At the ESCOM conference a few years ago I heard about the Ollen Musical Sophistication Index (OMSI), which is a ten-question standardised test for evaluating musical skills. The test is the result of the PhD dissertation by Joy Ollen. When I first read about this test, I thought it would be interesting to have an...
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I have been delving into the world of what I have called micromovement recently. At first I did not think much about the word “micromovement” itself, assuming that this was a well-used word for small movements. But since several people have asked me about what I actually mean when talking about micromovements, I have...
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Working with music technology I am used to cables. I don’t mind the cables themselves, since cables are in general much less pain than slow/unreliable wireless solutions. However, I do mind unnecessary long cables. Therefore I love the MacBook power adapters (which are even better in US version than the EU). I also love...
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While looking for something totally different today, I stumbled upon an old press release about the European Union Contest for Young Scientists 2001. Ten year old press releases are usually not the most exciting to read, but this one brought up many good memories of a very busy week in my life. In 2001 the EU...
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I spend a lot of time walking around the city with my daughter these days, and have been wondering how much I move and how the movement is distributed over time. To answer these questions, and to try out a method for easy and cheap motion capture, I decided to record today’s walk to the...
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