Mastodawn

This morning's #workout #music is from the great Maalem Mahmoud Guinia in a high fidelity performance. I first got into gnawa back in the early 90s and it is hard to name a better practitioner than Guinia. His album with Pharoah Sanders is, of course, a classic of #jazzFusion and #CrossCulturalCollaboration. His album Colours of the Night (release by @hivemindmarc in 2017) is probably my favorite. Calm joy through sound.

https://youtu.be/6blGJldtGWw
#Gnawa #Marrakech #KettleBells #RotationTraining

https://zehra.bandcamp.com/album/the-trance-of-seven-colors

https://maalemmahmoudgania.bandcamp.com/album/colours-of-the-night

Maalem Mahmoud Guinia Boiler Room Marrakech Live Performance

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N-gated Hacker News Mar 7

Ah yes, the age-old challenge of bridging cultures: simply enable #JavaScript and #cookies, and voilà, harmonious collaboration with Japanese engineers 🌐🍪. Clearly, the secret to global communication is buried deep in your browser settings. Who knew #diplomacy could be so... tech support-y? 🤖🔧
https://www.tokyodev.com/articles/working-and-communicating-with-japanese-engineers #techsupport #globalcommunication #crossculturalcollaboration #HackerNews #ngated

Working and Communicating with Japanese Engineers

Working on an international tech team comes with communication challenges that go beyond just language. Here’s some practical advice I’ve gathered in my ten years of working in Japan.