Ben

Enabler of music notation software creation; technology tinkerer; pull my finger.

[Ben @bentimms]

@TLRailUK - what's the advice if I'm trying to go get to Stevenage from KGX or STP?

[Ben @bentimms]

@lilliepharris @CoventGChorus @Tori_Longdon @CForshaw_Sax With a garden as lush as that, I’m surprised it’s not a “View from the composting desk” 😉

[Ben @bentimms]

@roystoncrow Is this local news?

[Ben @bentimms]

@TheBarronDotNet Are you telling me there isn’t one already?

[4barsrest.com @4barsrest]

160 years of Royston music making under threat: A decision to raise their annual leasehold payment from £500 to over £7,000 could see a community brass band reach its last chord. https://t.co/uMqQq4daQo

[HeadteacherChat @Headteacherchat]

‘To help create psychological safety, admit when you don’t understand something or made a mistake; encourage team members to voice concerns; thank them when they have courage to offer a dissenting view. Treat mistakes as opportunity to learn, not blame’

Tannenbaum and Salas 2021

[Sketchplanations @sketchplanator]

The Pyramid Principle from Barbara Minto.

Getting your point across by doing the hard work of organising your ideas for your reader.

[Ben @bentimms]

@BBCSteveR Last of the summer vodka?

[Ben @bentimms]

@lilliepharris - timely

[Ben @bentimms]

Good thing nobody has to sight-read Happy Birthday!

[Sketchplanations @sketchplanator]

Saying "no" to your children or your boss isn't easy. I really like this framework of three types of "no" from @juddantin

1. The Yes No
2. The Material No
3. The Priority No

Read more: https://t.co/PkihVs0BIK

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This is why train wheels are not perfectly cylindrical, but slightly conical

[📹 3d_printer_academy]

[Sketchplanations @sketchplanator]

Point positive: agreeing in advance to point towards the safe way out of danger rather than towards the dangers themselves.

Also a reminder that it's often less helpful to dwell on difficulties and problems than to direct our energies toward positive ways forward and solutions.

[Ben @bentimms]

@MarianneLevy One of these? https://t.co/L3temV2nG5

[I Am Devloper @iamdevloper]

I’m not like this because I’m a programmer, I’m a programmer because I’m like this

[Ben @bentimms]

@TheBarronDotNet @OrchestrationOL Is it add three sharps or take away three sharps? I often get bass trombone parts in concert pitch to play on the Eb Bass in treble clef and do that trick the other way around.