Oliver Schroer dies at 52 | carsten knoch: essays + ideas

Sad news this morning on CBC Radio 1: Toronto fiddler Oliver Schroer died from leukemia on July 3, 2008.

I had only recently discovered Oliver’s music and blogged about it at length. Sensitive obits from TheStar.com here and here.

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Jul 23, 6:26 pm

“Cindy’s Chair” https://instagr.am/p/CRrdOcENEwU/

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Jul 20, 1:25 pm

"Everyone is focused on how we will make work work after such a severe shock to the system. But the ultimate answer won't be found in hybrid remote and in-person offices. The way to make work work is to cut it back." https://j.mp/3rkXc2V

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Jul 19, 1:06 pm

"It would be easy to assume that the pandemic had dealt a final blow to co-working spaces. Instead, they are doing just fine, taking advantage of pent-up remote workers and a very confused commercial real estate sector." https://j.mp/2Uuikrc

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Jul 14, 11:04 am

"Disruptive though it was, last year's abrupt transition to remote work may, ironically, prove considerably smoother than the shift to whatever counts as normal in the post-pandemic era." https://j.mp/3r5ThH2

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Jul 13, 5:49 pm

"Health officials said the measure was intended to prevent people breathing too fast or splashing sweat on others." https://j.mp/3kdZE9L

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Jul 12, 12:04 pm

"The shortcomings of email have only been exacerbated by the pandemic because it has replaced too much: Decisions that were once made by stopping by a co-worker's desk have been relegated to inbox ping-pong." https://j.mp/3yNTdhQ

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Jul 7, 8:33 pm

"The hulking vessel sailed up the Suez Canal, past a lavish party of assembled diplomats and flag-waving canal authority officials in Ismailia, as smaller boats sprayed jets of water in celebration." https://j.mp/3dUVdg1

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Jun 28, 11:57 am

"Some of us have been forced by catastrophe to think about what really matters. Some have realized that, for all that we loved our job, our job didn't love us back." https://j.mp/3dookIn

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Jun 27, 10:51 pm

"Hybrid working, hailed by some as the perfect post-pandemic set-up, will quite feasibly create a two-tier workforce in which those who are physically present are professionally favoured over their remote counterparts." https://j.mp/35ZBMOV

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Jun 27, 1:41 pm

"Normally, people see a line and give up, but not that night. The city seemed to have exploded. It was unreal to be back and to have it be not only as good as I'd remembered but better, heightened by gratitude and relief: we were still here." https://j.mp/3h8UCIC

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