Thanksgiving Wind-down

Noodling around as the busy Thanksgiving holiday winds down.

 
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What’s in a title?

I don’t believe much in titles or org structures, having always been pretty independent (and remove from the halls of authority).  But my title did recently get a title change, reflecting some of the change in my previous daily routine from aiding the evolution of the WSO Mashup Server.

Although I’m a bit embarrassed to use the veep title (lingering Pavlovian associations with Cheney?), I am proud that our whole software platform has matured to the point where we spend less time adding features to meet customer needs, and more time explaining that we have solutions ready to go, with great usability, performance, scalability, interoperability, and license terms (zero).  And that our support services are top-notch and provide great value.  It’s an honor to get this message out to our growing community of users, customers, and partners.

Congrats to Devaka too for his promotion from Manager to Director!  Guess that’s what you get for consistently great work around the clock ;-).

Podcasts remastered!

At long last I’ve updated my sampling equipment beyond the lame built-in sound card which provided such a nasty hum on some of my recordings.  I spent part of the weekend resampling all my previous podcasts. I cleaned up a few bits of tempo flux that were bothering me too, but not enough to damage the basic improvisatory quality I hope.

Anyway, if you’re a subscriber of Spontaneous Reflections, and have any old episodes lying around, please delete them and grab the new renderings, I promise you’ll enjoy these more!

Now I can get back to creating some new recordings (though an updated website is rising in priority too…)

Live Music, plus Art!

Jason and I will again be playing our eclectic improvisitory mix of jazz, new age, folk, and world music (violin and keyboards) for the opening of a new exhibit of figurative work at the Blue Line Gallery in Roseville.  Join us there on November 15th between 6:30 and 9:00PM.  I’ll be using this opportunity to start more actively promoting my Spontaneous Reflections podcast.  Come by if you can!

An Extra Hour (from Off the Path)

Who doesn’t enjoy that extra hour in the morning when we “fall back”. Midi-recorded live performance on 11/02.

 
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