We’re almost two years in, and I still find a lot of people who do not have a headset for videoconferencing.
When you’re speaking to a muted room, it’s eerie and unnatural — you feel alone even if you can see other people’s faces. You lose all of those spontaneous reactions that keep a conversation flowing.
Once you have a headset, the next step is to clean up the space behind you, so you won’t have to use those horrible fake backgrounds.
📸 A walk in the park
A Zoom (or Teams) call is not a meeting.
There are no humans on this call. Yes, there are 14 participants with their video on, one with their video off, and someone dialing in. Yes, you can gather some interesting signal from a single frame of this meeting, but this is a crappy 2D representation of the team; both essential signal and purpose are missing from this situation.
+1 for using CGI Princess Leia from Rogue One to make his point…
📸 Spring is coming
There are some very interesting ideas in this proposal, but will Apple go that far?
With "Ask app not to track" Apple recently changed the game of privacy, at the dismay at the global advertisement industry.
We think they could go even further:
To lead the industry towards technology that is truly respectful of human attention. To align the incentives for developers with the users best interest. To change the course of technology once more.
Here's how...
If you’re that lucky, you have to share it:
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Don’t forget to schedule your breaks!
A reminder to you all to make time for yourself and schedule your break moments in your calendar!
Productive procrastination tip by @PatrickRhone:
Task yourself with a huge must-do project that has a deadline far out enough that you can safely procrastinate on it for a day or two.
Watch your productivity on every other possible thing go way up to avoid that one.
It is good to spend some time planning your day, tidying up your inbox, and setting goals. This helps you clearly see what you need to do and how to approach it. But be careful not to lose too much time on these preparations. Overplanning can lead to procrastination and spending more time thinking than doing.
Finding the right balance between planning and doing is important for your productivity. It can be tempting to plan everything in detail, but often it’s better to quickly make a list of your most important tasks and start right away. You usually already know what is important to you; it’s about writing down these priorities and then taking action. By getting started immediately, you prevent getting stuck in endless preparations and can use your energy to achieve real results.
📸 Street art
