May Music Post

Given that it's now June, I suppose I ought to finally post my May music post: 😅

New Chance the Rapper Mixtape: 

New Submotion Orchestra album is really great!

No idea where I found this one... probably GP. But great album by the Whitefield Brothers

Some smooth jazz... why not? 

And a lovely cover: 

I had the opportunity this month to go see the Ladom Ensemble. Good stuff (but I'm biased; Friends with the Pianist: Hi Pouya!). Here's their promo video: 

They are on tour as we speak, so, if you're in eastern Canada, keep an eye out, they could be playing near you!. 

Alright. That's all for now folks. Be back with June's... before August. 

Music of April 2016

I have been planning one of these posts for a while now! Finally getting around to it! 

I found Uproot Andy via his Worldwide Ting Vol. 1 Mixtape (free download) almost certainly via Giles Peterson. 👍🏼

Kaitlin Aurelia Smith's album EARS has been playing quite a bit for me lately. Fantastic organic synth filled jazz. I can't find a video of the track which haunts me most, "When I Try, I'm Full", but the linked to above "Rare Things Grow" is in my mind a companion piece.

Released via Little Tokyo Recordings First single from debut album iTunes: http://smarturl.it/bpin53 Spotify: http://smarturl.it/8f5gs8 https://twitter.com/thisnao https://www.facebook.com/thisnao http://www.youtube.com/thisnao

I continue to be mildly obsessed with Nao. For some reason, everything she does is attuned directly to the pop-sensitive part of my brain, and I love her for it.  

I dipped back into the Transistor soundtrack recently. Great for working to, but there are also some very strong songs that can stand on their own, like the above, "We All Become", featuring Ashley Barrett. 

If you listen to the Gilles Peterson Worldwide show on BBC 6 Music, I am certain most of the music in this post is not new to you, as I steal shameless from him. However, if you're not (you should!), you may have missed The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band, and you shouldn't miss them. 

I suspect there will be a lot more starRo in future posts, as I've just discovered his Soundcloud page. Up until writing this post, I knew very little about starRo... I don't even remember how I found him.... I think possibly via a remix (This Little Dragon mix is pretty good!) 

The first track off an excellent compilation album, Detroit Jazz City, which that link tells me is actually a benefit album. 

I think that's enough for today. Who knows, maybe I'll be back with more. Here's a link to an Apple Music Playlist, if that works for you!

IBM's JIT Talk, RubyKaigi 2015

Speaker: Matthew Gaudet http://rubykaigi.org/2015/presentations/MattStudies What happens you have a virtual machine full of powerful technology and you start pulling out the language independent parts, with plans to open source these technologies? You get the ability to experiment!

After I gave my talk at RubyKaigi, people told me that it went well. While I believed them, I really wanted to see how it went for myself. Fortunately, the talks were recorded, and have since been posted to Youtube. I'm reasonably happy with my performance! 

My talk's video has actually been available on YouTube for a little while now, but I held off posting it until our Technology Preview was  back in action, which happened last week. 

The slides are re-embedded below: 


Favourite Things of 2015

Given that the beginning of a New Year is supposed to be about reflection... and the Playstation Network is down... I'll share some of my favourite things this year. 

  • Twitter has been excellent to me this year. Lots of entertainment and information. Here's some accounts that have been my favourites for 2015. 
  • Music:

  • Books

  • I took a bit of a plunge into comics this year, getting a Marvel Unlimited subscription in the last four months of the year. I've really enjoyed a good chunk of what I read... and gave up on pretty much anything I didn't like.

  • Movies: 

    • Jupiter Ascending. No. Seriously. Incredibly fun. Just fun. Purely about fun. 

    • That movie about the Force and stuff. 

  • Other: 

    • Sea-doo. Turns out... lots and lots of fun.