The Sharpest Note Beginner music units with interactive practice tools for orchestral instruments

It's not "ready" yet, nor will it ever be, but feel free to explore at sharpestnote.com and drop me a line if this is interesting to you!

Hey, do you know string instrument teachers or have a beginner student at home?

What if the material given to beginner music students for home practice were something that facilitates intuition and gives immediate feedback instead of being just ink on paper?

#violin #viola #musiced #musicteaching

Yhdyssanaympyrä: rakenna loputon yhdyssanaketju. sana on mielihyväperiaateohjelmapalvelumaksukehotushuutomyrsky ja se koostuu seitsemästä kehällä olevasta yhdyssananoodista

Idea ei ihan ehtinyt valmistua eiliselle suomen kielen ja Mikael Agricolan päivälle, mutta siitä huolimatta:
Yritä löytää yhdyssana, joka loppuu siihen mistä alkoi!

demo.koponen-hilden.fi/yhdyssanaymp...
Yhdyssanoja voi kopioida osoitekentästä ja jakaa. Idea perustuu vanhaan ympyräruno-skriptiin.

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I think of this video at frequent intervals.
Predicting AI slop before AI slop existed (it is 15 years old now).

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@forresto.bsky.social was the culprit!

Yle Sápmi on Instagram: "Áŋŋela birrasis eallá Raukku-nammasaš rievssat. Raukku lea čavčča rájes johtán boazodoalli Ursula Länsman šilljus - doppe son leage šaddan beanta šeaffa, guhte liiko čuovvut m... 5,837 likes, 26 comments - ylesapmi on January 31, 2026: "Áŋŋela birrasis eallá Raukku-nammasaš rievssat. Raukku lea čavčča rájes johtán boazodoalli Ursula Länsman šilljus - doppe son leage šaddan bea...

We started talking about ptarmigans at our workspace because of this, and a colleague pointed me to this news piece about one in Lapland 😂 www.instagram.com/reels/DULkBk...

Searching for Birds An interactive story about the birds that capture our curiosity, told through data, visuals and illustrations

@nadiehbremer.com's bird project is pretty 🤯, both in scale and how beautiful it is.

Explore how people use Google to search for their favorite birds searchingforbirds.visualcinnamon.com

In case you missed it: my full, free, open course on accessibility and visualization is out!

Currently using this to find my people! If you saw me follow you, come say hi 🤗 I work with data viz and sound in Helsinki, Finland.

Tool here: wdrg.aalto.fi/income-inequ...

Rising income inequality across half of global population and socioecological implications - Nature Sustainability The lack of income distribution data hinders the study of income inequality, which is critical for sustainable development. This study now provides subnational global datasets to assess the problem an...

I know I was working on something nice building a global sub-nation-level income inequality exploration tool, but didn't actually realize it would be linked on Nature. And this is just the beginning for the tool. Look for the online tool here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The workspace got a pen plotter!

Here's some album-cover-inspired renewable energy production by week in Finland. Wind 2013–2024, solar 2017–2024. Not to scale with each other.