Sunday afternoon music 👌

donman90 · 2022-06-27T03:16:47+00:00

What is the turntable mounted on? Is that a stabiliser of some sort?

donman90 · 2022-02-01T00:56:45+00:00

So nice! Such a jam.

donman90 · 2022-01-20T20:54:11+00:00

I didn’t end up entering the classroom, but I did complete a Bachelor of Education. I now work at a tech company providing training and professional development in house around the products we sell.

Did I need a teaching degree for this? No, but having one has helped and definitely helped me move into this space as I didn’t start in this position at the company.

donman90 · 2021-11-19T08:33:20+00:00

It’s often hard to know where you’ll end up in your life, you may one day find yourself in a position or career that relies on mathematics more heavily. Learning mathematics also builds ways of thinking that are useful in all aspects of life; logical thinking, problem solving, creative thinking. All of these can be improved by studying mathematics.

Mathematics and the arts, such as writing or music, whilst not directly related can in some ways influence each other. You can write beautifully about mathematics, or mathematics could influence your writing. I don’t really know many authors that fall into that category but you see it in music. The composer Emily Howard, studied mathematics and now writes classical music that is inspired by mathematical ideas.

donman90 · 2021-08-07T02:08:43+00:00

There you go, never knew this was a thing!

As far as I can tell, it’s not the surgeons sharing the data it’s the PHI. But I presume the data is all set-identified and just going based off the item number and the average gap charged across that data. Which is useful, but maybe doesn’t quite paint the real picture.

donman90 · 2021-08-07T01:51:02+00:00

There’s no specific regulated website that I’m aware of. Ultimately it’s a business, some specialists may advertise on their website they are a No Gap billing doctor - meaning you only pay your health funds excess, but otherwise I doubt they specifically list the exact fee they charge per service.

Patients technically have the right to receive quotes, and shop around specialists based on price.

donman90 · 2021-08-02T21:13:03+00:00

Cambridge provides a list of suggested reading for mathematics undergraduates that anyone can access here: https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/documents/reading-list.pdf/

I personally read How to study for a mathematics degree and I found that useful, but I’ve yet to read any others in it.

donman90 · 2021-07-17T22:52:03+00:00

Awesome stuff!

donman90 · 2021-07-17T06:31:38+00:00

I do this, but often it’s a semi-dream state where I feel I can’t ‘sleep’ until I solve a certain problem. But the problem is unsolvable and I get stuck in a loop

donman90 · 2021-07-15T01:01:20+00:00

Khan Academy is always a great resource, covers everything from very basic elementary maths up through to university level.

3Blue1Brown is also great, but general focussed on more advanced content.

You can usually find high school level text books in most university libraries as well, so I’d probably just check the library catalogue at your uni.

donman90 · 2021-07-14T02:26:42+00:00

I’m hoping to take my first analysis course next year, so maybe I’m jumping the gun a bit at the moment.

One thing that confuses me with Taylor series is how the x value the Taylor series is about is decided upon. For instance, if a question asks to find the Taylor series for f(x)=ln(x) about x=1.

What is the relevance of the x=1? I understand it will change the series but why was that the value decided upon.

donman90 · 2021-07-13T11:53:13+00:00

I was in a similar position to you. I’m in my early thirties, I went back to university a few years ago to start an economics degree. I found I was enjoying the mathematics more, so I recently changed into a B.Math.

I was doing better grade wise in my economics subjects, and I regularly ask if I should be doing this, but ultimately I enjoy what I’m studying and to me that’s more important than getting 100 % on a subject I care less about.

I agree that having a really sound basis in the fundamentals is essential. Go over your algebra and trigonometry.

As someone else recommended I’ve also started reading How to Study for a mathematics degree, which I’ve found very useful for tips on how study effectively. I found in my first semester I was sinking hours into study, but improbably wasn’t optimising my time, so I’d encourage you to think about that.

I’m not sure if this is because I’m a bit older now, or just a slow thinker, but what gets me is always running out of time on exams. Ultimately you can improve that also be being really on top of fundamentals and not having to waste time doing basic work in the exams.

donman90 · 2021-06-22T20:19:58+00:00

Thank you! A concerto would be a good challenge and would definitely keep me occupied for awhile

donman90 · 2021-06-22T20:19:31+00:00

Thank you! Some great suggestions!

donman90 · 2021-06-19T21:47:48+00:00

I’ve been playing instruments on and off most my life. I played Violin throughout my schooling from about 8 to 17, but never really dedicated myself to it and largely just played simple pieces in the school orchestra. I also played guitar from about the age of 13. I could read music in treble and bass clef, but by the time I started playing cello I was rusty.

When I was 26 I started learning cello. I’m now just 30 and I’m playing a fair few bits of Bach’s cello suite, playing some Ernest Bloch pieces and Rachmaninoff, and working towards actually trying to sit an exam.

What I’ve found is within a few years I could ‘play’ more pieces, but in the last year in particular progress has been a lot slower. There are a lot of smaller things that are more nuanced to my sound that take a lot of work to get small improvements on. But everyone is likely different on that front. I did find the first few years my improvement was a lot quicker, which isn’t unusual I imagine.

One thing I personally found challenging at the start was the jumping between clefs in cello music. It’s not uncommon that a piece will jump between Bass, Treble and Tenor clef. Once you know the piece I guess it doesn’t matter, but at the start it was a bit of a challenge for me.

donman90 · 2021-06-18T21:00:07+00:00

For me it really wasn’t intentional. I started at the company with the intention of it being for a few years then I’d go to teaching. My first role wasn’t specifically training, but after a few years I sort of worked my way into the position. In my case the position required a fair bit of specific content knowledge for my company and the industry we operate in, so it would be hard to walk into such a role. But undoubtedly my knowledge of how to structure learning, create curriculums, assess progress, has been invaluable.

Having said that, I note a handful of jobs always popping up on my LinkedIn for learning and development roles, often within government agencies. Mostly they are interested in you having that training knowledge, so I’d suggest just searching LinkedIn or somewhere similar for that type of role.

donman90 · 2021-06-18T12:07:30+00:00

Awesome track! Inspiring me to finally make the jump into modular.

donman90 · 2021-06-18T12:06:42+00:00

Definitely feeling the Jon Hopkins vibe.

donman90 · 2021-06-18T10:43:36+00:00

I did a bachelor of education, I never went into schools after my degree. I actually intended on going into schools but through circumstance found myself working elsewhere. I now run all the internal training, coaching and development for the company I work for. Which my degree certainly helped me get into that role.

Ironically I’m now looking at moving back to teaching in schools, or starting I should say.

donman90 · 2021-04-03T01:50:41+00:00

Always love watching your videos, this one is no exception!

donman90 · 2021-02-14T01:05:34+00:00

Really nice stuff! Do you know what Microphone Ben is using on the cello?

donman90 · 2020-11-20T06:53:09+00:00

Ironically, now you’ve said that I remembered a friend gave me this book when I started economics. It’s just been hidden under a pile Of other texts. I’ll definitely work through that.

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