andypiper

andypiper, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to random

There’s no website for Bluesky, right, it’s just a mobile app? Among the many reasons I’ve barely touched it or found it interesting so far.

(update - there is, it is in staging, read follow-up posts)

andypiper, 9 months ago to random

Look at the two symbols in the middle of this piece of flexible plastic. What do they denote?

andypiper, 1 year ago to random

👋🏻 so you may have read (and I’m excited to share!) that I’ll be helping @Gargron and the team with the developer community and #MastodonAPI space.

Finishing up a busy weekend showing completely-unrelated things at #WimbledonArtFair - but I’ll have more to post about this soon… 😊

andypiper, 11 months ago to random

In case you’re not aware - I’m working with the Mastodon team on #DevRel and community 🚀

If you’re building a client on the #MastodonAPI I would love to get connected and help you stay up-to-date. Drop me a line andy@joinmastodon.org and let me know what you’re working on! 🙏🏻

(pls boost for reach / tell the devs of your fave apps)

andypiper, 1 year ago to random

There’s a growing trend (I noticed) of physical stores asking for an email address to send a transaction receipt… without disclosing that this then puts you onto a marketing mailing list. Very annoying, and deceitful.

andypiper, 1 year ago to linux

This. #linux #ubuntu https://hackaday.com/2023/05/22/dear-ubuntu/

andypiper, 11 months ago to random

I would love it if @pixelfed supported embeds!

https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/110571228491732285

andypiper, 11 months ago to random

Tooting from a Beepberry (using the "toot" Python TUI cli app)

andypiper, 3 months ago to random

The final #Merchtodon mug has been sold! #FOSDEM @Mastodon

andypiper, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

So there's a lot of folks reacting against the headset, which is not surprising. I’ll be watching to see how quickly or virally today’s presentation affects the rest of the industry / how far other companies instantly pivot to this same sort of direction. That was the impact of the iPhone, remember - suddenly every phone had to have a touch screen, camera, a similar-to-iOS experience. Let's see what comes from this: that's the real test for Tim Cook's Legacy #WWDC

andypiper, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Aha! #CLS2023 is the correct hashtag for today’s summit. I am here!

(Also, it is very helpful when events do specify their preferred hashtag, so this was appreciated)

andypiper, 7 months ago to random

I am at Newspeak House in London for Cybersalon, celebrating the 30th birthday of the Mosaic web browser (more or less)

andypiper, 10 months ago to random

Last weekend we were at Liverpool Makefest #LivMF23 - here's a round-up of the event. #maker

http://andypiper.co.uk/2023/07/08/liverpool-makefest-2023/

andypiper, 8 months ago to random

This is utterly infuriating and unacceptable. I am extremely angered by this. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/03/an-absolute-mess-learner-drivers-forced-to-buy-tests-on-black-market-as-companies-block-book-slots

andypiper, 9 months ago to random

I just deleted 15 Twitter accounts. Time to move on.

http://andypiper.co.uk/2023/07/31/goodbye-to-my-life-on-twitter-2007-2023/

andypiper, 4 months ago to random

One of my freelance gigs currently is working on the event team @openuk organising #SOOCon24 - right after #FOSDEM, in London. Check out the schedule! https://stateofopencon.com/

andypiper, 1 month ago to random

Welp. Flight cancelled and rebooked on a 4pm departure. A day at Heathrow. Joy.

andypiper, 9 months ago to random

This is pretty much what I said on the #techgrumps podcast this month - I cannot see how this benefits anyone. https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/110808423720213333

andypiper, 5 months ago to random

I like this approach, and hope more organisations adopt it. https://www.xlast.org/

andypiper, 9 months ago to random

Good relatively low-cost / sub-£100 audio interface for iPad / Mac USB-C connection, anyone?

andypiper, 9 months ago to random

Shocked, I tell you. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/buyers-of-bored-ape-nfts-sue-after-digital-apes-turn-out-to-be-bad-investment/

andypiper, 4 months ago to random

Bizarrely (?), it seems that most of the local councils in the UK have entirely different methods and sites for providing information about refuse collection dates to their residents. Fortunately, there's a GitHub project working to create a simpler API across them (albeit with a ton of different adapters)... https://github.com/robbrad/UKBinCollectionData

andypiper, 9 months ago to 3DPrinting

I've had a #BambuLab printer for ~7 months (and it is excellent), but have mostly avoided multicolour prints - partly due to the wastage on switch/purge, mostly due to not being able to leave the printer to run for extended periods. I've used the AMS for layered smaller layered plates and badge, but not figurines and such. Finally doing a relatively small 3 colour AMS print today and it looks fantastic so far. 🤞🏻 #3dprinting

andypiper, 1 month ago to maps

This looks like a fun thing to explore from @robintw https://blog.rtwilson.com/explore-uk-place-names-on-a-map-my-new-web-app/ #maps #geodata

andypiper, 9 months ago to random

Evening to myself. Finally time to watch Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. No spoilers, I’m going in. See you on the flipside.