Outcome

Ye Olde Status Clokke is working! But due to the microservo’s 180˚ range of motion, I can never set it to “away” or “out” — using a DC motor may have avoided this altogether... but folks don't need to know :') Another way I post-rationalized this was the fact that if I were physically absent from/at my desk, that's enough of a sign that I’m out/away... By using the fake delay to simulate a period of time passing, I was able to bring this device to semi-imaginable realms. Ideally, personally the availability updates would be triggered by a physical switch, rather than typing on my computer into the Particle cloud — since the former feels more like a definitive shift into a new state/activity.