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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 23/07/2025

For those playing with the #ESP32Rainbow by @atomic14.bsky.social - I've been busily adding stuff to the wiki on GitHub github.com/atomic14/esp... and I published a 3D printable "bumper case". Really enjoying this!

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 15/04/2025

Sharing some professional news: I've joined Mastodon full-time as Head of Communications! After freelancing with the project since 2023, I'm excited to bring my experience in open source and… andypiper.co.uk/2025/04/15/communic…

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 22/12/2024

This will do for a bit.

A view across St Paul’s Bay, Malta. The sky is blue and the sea is slightly choppy. There is a rocky shoreline in the foreground and a headland in the distance, beyond the waves.

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 06/12/2024

Also! Custom keyboard firmware in Ruby PRK), and microcontroller stuff!

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 05/12/2024

I nnjoyed the opportunity to deliver the opening keynote at #RubyWorld in Japan this morning! The Ruby community is so friendly (and patient with my lack of Japanese language ability) 💜

The RubyWorld 2024 banner at the entrance to the conference venue, showing Matz and Andy Piper as the keynote speakers.

A sticker laying on the keyboard and trackpad of a MacBook laptop. The Mastodon mascot is in the centre, with a QR code that leads to joinmastodon.org to it's right, and some Japanese text 参加しよう! "let's participate!" in purple standing behind it on the left

Yukihiro Matsumoto (Matz) and Andy Piper standing together at RubyWorld 2024

The Shimane Prefecture mascot - a yellow neko cat - dancing on stage at RubyWorld 2024

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 04/12/2024

I enjoyed a walk around some historical parts of Matsue City today, ahead of #RubyWorld tomorrow. 🏯

An historic Japanese castle. The sky is blue and the is a curved path leading towards the castle. It is wooden with a solid stone lower floor / foundation. It is white with black layered roofing.

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 07/08/2024

Interesting day. First image shows what I woke up to…

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 09/05/2024

Our third time as part of #WimbledonArtFair kicked off this afternoon & evening. Open studio until Sunday afternoon, talking #PenPlotter art. It’s great to talk to folks, and it was particularly lovely that someone that had been at my recent keynote at QCon was inspired to come along as well 😊

A pen plotter artwork of an intricate trellis archway, in black and grey fineliners.

5 different pen plots of scenes from Kew Gardens.

A series of pen plotter artworks on a wall, with a rack of prints and postcards on a table.

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 02/04/2024

Next week I'm giving the closing keynote at QCon London - excited to share what I've learned about the intersections between technology and art #QCon #QConLondon

A white card showing information about Qcon London April 8-10, 2024 at The QEIl Centre, London.
Text shows KEYNOTE Where is the Art? A History in Technology SPEAKER Andy Piper Social Bridgebuilder, loT / MQTT Enthusiast, Formerly Developer Relations @Twitter. There is a picture of the speaker, and of Westminster in London, on the right of the card.

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 23/12/2023

Cafe cat in Malta agrees.

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 22/11/2023

Me, July 2023: goodbye Twitter, erasing all my accounts and data... andypiper.co.uk/2023/07/31/g... X, November 2023: hi! I'm your account manager! How's that GDPR and data integrity thing going over there? 🤔 Should I book a call and ask...

Screenshot from an email "Hello,
At X, we're constantly looking for ways to better serve our customers. As the platform evolves and as our team grows, I'm excited to introduce myself as your dedicated Account Manager. I'm here to ensure that your company is getting the most out of your investments on X.
From initial campaign set up, to analyzing results and driving stronger performance through optimization, my goal is to advise on all things X.
If you have time this week I'd love to introduce myself. Please use my calendar link below to find the time that
works best."

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 28/10/2023

Paint pens and uniball signo on black card #plotterart #penplotter #axidraw

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 02/09/2023

Went to a family history show today. I’m *definitely* from this part of the world.

A photograph of a computer screen, showing a very zoomed-in section of the central segment of the coast of England. A few parishes of Hampshire are highlighted in yellow, red and orange.

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 15/07/2023

Proving the adage that people with 3D printers mostly print more things for 3D printers - Things I printed today.

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 13/07/2023

Well this is not ideal.

A circuitboard in an antistatic reflective bag on a green cutting board with a yellow grid. There are two rows of pins poking through the antistatic wrapping, and they are squashed in various directions sideways and downwards. There is little chance that these pins will be usable without some care and attention first...

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 05/07/2023

Rather lovely (though entirely accidental) that my first blog post in nearly a year, triggered my blog showing up on the home page of ooh.directory today! Also, a reminder in that screenshot that I've had that blog running over 20 years, but have dropped back as far as maybe 1 new entry a year...

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 04/06/2023

Today I hacked at an old input device.

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 27/05/2023

New t-shirt, what’s up.

Selfie of the author, wearing a navy t-shirt with a heart outline made up of silver PCB traces

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 13/05/2023

Day 3 of Wimbledon Art Fair today! 11-6 at Wimbledon Art Studios. I’ll be doing more with drawing robots, and 3D printing.

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 13/05/2023

I see Starbucks have done a marketing deal with Bluesky

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 09/05/2023

Next week, I'm speaking about why contributing to Open Source is more important than ever, for the OpenUK State of Open Subset. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/state-of-ope…

Image banner for State of Open Subset - Episode 3 "Contributing to Open Source (is more important than ever)” on 16 May 2023 at: 3:00pm London Andy Piper Open Source Advocate https://stateofopencon.com/

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 07/05/2023

Quick promo for the Wimbledon Art Fair, Thu-Sun May 11-14 - forgeandcraft.co.uk will be showing off what we work on. If you’re in London or the surrounding area, it is free to visit the 150+ artists in the venue. I’ll be doing some 3D Printing, and demoing some electronics / robotics projects.

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 27/04/2023

Today I finally got a self-compiled build of Marlin working on my cheap 3D printer. Only took swapping to a completely different mainboard… the vendor refused to provide the source code for their Marlin build to the one it came with 🤨 anyway, now also re-badged!

A bright orange 3D printer with a badge showing “Marlin” in orange text in black, at the front panel.

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Andy Piper @andypiper.me · 24/04/2023

the presentation being this one, happening on Wednesday #OpenUK #London #OpenSource

A banner image for the OpenUK meetup in London on Wednesday April 26th 2023, showing the speaker and host.

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