Snippets from my online life. My main blog is at The lost outpost with twitterings @andypiperTumblr (3.0; @andypiper)http://andypiper.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/312692b8cb405db6cd5718348cca91a8/tumblr_mmwqs4iBw11qz4vw1o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Cloud Foundry has gone Pivotal - so what’s new?</big></p><blockquote><p>A few weeks ago I was privileged to be <a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/04/24/go-pivotal/" target="_blank">at the launch of Pivotal</a>– a new organisation formed by…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/05/16/cloud-foundry-has-gone-pivotal-so-whats-new/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/50596352115http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/50596352115Thu, 16 May 2013 21:12:04 +0100cloudfoundryarchitectureawsccngcloud computingcloud eastCloudComputingcloudfoundry.comcommunitydevelopersec2EMCGeneral ElectricgopivotalHerokuiaasinfrastructure-as-a-serviceironfoundryJavangopen sourceOpenStackpaaspaul maritzpivotalpivotal incPivotal Labsplatform-as-a-servicesan franciscostackato<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4a7b2dd4503aefa65a4f5f589fc86942/tumblr_mmw95mhTif1qz4vw1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Two weeks with a Nokia Lumia 920</big></p><blockquote><p>Just in time for <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/05/14/nokia-lumia-925/" target="_blank">Nokia to announce the Lumia 925</a> (and 928), I’m belatedly posting my review of a <a href="http://www.nokia.com/global/products/phone/lumia920/" target="_blank">Lu…</a></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/05/16/two-weeks-with-a-nokia-lumia-920/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/50576142271http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/50576142271Thu, 16 May 2013 14:51:21 +0100nokiaconnectschanezonhardwarelumialumia 920lumia 925microsoftmobileNokiareviewSkyDrivesoftwareWindows PhoneWindows Phone 8wp8xbox<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/abcca11e5656b57f1c2b3dea52ea9c75/tumblr_mlrpnfEtUN1qz4vw1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Go Pivotal!</big></p><blockquote><p>I’m in San Francisco today for the launch of a new company – <a title="Pivotal" href="http://gopivotal.com" target="_blank">Pivotal</a>.</p> <p>Pivotal is bringing together…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/04/24/go-pivotal/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/48780542140http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/48780542140Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:26:03 +0100cloud foundrygopivotalpaul maritzpivotalpivotal onepivotalhdrabbitmqspring<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5d846d3b5d7c3f4eacd7e3ebfecec4fc/tumblr_mkvx6pR3TC1s5efiro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kickstarterpinholediary.tumblr.com/post/47359786754/massive-thanks-to-everyone-who-has-helped-me-break" target="_blank">kickstarterpinholediary</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Massive thanks to everyone who has helped me break my target this weekend! Woohoo! </p> </blockquote> <p><3</p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/47365313387http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/47365313387Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:16:02 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6a34354b6da8b1d1d975e362da3547ca/tumblr_mkjzw7ooTZ1qz5deto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.xwidep.me.uk/post/47186712118/endor-forest-terrarium-via-vinh-tiefighters" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">xwidep</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/112572119/ewok-duo-endor-forest-terrarium-star" target="_blank">Endor Forest Terrarium</a></strong></p> <p>(via:<a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://clawmarksinthefrozenpeas.com/post/46811131848/endor-forest-terrarium" target="_blank">vinh</a>) <span><br/></span></p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.tiefighters.com/post/46811759827/endor-forest-terrarium-via-vinh" target="_blank">tiefighters</a>:</p></blockquote>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/47191670625http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/47191670625Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:11:47 +0100<blockquote><p>Day 2 of <a href="http://eclipsecon.org/2013" target="_blank">EclipseCon 2013</a> and we’ve already been seeing some strong interest in the M2M community and the kinds of projects we have been working on!</p> <p><strong>The story so far</strong></p> <p>There were two  M2M events on day one. The first was the M2M tutorial featuring some real…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/03/26/m2m-community-at-eclipsecon/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/46352558744http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/46352558744Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:55:05 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/47cc167519793b06a16ff1f53e391837/tumblr_mk811b90r51qz4vw1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>M2M, IoT and MQTT at EclipseCon 2013</p><p><a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/03/25/m2m-iot-and-mqtt-at-eclipsecon-2013/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/46252186222http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/46252186222Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:46:22 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/47cc167519793b06a16ff1f53e391837/tumblr_mk7zm1FYRa1qz4vw1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>M2M, IoT and MQTT at EclipseCon 2013</big></p><blockquote><p><a href="http://eclipsecon.org/2013" target="_blank">EclipseCon 2013</a> is here, and I’m in Boston with the great folks from around the community this week.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/03/25/m2m-iot-and-mqtt-at-eclipsecon-2013/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/46250687758http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/46250687758Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:15:35 +0000<blockquote>One of the aspects of my work on <a href="http://cloudfoundry.com/" target="_blank">Cloud Foundry</a> at VMware / the Pivotal Initiative is, of course, the superb support for the <a href="http://www.springsource.org/" target="_blank">Spring Framework</a> offered on the platform. <p>If you, too, “speak Spring” like my good buddy and fellow Developer Advocate <a href="http://joshlong.com/" target="_blank">Josh Long</a> (…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/03/23/free-spring-schwag-well-why-not-2/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/46064704815http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/46064704815Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:45:29 +0000<blockquote><p>One of the aspects of my work on <a href="http://cloudfoundry.com" target="_blank">Cloud Foundry</a> at VMware / the Pivotal Initiative is, of course, the superb support for the <a href="http://www.springsource.org/" target="_blank">Spring Framework</a> offered on the platform.</p> <p>If you, too, “speak Spring” like my good buddy and fellow Developer Advocate <a href="http://joshlong.com/" target="_blank">Josh Long</a>(aka</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/03/21/free-spring-schwag-well-why-not/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/45949302787http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/45949302787Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:48:07 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c432ea63a8baed6f63a1d57150fa8e99/tumblr_mk1aknXJXf1qz4vw1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Book Signing 2.0?</big></p><blockquote><p>Last night I attended a unique event – what we think is the first ever “virtual book signing”!</p> <p>Well…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/03/21/book-signing-2-0/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/45947769391http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/45947769391Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:29:09 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c432ea63a8baed6f63a1d57150fa8e99/tumblr_mk1ajuSBoB1qz4vw1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Book Signing 2.0?</big></p><blockquote><p>Last night I attended a unique event – what we think is the first ever “virtual book signing”!</p> <p>Well…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/03/21/book-signing-2-0/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/45947729838http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/45947729838Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:28:40 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e418a66a16151aca877a137d8a1c311b/tumblr_mjkt9ql4B41qz4vw1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>On ageing, and a wake-up call</big></p><blockquote><p><strong>Oldness</strong></p> <p>Yesterday, I turned 37.</p> <p>1978 // 2012</p> <p>I’m often mistaken as being younger than I am. At…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/03/13/on-ageing-and-a-wake-up-call/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/45236097847http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/45236097847Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:53:49 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/84177b11cbe87aadd842028e6e7400e3/tumblr_mjkt9fW8PC1qz4vw1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>On ageing, and a wake-up call</big></p><blockquote><p><strong>Oldness</strong></p> <p>Yesterday, I turned 37.</p> <p>1978 // 2012</p> <p>I’m often mistaken as being younger than I am. At…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/03/13/on-ageing-and-a-wake-up-call/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/45236084908http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/45236084908Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:53:38 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9653ba6a0e432c90ccd1072485f1384f/tumblr_mi8w86AbAq1rsbi86o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://secondaryartifacts.tumblr.com/post/44610983911/wwbd" target="_blank">secondaryartifacts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>WWBD?</p> </blockquote> <p>:-)</p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/44615080835http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/44615080835Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:31:55 +0000<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://devopsreactions.tumblr.com/post/43477800959/when-someone-recommends-iscsi" target="_blank">devopsreactions</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/0f49ad1b4a039e883e3785c0cde1f4c8/tumblr_inline_mi4kg4bSDR1qz4rgp.gif"/></p> <p>Submitted by Rawb</p> </blockquote>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/43486646258http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/43486646258Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:49:52 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cb30db8fa0648920cf298953eea5964e/tumblr_mhgnwsxSgW1qz4vw1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Sushi, code, and craft</big></p><blockquote><p>On the recommendation of my friend and colleague <a href="http://twitter.com/monadic" target="_blank">Alexis Richardson</a>, last night I went along to the <a href="http://www.ica.org.uk" target="_blank"></a></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/01/30/sushi-code-and-craft/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/41896730013http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/41896730013Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:00:27 +0000<blockquote><p>When <a href="http://twitter.com/jeffdonthemic" target="_blank">Jeff Douglas</a> from <a href="http://www.cloudspokes.com" target="_blank">CloudSpokes</a> contacted me last week to ask if I would be interested in being a guest on their Different Spokes show to talk about <a href="http://cloudfoundry.com" target="_blank">Cloud Foundry</a>, help to review a book on node.js, and generally talk tech, I was delighted to be able to…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/01/30/different-spokes/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/41892795618http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/41892795618Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:11:49 +0000<blockquote><p>As I close in on my first year anniversary joining the <a href="http://cloudfoundry.com" target="_blank">Cloud Foundry</a> team, we’ve passed the New Year marker and some things are in the process of changing, so I thought it was high time for a blog post – now there’s a thing!</p> <p>Last year was one full of…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://andypiper.co.uk/2013/01/24/looking-back-looking-forward/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/41369061330http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/41369061330Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:41:38 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/32bac23fcc762136a01ea6735448d492/tumblr_mgztpveFES1qzlt3uo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://decodering.com/post/41131096551/one-div" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">decodering</a>:</p> <blockquote><h2><a href="http://one-div.com/" target="_blank">One Div</a></h2> <blockquote><p>One div aims to highlight the potential of CSS3 through a library of single element logos. All icons displayed on the website are realised in pure css with only one html div.</p></blockquote></blockquote>http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/41136711801http://andypiper.tumblr.com/post/41136711801Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:48:26 +0000