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I was JUST about to start hacking on something like this. A URL shortener for market and app store URLS that generates QR codes at the same time.

Dammit!

edit: I am even in mid-process of acquiring a .et domain so I could've had http://mark.et/whatever. Gah!

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If you're looking for an excuse to quit, you will always find one.

Get back in there and do it! At least then you can say "Google competed with me" :-)

might there be a patenting issue?

edit: see the comment below re: patenting

I bought 'qrko.de' for nearly the same purpose: URL shortening with bit.ly style analytics but with built in QR support (and maybe user-agent tracking. It would be interesting to see the device market share for code scanning)

I'll probably still build it; it bums me out the the goo.gl shortener is semi-closed.

I've also been working on something similar. It's a small world we live in.

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