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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

It's the time of year where I get to show off all the cool things our friends make! Check out the 2025 Alpenglow Gift Guide and find something fun for that electronics nerd in your life (and maybe that's you!) www.alpenglowindustries.com/pages/2025-g...

A tiled array of images showing colorful circuit boards with LEDs in various fibonacci configurations, a cat on it hind legs pawing at something that has an enamaled-pin look, LEDs lit up and shaped like a rainbow, unicorn, and lightning bolt, some small rectangular circuit board LED controllers, a black breadboard with a probe, a book called Skill Seeker, a UFO beaming up a human, a box of GlowStitch LED strips, and a box with diffused red, green, and blue lights on its front.

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

My new book, Skill Seeker: Young Maker Edition is now available! Looking for holiday activities to learn maker skills? This book is the perfect Christmas gift for young learners, and they can show off their progression with video game inspired dashboards, skill trees and activities.

A pixel artwork of a boy and a girl in a hexagonal shaped makerspace, surrounded by a computer, robot arm and 3D printer. Both kids have 'Level up!' above their heads, and arrows point to these. The text at the top reads 'What if Kids could track their skills like in a video game?'.

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

My Keynote talk on 'Skill Trees: Gamifying The Hard Things' from the Everything Open Conference is now available! Have you ever wanted to use video game skill trees for tracking real life skills? My talk is all about my work on the open access Skill Trees Project. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fPW...

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Huge thanks to the talented folks who contributed to the Skill Trees Project this month, with topics including Speedcubing, Single Board Computing (Raspberry Pi), Microcontroller (STM32, Facial Expressions and Tone of Voice Skill Trees.

An illustration of a desk featuring the skill trees mentioned in the post colored in and on display on someone's desk. Around the desk are accessories like a pegboard, clamps, spanners, robot arm, keyboard and computer and paper printer.

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Here's my top 3 projects that levelled up my skills!

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

It's been a huge effort, but my new kids book, Skill Seeker Young Maker Edition is coming out soon - Perfect for holiday activities! I'm so happy with how it's turned out and excited for kids to enjoy these. Available in mid November ready for Christmas.

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Interested in becoming a Book Beta Tester? Skill Seeker: Young Maker Edition is suitable for 8-12 year olds, and covers 12 maker skill areas. Kids will be able to color in sections to show their growth over time. Sign up to be notified of beta testing here: www.makerqueen.com.au/beta-testers

A sneak peek at my new book, Skill Seeker: Young Maker Edition. The image includes some infographic pages including 'What is a Makerspace?', 'How a 3D printer works', and 'Electronics Basics', plus an electronics skill tree page. To use the book, kids will be able to color in sections to show their growth over time.

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Another great project made in the UniSQ Library Makerspace. I love how this turned out, and a great sustainable, low cost, fun project! #makerspace #cardboard #pepakura #geodesicdome

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The Library Makerspace 3D printed goose made a new friend at the UniSQ Expo today! (Tawny Frogmouth Owl, native to Australia)

Tawny Frogmouth Owl looks curiously at a 3D printed goose model.

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Love how this one turned out, a powerful resource! Thanks @tomesandtech.bsky.social !!

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Sarah Brundrett @tomesandtech.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Yay for January's @everythingopen.au ! @sjpiper145.bsky.social and I have completed an "Academic Research Skills" Skill Tree - github.com/sjpiper145/M... #academicsky

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Ever wanted to be able to track your skills like a video game? I now have commercial licences available for software developers to build apps like this. Make it easy for users to level up their skills, build a portfolio and gamify their learning. Check it out here: github.com/sjpiper145/M...

A user interface mockup of an example app that could track skills. It includes a map of connected Maker Skill Areas, covering 15 different areas such as 3D printing, laser cutting and woodworking. There's another, smaller skill map for personal goals, including Life goals, Travel goals and Cosplay projects.

A user interface mockup of an example app that could track skills. It includes a skill level bars covering 15 different areas such as 3D printing, laser cutting and woodworking. The user has clicked on Laser cutting, and a smaller menu has opened showing the skill areas to complete next.

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Excited to finally have licences available for software developers to use the Skill Trees Project for digital skill tracking. Thanks for being one of my first sponsors @youyoubilly.bsky.social !!

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Time to grab a bargain right in time for the Easter Holidays - This weekend only! makerqueenau.etsy.com

A flatlay image of a variety of electronics kits and stationary available on my Maker Queen AU Etsy shop. A banner reads 'Easter Holiday 20% off Sale, All Kits books and stationary!' at the top.

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Today I'm reflecting on my goals with my Skill Seeker Book. By coloring in the boxes of everything I've already done in these skill trees, I can track my skill levels. It's made me realise that I want to diversify my projects away from 3D printing and into more laser cutting and CNC projects.

A skills dashboard page showing my skill levels from 3D printing to electronics, sewing, woodworking and more. A look inside my colored-in Skill Seeker book.

A look at my Electronics Skill tree, with colored tiles finished, and highlighted tiles as my future goals.

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I've created a new soldering kit design for library makerspace students to get inducted on the electronics bench. Needed a larger design to avoid coin cell batteries. A few things to fix but really happy with how this one turned out!

A soldering kit featuring a goose holding a soldering iron and a library book in a snap out kit design.

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ℂlaire 𝔻anielle ℂassidy⚡🔌⚒️👩🏻‍💻♾️🏳️‍🌈 @lasermistress.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I've been pushing my fundraiser, but I wanna share the incredible supplies we've been given already. Kits from @alpenglow.bsky.social @sjpiper145.bsky.social, @clomads.bsky.social. Tools from @flashingjanet.bsky.social Legends. Look them up. More requests below ⬇️

A large organized pile of soldering kits from the makers mentioned in the post. They are all neatly packaged, aesthetic, and fun looking.

A box of around two dozen pairs of electronic nipper and wire stripper tools.

A box of a large amount of various solder spools.

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Mark Gerl @markgerl.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The template comes from Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social and you can make your own thanks to Shane Gadsby at schme16.github.io/MakerSkillTr... Not standard, kind of experimental but working significantly better than grades & scores as they pick the next project then see progress immediately.

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Maker Skill Tree Generator

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Mark Gerl @markgerl.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Today's Awesome Moment in Class: Adv Coding using Skill Trees @sjpiper145.bsky.social for tracking learning. Average over 18 students 40.44skills overall 33.67 skills learned just this term 3.74 skills explored per week Thanks to @alsweigart.bsky.social for his books on Python #EduSky #EduData

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Huge thanks to Dave Drodge for submitting the 'Try AI' skill tree, just colour in the boxes of anything you've already done to identify skill gaps and get inspired to try new things. Visit the growing repository of templates up on Github to grab a free copy! github.com/sjpiper145/M...

A cute graphic of a happy computer and printer with the speech bubble "New Skill Tree: Try AI" next to a printed copy of the Try AI Skill Tree template. This template is half colored in, and to use the template, just color in anything you've already completed. You can use it to gauge your skill level, identify skill gaps and get inspired to try new things.

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

New achievement stickers are now available! Excited that these have arrived and I had a great time adding these into my Skill Seeker book.

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Jen Costillo @rebelbotjen.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

My voice is finally recovering a bit so I made some #audiotour #voiceover to bring my #etextiles work to you. youtu.be/9tK43c3Qt9I?...

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Industrial Plaid by Jen Costillo and Kyle Chan - audio tour experience

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blinkyparts.com @blinkyparts.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Neuer geiler Scheiß von @sjpiper145.bsky.social im Onlineshop. Nähbare LEDs!!!1!! Wie geil ist das denn? shop.blinkyparts.com/de/Glow-Stit... Achtung wir haben vorerst nur wenige auf Lager. Mehr ist unterwegs.

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

How it started and how it's going: Cardboard geodesic dome build! Super excited to have started to assemble it this week. It's both cardboard and corflute construction and will be 3.5m across and 2.2m tall. #makerspace

A 3D printed reference model of the geodesic dome build. Printed on a Bambu Labs 3D printer in bronze, black and white.

The geodesic dome in cardboard, assembled with zip ties. It's double walled, and has rolled up cardboard struts to hold the walls at the correct distance.

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Excited to celebrate my Skill Trees Project making it to 3K stars on Github! Today I also set up Github Sponsors, and if you'd like to support my work on this project so I can dedicate my time more sustainably, there's a range of great rewards. github.com/sjpiper145/M...

An image of a happy paper printer and computer next to a set of printed skill tree templates. These are printed on A4 paper and coloured in so you can see your skill progress, skill gaps and get inspired to try new things. The computer has a speech bubble with 'Celebrating 3K Stars on Github!' and there is festive bunting and confetti in the background.

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Awesome to see this out in the world! Congratulations @sjpiper145.bsky.social !

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Some good news, copies of my new book, Skill Seeker, have arrived! You can now get signed copies on my Etsy page, plus you can also find it on Booktopia and Barnes and Noble now too. www.etsy.com/au/listing/1...

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Skill Seeker: Maker Edition, Signed Copy, A Workbook to Track and Level up Your Maker Skills - Etsy

This Literature & Fiction item by MakerQueenAU has 3 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Australia. Listed on Jan 20, 2025

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Mark Gerl @markgerl.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Today's Awesome Moment in Class: 7/8 Coding class is a mix of advanced students & novices. So we've mapped concepts like loops, variables, functions to Skill Trees (Thank You, Steph Piper). Each class they update their trees to see what they learned. #EduSky #VisualizeLearning #GrowthDataInEdu

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

My book, Skill Seeker, is now available! I've been working on this for a while and am so excited to finally have it up on Amazon and Booktopia. If you're into Maker hobbies, it's perfect for tracking your growth and goals going into 2025.

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

The #Finance Skill tree is now up! Just color in the boxes of anything you've already done to visualise your progress, identify skill gaps and get inspired to try new things. Full repository here: github.com/sjpiper145/M...

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Sae Ra Germaine @saera.au · 17/12/2024

The amazing Steph Piper will be keynoting our conference. This brings me joy!

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

I had an amazing chat with @makemagazine.bsky.social on my new book, Skill Seeker, in this Fireside chat! Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKMk...

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Fireside Chat with Steph Piper - Maker Skill Trees

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Looking forward to speaking at @everythingopen.au this year!!

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Here's the phases I went through in writing and refining my book, Skill Seeker. After many rounds of feedback and hundreds of beta testing copies I have a final result that I'm super proud of. Don't expect you're going to get it right the first time.

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

My new book, Skill Seeker, is now available for pre-order by US citizens! Track 15 Maker skills, including 3D printing, Robotics, woodworking and sewing with video-game inspired real life skill trees. Find out your Maker XP score and use it as a powerful reflection and goal setting aid.

A funny photoshopped image of Joe Biden handing you a copy of the book, Skill Seeker

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Sugoi Creative @sugoicreative.com · 04/12/2024

I got to attend a fireside chat with @sjpiper145.bsky.social Steph Piper regarding her new book "Skill Seeker: Maker Edition". This book provides a great way to track and guide your #maker Journey. I've ordered the book and am anxiously awaiting it's arrival. amzn.to/3ZzzOBg

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Skill Seeker: Maker Edition: A Practical Way to Track Your Growth and Level Up Your Maker Skills

Amazon.com: Skill Seeker: Maker Edition: A Practical Way to Track Your Growth and Level Up Your Maker Skills: 9781680458572: Piper, Steph: Books

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Tomorrow I'm excited to talk more about my Skill Seeker book with Dale Dougherty in a Fireside Chat! Join us live from 10AM, Wednesday 3rd of Dec (QLD / Australia time): events.zoom.us/ev/Aj__9Jd3H...

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Fireside Chat with Steph Piper - Maker Skill Trees

Join Dale Dougherty and Steph Piper, author of Skill Seeker Maker Edition, for a talk on tracking your growth and leveling up your skills!

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

It's Black Friday Sale time! Get 30% off my GlowStitch range of machine sewable LEDs for wearable tech projects. They are great for general crafting as they are ultra flat, made from flexible circuit boards. Link in bio!

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

It's been amazing to re-discover all the fantastic and talented folks I used to follow on twitter over here on Bluesky. I missed you all !! 💖💖💖

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Introducing my open source Skill Trees project! Have you ever wanted to learn a new skill in a gamified way? I've created a range of printable templates where you can color in the boxes of anything you've already done, visualise your progress and find your skill gaps. 50+ skills now covered!

A skill tree template for 3D printing. Just colour in anything you've already done to visualise your skills and identify skill gaps..

Maker skill trees project banner, featuring a happy paper printer with a range of printed and coloured templates.

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Getting excited, my Skill Seeker book will be available soon!

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

Super proud of this bookmark PCB Art I designed for the Library and Library Makerspace. First time I've been charged a design complexity fee, haha. #badgelife

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Steph Piper @sjpiper145.bsky.social · 05/07/2023

Hi All! As introduction, I make cute electronics kits! You can find them here: www.etsy.com/au/shop/makerqueenau

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