miceda

Thinglink.org provides a nice place for Makers to register and publicize their products and/or designs. When you register an item on the site, a unique ThingLink code is created (like a SKU) . This code is registered in the ThingLink open database and is intended to “stick” to the item for life. This is a neat idea, and appears they’ve put a bit of thought into the format of the code.

A ThingLink is a 6 character code that is intended to uniquely identify an object for life. The code follows a particular format: The first 3 characters are numbers (0-9) and the next 3 characters are letters (a-z), case doesn’t matter. So you may end up with a code like 345JrD. In fact, you can generate your own code here. The format - numbers then letters - seem to make it a bit easier to remember. And for some reason, I don’t know why, but the URL for a ThinkLink, gives it a bit of cool factor: http://thinglink.org/thing:123Abc