Aaron Parecki

with @zoom_us 's new video background feature, i can stay engaged and nodding thoughtfully, even when i'm not even in the room -- this is the kind of innovation we need!

@aaronpk has put together an awesome guide on how to up your teleconference-from-home game: https://aaronparecki.com/2020/03/24/4/tips-and-tools-for-remote-meetings-and-presentations

So you're now a remote presenter! My tips for delivering talks to that soulless web camera.

https://soniacuff.com/so-youre-now-a-remote-presenter/

#publicspeaking #womenintech #virtualevents #speaker

OK, so @OReillyMedia just laid off their entire conferences team–by email–and I can't help but remember being laid off with many others *while on duty as cmgr at @FluentConf.*

Between their treatment of people and embrace of DRM, I'm done giving ORM my business and content.

This one's a real head-scratcher.

In depth rundown, suggestions broken out by budget level. Good info.

Awesome post by @aaronpk on how to improve audio and video quality for remote work for the different price ranges.

Really cool to see what to do when you have some cash to invest. I will be sure to use it when the time comes. 😁

https://aaronparecki.com/2020/03/24/4/tips-and-tools-for-remote-meetings-and-presentations

Please do not take medical advice from a man who looked directly at a solar eclipse.

You know what’s fucked? As people keep going out and acting like covid isn’t a big deal, my nurse friends and I (in our 20s) are contemplating whether it’s time to get our wills drawn up. Because we know not all of us will make it. Hope you had fun at the beach, Karen.

You're still you. And your passions haven't changed. If anything, now is the most important time to put them out there. To show your viewers that the world hasn't ended and there's still beauty and comedy to share. 👊

I was talking to my gma on the phone about everything and joked it’s easy for John and me to social distance because we don’t have friends to begin with and she just didn’t know how to respond “Well... ummmm...” 🤣🤣🤣 Truth inspired sarcasm doesn’t translate well across gens.

Tom Nook is an anagram for Jeff Bezos

WE NEED YALS VIDEOS PLZ. people out there need that brilliant creativity ❤️ helps make things feel “normal”

So there are bathroom vent fans with built-in Bluetooth speakers. I know this because one of my neighbors has one, and it's unsecured.

I also know they just turned it off, because Baby Shark just jumped back to my own speakers.

I’ve now been alive in six decades:

The 1980s
The 1990s
The 2000s
The 2010s
The 2020s
March

That was a fun but small happy hour gathering. Maybe doing one of these weekly would be a good idea. It'd have to be in the late afternoon/evening Pacific time. Let's see what the interest is for time of day… WHEN WOULD YOU MOST LIKELY JOIN AN ONLINE HAPPY HOUR?

Like many folks, all @NotionHQ just switched to full remote AND we're super new to this 😅

So we started making a list of the best advice to build this muscle 💪
What should we add? (We'll keep updating!)
https://www.notion.so/notion/Remote-work-wiki-1b21ef5501714fffa9f5c5c25677371f

"I wonder where the FIRE folks are now?!"

Right here.
💸Comfortable after saving 75% of my income for 5 years.
💸 Cut discretionary spending when times were good.
💸 Figured out how to be happy with less.
💸 Picked a portfolio allocation that planned for times like these.