Kourosh Dini's Blog, page 22

13 years at Nitida Ridge in Second Life

Bree Birke and I have been setting up the performance at Nitida Ridge in Second Life for 13 years now. Nearly every Saturday morning at 10am CST, I’ve been performing piano live to Internet radio and the Second Life Community!

Here’s a recent performance:

 

You can always listen from afar or in world – or on Youtube when I connect there.

Moonlight Sonata – Bird’s Eye View series

An Author Interview at NFReads

I recently did an author interview at NFReads. You can check out the interview here!

Sandsurf

Beethoven’s Pathetique – The Second Movement from Above

I’ve been enjoying putting together these bird’s eye view tracks. It just seems so much more entertaining to watch than seeing a piano player from the side. The hands are, after all, what are doing the work.

Fear and Saving in OmniFocus

Working without Stop

Some people feel that they can only work on something from beginning to end. Once they start, they don’t stop until it’s done. At times, they may boast about how they work this way, too, pointing to excellent grades and beating out deadlines by the skin of their teeth.

However, working straight through a project can be a problem, too. Many other responsibilities are easily missed in the meantime. Projects with conflicting deadlines create impossible situations. Looming de...

Herd – Piano from a Bird’s Eye View

How to Strengthen Projects by Ending with Next Actions

At the Piano

When learning to perform a piece of music, it is useful to work a little a time. Each measure or even note could be a useful unit to practice.

However far I would make it into practice, my piano teacher of years back would suggest, “end on one”. By this, she would mean that when I was to end a practice session:

Try to find a natural break in the piece. Try to end at the first note of the next measure. Translating the Idea to Work in General

When wrapping up a session of work,...

When Devils and Angels Ascend – (piano)

Written in Db minor.

Bach’s Solfeggietto – A Bird’s Eye View

I’m trying something new with the camera. I got myself a tripod, hit record, spiffed it up in Screencast, and here ’tis: