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

The week-starting-with-my-birthday is ending. This’ll have to do. Between fever, attempted naps, and coughing (oh the coughing), here’s a very special piece at maybe half speed: Medtner’s Sonata-Skazka, Op. 25 #1. https://youtu.be/HijPpVLOmaI #weeklypiano #medtner #romanticism

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@lisihocke kids might be getting less sick without grownups getting sick. If so, then yes 🙏

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@joannalaine thank you!

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Was hoping to do some Medtner for the-week-with-my-birthday-in-it, but with luck I’ll do one before the-week-starting-with-my-birthday is out. Meanwhile, these Mordasov Jazz Miniatures are perfect for miniature amounts of spare time. No. 5, “Stroll”: https://youtu.be/zg_mFDevEjE

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Birthday winnings:

- time for actual lazy cuddling on the couch with my one and only (this got rare somehow)
- a passel of sick kids managing to still be mostly sweet and funny
- homemade cards and not-cake
- nonzero piano minutes
- feeling familiar (and long-lost) efficacy at work

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@deborahh couldn’t get into it from this recording. Probably a totally different experience being there.

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Before that, I was doing a new one every day. (Then I got a job.) Full YouTube playlist for #dailypiano here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bApE_Wy_Wro&list=PLkuryjnRFclQJqoIVpk9W9-eIRswejo-R&index=1 @classicalmusic

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BTW, I post some kind of half-to-3/4-assed new recording every week. That’s #weeklypiano. Full YouTube playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlKy6bfEz8o&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=1

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Another short week, another short #pianominiature, another of the #Mordasov #Jazz 30: the fourth one, “A Long Time Ago.” #weeklypiano #pianominiatures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eNRJ1gMBbs&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=15

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Last week got short when the sick going around the house finally came for me. Much better now. For a belated #weeklypiano, here’s another #Mordasov quickie, the third of his Jazz Miniatures: https://youtu.be/dnpMWPofB0M

#pianominiature #pianominiatures #jazz

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@aj @jorge ooooh

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More about (2):

mob.sh handles a temporary branch in a particular repo. That suffices when all the code being worked on is in that repo. What about when it’s not? Say, for a simple case, when we’re making changes to a REST endpoint and a consumer of it. How do?

For everyone to pass around every potentially involved repo on every handoff without effort, my best idea so far is to use myrepos with this .mrconfig:

[DEFAULT]
git_mob1 = echo MOB_WIP_BRANCH_QUALIFIER="mob1" "$@"
git_mob2 = echo MOB_WIP_BRANCH_QUALIFIER="mob2" "$@"

Then you can say mr mob1 start 25 or mr mob1 next and it'll run on all repos in rapid succession. All done? mr mob1 done followed by mr status to see which repos actually need us to compose a commit message.

So those are my best ideas so far to adapt http://mob.sh to this situation. What else could we try?

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More about (1):

When two ensembles are using mob.sh on the same repo, they’ll trample on each other’s work without meaning to. MOB_WIP_BRANCH_QUALIFIER looks like (if everyone sets it correctly) the two sessions will each have a distinct working branch.

For everyone to set it correctly every time, my best idea so far is for everyone’s .profile:

MOB_PROG=$(command -v mob)

mob() {
echo >&2 "nope, run mob1 or mob2"
}

mob1() {
MOB_WIP_BRANCH_QUALIFIER="mob1" ${MOB_PROG}
}

mob2() {
MOB_WIP_BRANCH_QUALIFIER="mob2" ${MOB_PROG}
}

Then nobody can run mob, they have to run the one for the session they’re in (and we always know this). And nobody has to remember anything else.

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Trying mob.sh in a new scenario. Challenges:

1. Two simultaneous sessions on the same repo
2. Each session involving multiple repos

MOB_WIP_BRANCH_QUALIFIER and https://myrepos.branchable.com are my ideas. What are yours, please?

#MobProgramming #EnsembleProgramming

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@MTnv after meeting and being blown away by the piece, I looked up Uch-Kosh. Indeed looks like the sort of place where majestic flowing would occur.

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Thinking about how this piece will sound after
1. I work on it a bunch
2. Someone works on the piano a bunch
Pretty great, will be how.
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxj5Bp3HdTyUs93-Q8LfhPNpSJ8VbdSgUS #bortkiewicz #bortkevych @classicalmusic

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@mkilby thanks Mark! I’ve greatly improved and now it’s the piano’s turn.

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After throwing my back out last week, I’m happy to be upright, even as this baby grand sounds honky-tonk. Gotta get it looked at.

Here’s a quickie #weeklypiano, the second of Mordasov’s 30 Jazz Miniatures. https://youtu.be/Pzgql21X738

#pianominiature #pianominiatures #mordasov #jazz #pianosolo #solopiano #pianomusic

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Pretty good hire for Tuition Manager, assuming Mrs. Dollar Franklin was unavailable.

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It was Medtner’s birthday last week, so for this #weeklypiano we’re belatedly celebrating with his “Elf’s Tale”. I’ll have to give this another go with the gain a bit lower once the piano’s been fixed up. But don’t worry, this music will find you.

https://youtu.be/Jbs-J3wq9aY

#pianominiature #pianominiatures #classicalpiano #pianomusic #pianosolo #romanticism #medtner #skazka #skazki #maerchen

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@gruber no solutions, but I have this too (12.9-inch 3rd-gen)

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@abhayakara@mastodon.lol Glad you like! I did a bunch more Alkan miniatures during my #dailypiano project earlier this year. Maybe there's more stuff to your taste in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkuryjnRFclQJqoIVpk9W9-eIRswejo-R

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@AstridSawatzky once every couple years or so. It hasn't helped yet, especially with so much English and German where we stay. I keep trying anyway 😛

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@AstridSawatzky Bienvenidos al sol, or something like that (I’d need a lot of language help too 😉

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@bentsukun Still need to figure out the NetBSD troubles on mine (Manjaro’s still fine). I managed to bring it home from Germany this time, so there’s a chance 😉

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Weather’s the same chilly rainy gray. Back at my own piano, clearly it needs some work done. Not sure what/when/how. In the meantime, we’ll make do. This #weeklypiano #pianominiature is Ressouvenir (“Remember”) from Alkan’s Op. 63 Esquisses (“Sketches”).

https://youtu.be/at5Qfhgd1oA

#pianominiatures #pianosolo #pianomusic #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #romanticism

@classicalmusic

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@devl 🙇🏽‍♂️

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Happy Medtner’s birthday to us (2/2). @classicalmusic

https://octodon.social/@schmonz/109535028897721263

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Happy Medtner’s birthday to us (1/2). @classicalmusic

https://octodon.social/@schmonz/109609410563323582

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Happy(-enough) new year. #medtner @classicalmusic

https://octodon.social/@schmonz/109609410563323582

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Some stay up for New Year’s Eve; some aren’t well rested enough for that. Either way, here’s our final #weeklypiano for 2022: Medtner’s Op. 37 #1 “Insomnia”, with the vocal part played on piano and overdubbed.

https://youtu.be/nkXmiBDDEi8

#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianominiatures #artsong #artsongs #romanticism #medtner #medtnersongs

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@AstridSawatzky Amazing how our definitions of OK have moved. And compared to not being able to do that, something to be grateful for. Still, get more OKish soonish 🙂

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@ToddVierling 2.5yo kid go “spin it again” and again and again etc.

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@AstridSawatzky danke, und Frohe Weihnachten! Hope all is well (or well enough) with you and that we’ll get to program together again in the coming year.

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אַ פֿריילעכן חנוכה (און ניטל נאַכט)

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Very, very good recording of Medtner “Elf’s Tale” new on YouTube this morning. Merry Christmas to us from Thomas Ang. https://youtu.be/a_dA3FZrlWU @classicalmusic #classicalmusic #pianomusic #romanticism #medtner

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For this week’s #weeklypiano, we return to the #dailypiano well for another #Grieg Lyric Piece. This one’s called “Christmas Eve.”

Just kidding, it’s “Elegi”. The night-before-Christmas vibes are pretty strong, though.

https://youtu.be/K-SF0tXL28A

#pianominiature #pianominiatures #pianomusic #pianosolo #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #romanticism #jul

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@maaretp sweet!

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First played this piece 3 years ago for my parents’ 50th. No music better embodies love, perseverance, and dedication than Medtner’s.

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@ClayDowling thanks fam!

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@samir yes please!

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@jperkin woohoo! I upvoted your comment in case it makes any difference 🙂

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Medtner is a crafter and a systems thinker. His designs cohere form, structure, and seemingly small details by bringing extraordinary technical facility to a process of iterative discovery. The music reveals itself to him bit by bit until it’s finally what it has to be. We win.

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^^^ attn @classicalmusic

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Back on schedule, it’s time for a #weeklypiano #pianominiature! This one’s from the best composer’s late-career “Romantic Sketches for the Young”.

The best composer, of course, is #Medtner. Let “Hymn” grow on you by listening several times.

https://youtu.be/ycZWReggFk4

#pianominiatures #pianomusic #pianosolo #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #romanticism

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@GeePawHill @tastapod am relating

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Working on some Medtner (for the next #weeklypiano) is always timely, as this 🧵 from a year ago (but really 15 years ago) reminds us.

https://octodon.social/@schmonz/107441444306734083

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@twbrandt 🙇‍♂️

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Don’t sleep on this 👆🏼Nocturne. I’m very taken with it and I think you will be too. #romanticism

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I don’t have this #weeklypiano quite where I want it, but that’s nothing new. What’s different is how much I still want to get it righter. A bit off schedule, though, and gotta take my chances when they come.

#Bortkiewicz Nocturne Op. 24 #1 (Diana): https://youtu.be/E1JTPUAD8Pk

#pianominiatures #pianominiature #classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianomusic #pianosolo #solopiano #ukrainianpianomusic #ukrainiancomposers #ukrainiancomposer #bortkevych

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