Aaron Parecki

The greatest benefit to a schedule is having your analytics and data consistent so you can tell when something may have changed algorithmically.

But I have no reason to think they’ll be orders-of-magnitude wrong. Even if your personal risk of death is very, very low, don’t mock decisions like canceling events or closing workplaces as undue “panic”. 26/n

From a BBC News story:

Facebook is closing its London office for the weekend …Staff members have been told to work from home until Monday.

Wait.

Just completed the first full OAuth round-trip request, ever. Ping me for more info on how to get started with OAuth on Twitter. :-)

Hmm. The more I think about this, it might be okay. Who wants to hang out on zoom, drinking and cooking/eating homemade BBQ? When the first person on the call gets sunrise, we switch to breakfast burritos.

The challenge with doing a remote SXSW is that no amount of video conferencing technology can replicate Texas BBQ, followed getting drunk in a series of Austin bars, then recovering with breakfast burritos the next day.

A lot of us have sort of made fun of virtual events for years

We do know that getting on jets and meeting prospects and customers works, and is important

But what will be interesting is someone now will find a way to re-imagine boring virtual events into something new

Scientists: you should wash your hands because of Coronavirus.

People: I'm gonna stop flying, hoard masks, work from home & totally rearrange my life.

Also Scientists: the #ClimateCrisis will kill millions - we must use clean power & change how we get to work.

People: No way.