Here’s a fun project I think I will embark on: A physical media tracking database that uses CouchDB, QR codes and Google Chart APIs.

In litigation support we often have a need to track physical media.  One of the issues is finding the right solution to this problem.  How do you track a CD/DVD, attribute it to a client/matter number, identify its contents and allow the media to be identified whenever you run across it?

So here’s my thinking.  Use CouchDB to track basic information about a piece of media: Date Received, Client/Matter, Label Information, Contents Description, Unique Media ID.  Then use CouchDB to create the web interface to load the information about the media and use some javascript goodness to auto-create a QR code via the Google Chart API.  It will look like this:

The CouchDB will have all the information that you need and all you need to open the entry to the database is click on the QR code with an webcam application, iPhone or Blackberry.

I think it would be an interesting project.