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Andy Piper @[email protected] · 2024-03-19 · 23:45 UTC

I’ve been getting to more events lately (casual meetups, small conferences, academic workshops, etc); but, I’ve been dissatisfied with my answer when I was asked the question “what do you do right now?” – because I often start to talk about a specific project.

I’ve got a number of interesting but limited (in time) pieces of work right now, and I’m excited to be involved with them; but ideally, I don’t want to describe myself and my capabilities in terms of what I’m doing for any one client, since I may not be continuing with a specific role for a longer term. It also hasn’t felt ideal to hand out a card for the studio, podcast, or with one of my client “hats”, since doing so doesn’t signal availability for “other things”.

So, time to refresh my business cards. I’m still using MOO (after all these years) – I’m happy with what they offer. The cards feature details from two different designs of my pen plotter artwork from the studio (original framed pieces, as well as prints, are available in the store). I’ve gone with the recycled cotton finish this time around.

For the tagline, I’ve tried to capture a number of my skills, abilities and interests, without limiting myself to a single niche.

freelance technologist; consultant | speaker | maker | podcaster

I’ve been working professionally in Developer Relations for ~15 years, most frequently in the Developer Advocate role, but within that I’ve also leaned in to Partner Engineering, management, and team leadership at different times; and, I’ve also worked with public policy and moderation teams, as well as on some complex technical integrations.
This year, I’ve also run booths at events (including at State of Open Con 2023 for the Open Source Initiative, at tech events for OpenUK, and at FOSDEM 2024 for Mastodon); and, I’ve been speaker coordinator for a major 2-day conference (State of Open Con 2024).
I love to speak at events myself, and I’m honoured to have been invited to deliver the closing keynote at QCon in London next month.
Our weekly podcast Games at Work dot Biz is a fun ongoing element of life – it keeps me up-to-date with what is going on at a macro level in technology trends, and has always been a great opportunity to explain and educate. Find us in your favourite podcast app!
The Forge & Craft maker space and art studio is also a big part of my current identity.

What can I do to help you? Potentially, a range of things: through running a developer program for a technology project, to providing guidance and advice around current technology trends (fractional CTO roles), to senior community leadership and management. I have 20+ years of experience in the Open Source movement, and contributing to projects at every level.

I’m continuing to work on my online presence, but my landing page is a good starting point to find out what I’m working on (plus, the omg lol domain seems to entertain people!)

If you’d like to book time with me for consultation, you can find my bookable calendar here; you can sponsor me on GitHub or book a session with me and your team here; or, simply buy me a coffee / fund my habit of trying out new gadgets over here.

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https://andypiper.co.uk/2024/03/19/personal-cards/

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WebMontag Kiel @[email protected] · 2022-05-31 · 16:43 UTC

Es kann wieder losgehen!
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Terence Eden’s Blog @[email protected] · 2011-06-10 · 09:09 UTC

QR Business Cards and Moo.com

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2011/06/qr-business-cards-and-moo-com/

An edited version of this paid-for post appeared at Moo.com on the 7th of June

QR codes are awesome! I mean, you may think your moo mini-cards are pretty funky - but they're nothing without a QR code.

Why do you hand your card over to someone? You want the recipient to plug your contact details into their address book, right? So you give them a bit of card and then you expect them to tap away on their phone, like a primitive ape, until they've saved your number. And hope they've saved it correctly.

That's just so.... analogue... Isn't there a better way of doing things?

Yes. Yes there is. QR Codes are here and they are going to ROCK YOUR WORLD!

Introducing QR Codes

QR Codes are two dimensional barcodes which can quickly and easily be scanned by most camera phones. They're free to create, easy to use, and they look like this.Go take a look in your phone's app store - you'll find several free readers. If you can't, point your phone to GetReader.com to see what's available for your device.

QR Codes can contain many different types of data - URL, phone number, SMS, and vCard. I'm going to show you how you can integrate these into your Moo Cards.

URL

With a QR code on your Moo Card, you can point people straight to your blog.To your .tel website.Or any other site you like. Perhaps to search Twitter for your hashtag?

Phone Number

Scanning in this code will prompt your phone to give me a call. Why not leave me a message?

SMS

Want someone to scan your card and send you a message? Dead easy.

vCard

Scan this code and my address will appear in your phonebook as if by magicOne thing to note is that these QR codes are rather large - it's probably best to print them on full size cards.

Putting It All Together

Here are some of my cards. I've used free or Creative-Commons images of phones and placed the QR code inside them.

Resources

There are several free sites you can use to create your QR Codes.I recommend using QRstuff to generate these codes.You can also use Google Charts for QR Codes if you want dynamic, highly customised codes.Finally, if you want to generate QR codes on your own site, there are several free resources. I use Swetake's QRCode v0.50.

Final Tips

Here are some tips to make sure you get the most out of your QR codes.

Use black ink on a white background to ensure the code is readable.
Ensure there is some whitespace around the code.
If you resize the QR codes, don't use any interpolation.
QR Codes can have variable error-correction. Unless your codes are likely to get dirty, you can set this to "low".
If you're pointing people to a URL, make sure it's mobile friendly.
Make sure your phone numbers are in International Format (+44 for the UK).
Be creative! QR Codes are appearing on everything from advertising posters to urban graffiti - make sure yours stand out.

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