In the spirit of the holiday, I found the most interesting article on Mashable.com entitled “Barcode Hero Lets Kids Send Wish Lists to Santa.” I can remember how creative I thought my daughter was when she poured over the Christmas catalog; as she did that, she would tear out pictures and photocopy (in color, of course) items on the back of the page. Then, she would compile her list for Santa. At the time, it was genius—it made the shopping easy for all of those elves helping Santa. Now, it can be even easier. There is an app called Barcode Hero which allows children to create a mobile wish list by scanning barcodes and then sending the list directly to Santa. Additionally, a copy of the list is sent to the parents/guardians via e-mail complete with pictures. Children can also add a digital photo and a letter to Santa. How cool is this?
I know personally how convenient (and dangerous) the barcode scanner when I am shopping on Amazon.com or Sephora.com, now, for children, this will be amazing. And it will be idiot-proof for those of us who stumble around during the holidays finding the exact gift on the list.
There seems to be so many wonderful apps on Smart phones. I think I may have to buckle down and get one. I like the thought of not guessing, but I think I would use it more with my husband (I can’t ever seem to pick something it likes.) Maybe when my children are older they would like to also use something like this or whatever other high-tech tool they come out with.
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