Ben Coleman’s personal blog (more about me). You can contact me via LinkedIn or check out some of my amateur programming projects on Github.
This site is a collection of older posts from my student days and newer posts I’ve written for work—or sometimes for fun.

On a work trip to Ottawa with Orchestras Canada in February 2020
Posts
- • Programming
Grouped Reports in Excel Using Power Query
- • Cycling
Winter Biking in Scarborough
- • Programming
Syncing Toronto Recreation Schedules to Google Calendar
- • Music
Orchestra Diversity Leaders: Chicago Sinfonietta and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
- • Music
2022 Orchestra Repertoire Report Roundup
- • Crafts
How to mail merge double-sided tent cards in Word
- • Crafts
Experimenting with RGB Colours for Cosmo Embroidery Floss
- • Music
Deep Dive: Composer Representation in Spotify Classical Playlists (Part Four)
- • Music
Deep Dive: Composer Representation in Spotify Classical Playlists (Part Three)
- • Music
Deep Dive: Composer Representation in Spotify Classical Playlists (Part Two)
- • Programming
Building an Orchestra Season Visualization Tool
- • Music
Deep Dive: Composer Representation in Spotify Classical Playlists (Part One)
- • Programming
A Google Docs Word Counter for Grant Writers
- • Music
Deep Dive: Composer Representation in Apple Music Classical Playlists
- • Music
Representation of Composers in Top Classical Playlists on Spotify and Apple Music
- • Music
Exploring Orchestral Music: Race and Gender Representation of Composers
- • Music
Exploring Orchestral Music via a Favourite Instrument
- • TSO
TSO Blog Post: Carmina Burana
- • Writing
Formatting Restrictions in Grant Portals
- • Writing
Steps to Writing A Grant: Part II
- • Writing
Steps to Writing a Grant: Part I
- • Writing
Grant Portal Limitations - Intro
- • Cycling
Toronto Beltline Trail via BikeShare
- • TIFF
TIFF Blog Post: 2167 Indigenous VR
- • Technology
Mac Setup
- • Ecology
Rouge Park Bioblitz 2017
- • Bloor-Yorkville BIA
Bloor-Yorkville BIA Blog Posts - 2017
- • Bloor-Yorkville BIA
It’s Bird Migration Season! What You Can Do To Care For and Prevent Injured Birds
- • Website Setup
Liberating My Media Files From Wordpress
- • Letters
Letter to Business Board RE: International Tuition Fees
- • Bloor-Yorkville BIA
Bloor-Yorkville BIA Blog Posts - 2016
- • Bloor-Yorkville BIA
Pearl Miller: La Chance Owner, Dress Superhero
- • UTSU
Op-Ed: If you want the UTSU to be useful, save us from our General Meetings
- • Governing Council
Student Commons Agreement to be Approved By Governing Council Next Thursday Feb 26th
- • Governing Council
Preliminary NSSE Results
- • Governing Council
Provost Releases Response to Student Societies' Summit Report
- • Governing Council
Status on International Students on Governing Council
- • Governing Council
Huron-Sussex Plan/I Went To This Meeting: Business Board 22 Sept 2014
- • Governing Council
I Went To This Meeting: University Affairs Board 30 Sept 2014
- • Governing Council
Meric Gertler addresses the Toronto Region Board of Trade
- • Governing Council
I Listened to This Meeting: Governing Council, May 22
- • Governing Council
I Went To This Meeting: Governing Council 8th April 2014
- • Governing Council
I Went to This Meeting: Business Board 31 March 2013
- • UTSU
Why I voted to approve Simply Voting for the UTSU election
- • Governing Council
Where does the money go?
- • Governing Council
Governing Council 101
- • UTSU
A Tale of Two Motions
- • UTSU
Response from Brad Duguid
- • UTSU
UPDATED: Examining U of T's Response to Concerns About Interest Charges
- • UTSU
Election Reforms and Online Voting
- • UTSU
How much interest does U of T charge on unpaid tuition?
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