If my business was strong and I had a magic wand that made my team work better and be way more productive, the first thing I’d do would be to… (checks notes) downsize by nearly half

Nice, Fela Kuti is finally getting some recognition
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx1207757xo

This “how to practice” a hard piano passage video is *so well done*: https://youtu.be/MUvPx-ZaYmA

Give it a few minutes, even if you don’t know anything about piano music. It’s such a good strategy for how to get good at anything hard.

Break it down into parts, analyze the parts to find patterns, and use repetition & variations on those patterns to understand and perform them better.

What a relief to have just received my renewed passport

It’s really weird how soybeans are in practically every food in this country, but it’s near impossible to get raw dried soybeans without going to an asian market

Uh, any email providers out there that aren’t connected to all this? *gestures around*

Woah I contacted a random music publishing house months ago asking about purchasing a music score, but heard nothing. But today I woke to find an email to me from the composer who’s like, hey I hear you want to buy my music. This is awesome!

Man, high speed rail is the best. Going from Tainan to Taipei (just under 200mi, roughly the distance between NYC to Baltimore or San Francisco to Reno) in about 1h45min for ~$40 USD.

早安台北！