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Last year, I gave a number of talks on the subject of pen plotters / drawing machines, and how they have been used in different ways to realise different forms of art.

I wasn’t immediately able to share the main talk (the closing keynote from QCon London 2024), but I posted about the shorter edition that I delivered at Electromagnetic Field, and I’ve also written about the distinction between computer art generated using algorithms, and generative AI creations.

It took some time for the video to become available to share, but you can now take a look at the closing keynote that began it all, on the InfoQ website: Where is the Art? a History in Technology. I really enjoyed researching the subject.

This year, I plan to tinker with building more of my own plotters, in different formats.

Next up, we have our fifth (!) Wimbledon Art Fair – next month, May 8-11. We’re still working with the plotter and pouring paints, and have upgraded from the AxiDraw A4 SE to a larger NextDraw 1117 for some of our more recent work. If you’re in the neighbourhood, do come and take a look!

https://andypiper.co.uk/2025/04/17/pen-plotters-and-the-history-of-computer-art/

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Apologies to anyone at #qcon that was going to catch my talk. Unfortunately I've been 🤮 and there's no way I could travel :(

I was looking forward to this so very sad not to make it at the last minute :(

It's #qcon London!!
We're here with a booth and talks on #ZeroTrust and #apacheflink.
Also meeting old friends Nf colleagues!

A relaxed 15km trail run with 500m EG very close to where I live. Even though I've run here many times, every season has its own special magic 🌞 There's no doubt that spring has finally arrived here in the mountains as well!

Tomorrow till Friday I'm off to #London for #QConLondon, which I'm really looking forward to. Let's see how much running I get to do here 😎

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Getting ready for #QConLondon! Check out Luca Mezzalira's video preparing to speak at the conference and get a sneak peek behind the scenes: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rsoNorCBPH0

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“Looking forward to #QCon London! I’ll be speaking on Changing Power Dynamics and what senior engineers can learn from junior engineers—sharing strategies to flatten power dynamics and create a more inclusive culture.

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6/6 Final takeaway: Managing ML projects ≠ managing regular software.

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We should question what we work on as engineers. #QCon

Tech Talks Weekly Extra #5 🔥: Must-watch 2024 QCon talks
As we approach the middle of 2024, I’ve picked some of the most interesting ones from London and San Francisco editions that have been published this year so far.

https://techtalksweekly.substack.com/p/ttw-extra-5-must-watch-2024-qcon

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This morning, running The Secret of Ronan Skerry for #DCC #RPG at #UKGamesExpo. One of the players in my group was Brian from #Dublin, who played the original #CastlesAndCrusades version way back in 2009 at #QCon #Belfast. As I remember, he had a podcast at the time and gave me a nice review.

Brian brought along his signed copy of the first printing from fifteen years ago.

Although @ukgamesexpo doesn't officially open until Friday morning, tonight there is open #gaming in #NEC Hall 3. If you are there and you see me, say hello!

Today's #Tshirt is from #Belfast 's #games #convention #QCon XXIV. This is my favourite of the Q-Con t-shirts, featuring the Q-Bot towering above Belfast's famous landmarks.