Every Tuesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. I've finally finished reading Range by David Epstein (the “finally” being no fault of the author). The book explores the benefits of being a generalist and dangers of hyper-specialisation through the lens of musicians, athletes, scientists and business people. Well worth a read. — Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

2. This post by Austin Kleon has really stuck with me. My mission for 2020... to have fun! — Who’s having fun?

3. Something to think about at the start of a new year/ decade — Time is personal. Your year changes when your life changes.

4. Another excellent list from Tom Whitwell. He writes one every year and they are always packed with interesting facts — 52 things I learned in 2019

5. This is a vision of the future that I find very exciting. Cities designed for humans and not cars! — What happened when Oslo decided to make its downtown basically car-free?

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Every Tuesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. This is a fantastic app for pro and amateur musicians alike. Get looping! — AudioKit L7 LIVE LOOPER

2. A couple of very interesting podcast interviews with Peter Singer — Peter Singer on the lives you can save / Peter Singer on being provocative, EA, how his moral views have changed, & rescuing children drowning in ponds

3. Carl Sagan was very good explaining things — How the Greeks figured out the Earth was round

4. An illusion well worth its title — The Best Optical Illusion of the Year for 2019

5. We share up to 99% of our DNA, and both like Instagram. We really aren't so different! — Chimpstagram: video of ape browsing app goes viral – but what is going on?

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ps. This is the last Five Things of the year. See you in 2020!

Every Tuesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. This is always an excellent list that's worth exploring — The 100 Best Recordings of 2019

2. Smiths are taking over the world — The Most Common Last Name In Every Country

3. The Pessimists Archive podcast explores coffee's controversial past: "For 500 years, a succession of kings, sultans, and businessmen have tried to ban or destroy the world’s favorite caffeinated morning pick-me-up. Among their claims: Coffee makes you impotent! It destroys brain tissue! It attacks the nervous system! And most critically of all, it makes you want to take up arms against your government." — Coffee

4. An amazing collection of wildlife photos, hard to pick a favourite! — The LUMIX People's Choice Award

5. If you haven't seen Get Out, I highly recommend it. It's an excellent film — Get Out on Prime Video

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Every Tuesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. I'm sure we all could do with knowing these — Science-based methods to improve your memory

2. A good video explaining why some chords are so popular in pop and rock music — The Nature of Chords

3. This was a really great podcast mini series from the New York Times — The Jungle Prince

4. Whoever took these mugshots took real pride in their work — Incredibly Stylish Mugshots From The 1920s

5. Another great Tiny Desk concert! I've shared quite a few of these recently. Looking forward to seeing GoGo Penguin play in Cambridge next year — GoGo Penguin Tiny Desk concert

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If you haven’t heard of Snarky Puppy before, you’ve been missing out! They’re one hell of a group of musicians. Glad to finally see them play a Tiny Desk concert. And an added bonus, there’s a mini-lesson on polyrhythms at 8m20s.

Every Tuesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. Snarky Puppy play NPR’s Tiny Desk! Such a great band and quite amazing they managed to fit them all in to the studio. Nice mini-lesson on polyrhythms at 8m 20s — Snarky Puppy: Tiny Desk Concert

2. Steve Lamacq interviews Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters. I find it very inspiring when such an accomplished musician is so humble about what they can and can't do. — Taylor Hawkins Drumming Masterclass

3. An excellent episode of the Pessimist Archive podcast on recorded music — Recorded Music

4. In an increasingly polarised world how do you tell truth from lies and fact from fiction? The University of Washington have an excellent video series (available for free online) that will help you do just that — Calling Bullsh*t

5. Spotify served up tracks from a couple of albums that I hadn't listened to in quite a while yesterday. I'd loosely describe them both as indie pop/rock. Both are well worth a listen — Premonitions by Miya Folick and Crawl Space by Tei Shi.

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