Tweetup at the National Balloon Classic

Here is the plan for the National Balloon Classic tweetup.

The first 50 people who sign up at twtvite get into the Balloon Classic for free. If you are not one of the first 50 to sign up, you can still join us. Admission at the balloon field is only $3.00 each or $10.00 per car load.

A friend of mine, Marla Wilkinson, owner of Welcome Home in Indianola, has graciously agreed to let attendees pick up their tickets at her store. Take the opportunity to look around her store she has some beautiful items. Welcome Home is at 106 North Howard Street in Indianola on the east side of the square.

Once you have your tickets meet us at the balloon field east of town on highway 92. We will have a couple of tables and chairs set up for our group so we have a place to congregate. There are games for kids as well as food and beer vendors and live music. Everything we need to have a great time.

Here is the schedule for the Balloon Classic.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Warren County Night sponsored by Warren County Economic Development Corporation

6:30 a.m. Balloon Flight

5:15 p.m. Captured in the Spotlight, the Dance Factory, Two Rivers Martial Arts, Tall Guys With Guitars performing on the Farmers Insurance Stage

6:30 p.m. Balloon Flight

7:30 – 9:00 p.m. Tall Guys with Guitars performing on the Farmers Insurance Stage

Dusk FIRE IN THE SKY – Midwest Largest Nite-Glow Extravaganza

sponsored by Downing Construction

So what’s the deal with the QR code

The QR code on the back of the tweetup badges is meant to be a time saver (and it’s cool). The concept is simple. With a phone equipped with a camera and a QR code reader, you simply scan the code on the back of the tweetup badge and the phone takes you to the badge holders page on Twitter. For example, if you scanned the back of my tweetup badge it will take you to http://twitter.com/tweetupbadges. That way if you meet someone at a tweetup and would like to follow them, you simply scan the back of their tweetup badge. There are QR code readers available for most “smart” phones, and most of them are free. There are several resources out there to find out more about QR codes and readers. One of the resources I use is mobile-barcodes.com. There you will find all the information you need on QR codes as well as lists of supported phones and links to readers you can download. For the i-Phone go to the app store and search for QR code reader.

I currently have a moto-Q and use the reader by i-nigma and like it a lot. Like a lot of readers it automatically captures the code when it is recognized.

I would love to hear about other phones and readers. If you have a reader loaded on your phone tell us about it.