Teammate on most recent team gave me this parting feedback: “I learned a ton, we got lots done, our team dynamics were awesome, and I’ve never felt this kind of team feeling before.”

If your business makes software, I might be good for your business.

https://schmonz.com/snac/schmonz/p/1750949585.435936

For this #WeeklyPiano we return to my childhood instrument (100 years old!) and to #Mordasov’s Jazz Miniatures. Here’s No. 26, which I think translates as “More sure”.

https://youtu.be/log_WbWp-b4

#PianoMiniature #PianoMiniatures #SlavicJazz

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#nofilter besides whichever of the many prisms hanging in the windows is responsible for this

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In case you missed it, this one’s important to me.

https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110967947132531544

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@ska nearly at the limits of mine, too. My musical taste thus far is centered in the western art music I was raised with, but considerably narrower. Which is saying something. Always and forever working on it 🙂

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@ska oh, it’s not my first. It’s my first with a finally adult-attention-span brain, and after a bit of music theory, and actually worth finishing. It fermented under these conditions: https://schmonz.com/2007/11/11/advanced-composition

I wasn’t consciously aiming at Debussy or Chopin with it, but I played and loved a lot of Debussy in high school, and it’s probably impossible to write for the piano without taking from Chopin once one has heard any Chopin. I was consciously aiming at Medtner and Rachmaninov. Lately I’m also hearing hints of Brahms in it.

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I prefer street names a bit more specific. Or maybe less specific too. Just not this amount of specific.

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I composed this. Which @classicalmusic influences do you hear in it?

https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110967947132531544

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I read about it in the bolour supplement

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@adayley Thank you! I’d done lots of improvising (sounded like me, had wonderful moments, lacked structure or repeatability) and a few tries at composing (never matched my imaginings, dead on the page) and this one, finally, connected the dots. And note heads and bar lines.

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@ClayDowling me too. My main takeaways from the original performance of this piece (https://schmonz.com/2007/12/17/schlair-student-piece-1) were

1. I have enough skill with music (my love was never in question) to go ahead with a music major; no need for a last-minute switch
2. Composing is expensive enough (75 hours for this 3.5 minute piece) that it better be deliberate practice
3. I’ll need an old-school composition teacher (probably one with ear hair) and time to focus on it

In the meantime, the past year+ of piano-playing has expanded my lexicon and also my understanding of what’s physically reasonable to expect from a pianist. It’s not the training I most specifically need, but it’s moving the needle for sure.

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@gdinwiddie it’s from university days (eek) 16 years ago. Many associated thoughts and feelings but the main one is, I’ve got to make time for more studying-composing and doing-composing.

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@dressupgeekout thank you! It’s from 2007 student days. Need time for more studying and more composing.

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@deborahh one recline and zero lies detected

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On this Very Special Episode of #WeeklyPiano, it’s my first composition.

I had many goals with it. Technical:

- Sonata form
- Counterpoint
- Fugato

Personal:

- Tell a story
- Sound like me
- Do no work with the title
- Prove further study worthwhile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSDtnlk3RUM&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=45

#PianoMiniature #PianoMiniatures @classicalmusic

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A small but real adventure.

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@deborahh my face was seen to brighten as it emitted “this is the coolest mug I’ve ever seen, who’s the artist?”

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Day immediately brightened.

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Got some favorite composers from my #DailyPiano / #WeeklyPiano collection? These new playlists are just the thing.

Alkan: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkuryjnRFclSnbbL01Ab9ZDdWOcIC5EZO

Bortkiewicz: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkuryjnRFclQidvx62Yk21uIsdOAPQdRS

Bowen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkuryjnRFclRIzVypG4xEZhqqHXLN5MES

Grieg: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkuryjnRFclTn2oMDy739SAi6VEBnBL43

Medtner: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkuryjnRFclTzfuYJmcZXYDjKxUB-uAgy

Mompou: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkuryjnRFclT8NjLQgIp9aNPi6lMDamZ-

Mordasov: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkuryjnRFclS00GpZuvODcPSqGukHmej-

Schumann: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkuryjnRFclS7QbVUdimq4ceWbzDRHwgd

Scriabin: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkuryjnRFclQOvPsnhQMI5ceuNfikGh87

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Recorded on a once again distant instrument, this #WeeklyPiano brings us solidly back into the realm of the #PianoMiniature. It’s #Mordasov Jazz Miniature No. 25, “Movement”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ_LiT311dM&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=46

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@borland @franzzieris Q-and-A #8 here hopefully addresses this: https://schmonz.com/software/greencently/faq

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Semi-periodic reminders:

1. You are not morally obligated to wait for your entire test suite to run green AGAIN on commit. If that's you, with #JUnit5 tests, here's help: https://schmonz.com/software/greencently

2. I can be hired full-time, while supplies last: https://schmonz.com/2023/08/05/who-needs-an-amitai/

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What I'm Doing Now: https://schmonz.com/now #NowNowNow

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So nice I'm posting it twice.

Small changes build up to big impact. Take 10 minutes. Feel different afterward.

Brahms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1KOp4iZX0M&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=42

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So nice I'm posting it twice.

Small changes build up to big impact. Take 10 minutes. Feel different afterward.

Brahms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1KOp4iZX0M&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=42

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This is another one that's especially

- important to me
- worth your ear-time

https://octodon.social/@schmonz/110882592635669962

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This #WeeklyPiano is the first piece I played for my first baby. In breadth and impact, it’s no #PianoMiniature, but its heft is the sum of mostly tiny harmonic and timbral shifts.

Happy 7th anniversary, my love. Let’s keep making mostly tiny shifts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1KOp4iZX0M&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=44

#PianoMiniatures #Brahms @classicalmusic

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Proper weather for saying goodbye.

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Well-functioning-piano time is up. I did pretty good:

1. Recorded enough music to stick to my #WeeklyPiano posting schedule while being off at the beach
2. Recorded enough music to cover the next three weeks

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By way of partial compensation for its officiousness, Germany occasionally offers such remuneration as this.

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@deborahh (-away-from-home-home, with reminders of how this temporarily became home)

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Preferred mug: big, cool shape, good memories. #CodingTour

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My 2018 #CodingTour took me to @alex_schl (and Zeb at the time) company. I had a solo flight booked for March 2020 to consult there. Instead, on the same exact flight, my whole family moved to Germany, during which years I never managed to see Zeb or Alex.

Fixed today:

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@gdinwiddie I know innit? Fun and tiny and so much for me to learn from them. I’ll be sad when I run out (there are 30) but eager to revisit them.

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It’s time to head back, but we always wish we could stay at the beach just a little longer: we’re restored, trying new things, in a new rhythm. An apposite #WeeklyPiano, then: #Mordasov Jazz Miniature No. 24, “Blyues”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C90tiipM82g&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=42

#PianoMiniatures #PianoMiniature

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@claresudbery thank you Clare for sharing this along!

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@mkilby ha! Haven't heard of them doing any layoffs but no hiring that I'm aware of either.

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@jitterted Thank you, Ted, for this and the similar ones elsewhere.

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@mkilby Either it didn't happen, or I wasn't invited, or I failed to understand the invitation. Still here on Earth in the usual timeline, as far as I can tell 😃

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@GeePawHill @deborahh @mariapopova Oh, wow. Yes, now that I've met the thought, I recognize it: being held firmly in time and corporeality is a big part of why I hold to music-making. And maybe my wish to compose music with a chance of living longer than I do is further proof that time and corporeality are indeed the whole of it.

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As a blog post (with a bonus bunch of fresh testimonials):

https://schmonz.com/2023/08/05/who-needs-an-amitai/

Please share to help the right company find and take advantage of my #EngineeringLeadership.

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@deborahh thank you kindly!

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@ska nope, the poetry remains a (probably badly kept) secret until such time as I feel an urge to abuse my power. Muahahaha

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@gdinwiddie thank you, George. It means a lot to me and if anyone else knows what’s good for ‘em it’ll mean a lot to them too.

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Hi folks! I’m looking for my next full-time role in engineering leadership (such as Director, VP, CTO) and/or senior engineering (such as Principal or Staff).

I love people, want them to succeed, and have fairly reliably made myself helpful.

You may already know me from Agile in 3 Minutes, my Coding Tour, my PubMob, meetups I've run, talks I've given, or approximately a zillion podcasts I've guested on. I'm happy to say my track record of being an effective influencer extends beyond social media.

Some of my core competencies:

- Coaching (technical and otherwise, all levels of the org)
- Managing (risks, products, and people)
- Contributing (tests, code, relentless improvements to developer UX, you name it)
- Inviting and supporting meaningful conversations
- Making and supporting effective decisions
- Orienting myself — and helping others orient themselves — in new problem spaces
- Seeking out and attending to unmet needs
- Rooting practical daily choices in values and principles, and vice versa
- Making workplaces more humane
- Supporting people as the whole human beings they are
- Giving, always and constructively, a shit

People saying nice things about my…

- Engineering leadership: https://latentagility.com/bio
- Consulting and coaching: https://latentagility.com/testimonials
- Agile in 3 Minutes micropodcast: https://agilein3minut.es/comments

If you (or someone you know) need your organization influenced from within by an Amitai, please get in touch:

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmonz
- https://latentagility.com/link/free-call

[and please share this freely]

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Forecast: 40% chance of interdimensional portal.

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This #WeeklyPiano is brought to you by timeshifting. In advance of trading piano access for beach access, I prepared a couple more #Mordasov Jazz Miniatures for us. Here’s No. 23, “Listen to the Rhythm”:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=s8gB_4xmR0o&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=40

#PianoMiniature #PianoMiniatures #SlavicJazz

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I grew more from that one sentence than from anything else we could possibly have worked on.

It meant so much to me, naturally, but of course I was neither the first nor the last person whom Niels Østbye influenced in precisely this kind of way. https://music.columbia.edu/node/8924

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@deborahh looks like something I'd need years to learn how to do. as you predicted. 🙂

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