[efbenson]

NFC only adds a little convenience to the setup, but you can call Tasker from the NFC tags. So when doing repetitive things it makes it easier. The problem as I see it is NFC security. You need to unlock the phone to turn NFC scanning on, but at that point why not use a shortcut. There needs to be a way to differentiate innocuous tags and critical tags in Android so you can scan with the lock screen up and execute these simple tasks.

I created a Tasker that when I scan my key fob will:

-Get GPS coordinates

-Get corresponding address

-SMS my wife that I am at that address and leaving along with a Google maps link

[crisnoble]

Now that is a great use of tasker.

For those of us without NFC enabled devices, I bet you could set up a QR code that when scanned, does the same thing (no $3 dollar tag necessary).

I think that NFC is going to blow up very soon, but I think that to make it truly useful it needs to work with your phone locked. I want a sticker on my desk so that when I sit down in the morning it starts tracking my time for the day. That is a vastly different experience than sitting down at my desk, pulling out my phone, unlocking it, remembering what I was doing, and tapping my hidden sticker.