This was a lovely piece. I'm only surprised by paucity of interesting comments here. If Joran or anybody sees this late comment: I'd appreciate any other references to the approach. Surely it wasn't invented by TigerBeetle?
acting as a juror wasn't a fun experience for me, because I kept getting asked questions without seeing any results, or having any indication of whether/when you'll see results.
I like this too. If a knob is too obtrusive/expensive, could do the same with two buttons. One button for forward and one for back. Make them sensitive enough that it's likely that a casual press will visibly scroll multiple minutes, but not too sensitive to prevent setting a specific minute with a quick tap.
worth mentioning that mergiraf is already supported for windows. from https://github.com/Ataraxy-Labs/weave/issues/7 it looks like it's planned for weave too at some point?