Micz Flor
Creator, Developer And Maintainer
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolMicz Flor is a Berlin-based creator, developer and media entrepreneur with 12 years of hands-on experience building open-source publishing and audio projects. As co-founder of Sourcefabric and managing director of Booktype GmbH, he blends product leadership with deep UX and content strategy expertise to deliver collaborative publishing tools and workflows. He is the originator and long-term maintainer of Phoniebox, a Raspberry Pi contactless jukebox that showcases his uncommon mix of embedded systems, GPIO scripting and user-focused design. Micz’s GitHub contributions span front-end responsive design for Booktype and low-level RFID/music-control scripting for the RPi Jukebox, reflecting both UI polish and hardware integration skills. Trained in psychology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, he applies behavioural insight to digital publishing and media engagement. He also holds community-facing roles—founder of Inkmap and chair of transmediale—demonstrating a knack for turning technical projects into cultural products.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Research Assistant, Social Psychology, Research Assistant, Social Psychology at The University of ManchesterTechnischen Universität DarmstadtDiplom, Psychology, Diplom, Psychology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
German, English
Github Skills (17)
python10
scripting10
django10
css10
rfid10
audio10
raspberry10
script10
sys10
html10
sh10
embedded10
shell10
google-books9
javascript8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
MiczFlor/RPi-Jukebox-RFID
Feb 2017 - Jan 2023
A Raspberry Pi jukebox, playing local music, podcasts, web radio and streams triggered by RFID cards, web app or home automation. All plug and play via USB. GPIO scripts available.
Role in this project:
Back-end & Embedded Systems Engineer
Back-end & Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:19 releases, 18 reviews, 1039 commits in 6 years
Contributions summary:Micz implemented core functionalities of a Raspberry Pi-based jukebox, primarily focused on scripting and hardware integration. They developed a shell script (`rfid_trigger_play.sh`) to trigger music playback based on RFID card input and created related files to manage folder configurations. Furthermore, they made modifications to Python scripts to manage RFID reader interactions and control the music player via the GPIO, showing hardware-software integration skills.
streamsusbhome-automationrfid-jukeboxpodcasts
booktype/Booktype
Nov 2015 - May 2017
Booktype is a free, open source platform that produces beautiful, engaging books formatted for print, Amazon, iBooks and almost any ereader within minutes.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 21 PRs, 5 comments in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Micz primarily modified templates and CSS files, indicating a focus on the front-end design and UI of the Booktype platform. They refactored HTML to use responsive design classes and updated button styles, suggesting they were involved in improving the overall user experience. Additionally, they made minor code changes to hide draft views and modify the view of frontpage, which suggests involvement with the backend features and user permissions.
ebookspythondjangoformattedpdf
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