any number of free reader apps that will take the user instantly to a website, audio or video clip, or any other kind of content. For example, this is the QR code for the my website (www.msfinewoodworking.com) ....

When visitors to our exhibit want to know more about any of the pieces on display, each label will display a specific QR code that will take them instantly to more in-depth information, like a slide show, audio description, or video presentation.

These codes are the leading edge of new multimedia technology, and true to our Santa Cruz locality, we're "riding the wave" of the future. Please come to the exhibit July 30 through November 13, 2011, and see our work.