Aaron Parecki

The Triscuit saga is enormously frustrating for me because the electricity biscuit thesis is not well supported by available documents, but Nabisco--which has already said it has no documentation as to the name's origin--is now "confirming" the thesis with no evidence.

OK, buckle up. I wanna talk to you about Triscuit.

News from virtual events frontlines...

I’m in 5-6 event calls daily.

In meetings today, all the paid events doubled/tripled in size when they went fully online.

Quote from one meeting: “We didn’t realize how much we were leaving on the table.”

Some are never going back.

"I bought everything you showed except on one product I cheaped out and bought the knock-off no-name product instead, and this doesn't work. Do you think that's the problem?"

Answer to 95% of any unsolicited texts/DMs I receive in 2020:
1. Yes, flying in poor weather leads to helicopter crashes.
2. Yes, at the rate this is going, this will be as bad as Europe.

That was an awesome Virtual Happy Hour! Thanks all who joined, and I hope many more can join us next week. Every Thursday 5pm until this pandemadness is over and we're allowed to go to an actual happy hour again ;-) Hope to see you next week! https://photojoseph.com/happyhour

“We cannot rely on corporate platforms to facilitate our communications in a general strike” — @NaomiAKlein

Be your own platform. Get a web dev to set this up for your next broadcast: https://aaronparecki.com/2016/11/19/15/self-hosted-facebook-live

cc: #indieweb @haymarketbooks @astradisastra @KeeangaYamahtta @liarosemusic

My Quarantine Routine!

this is just a general guide for myself based on my goals & what works for me! i’m allowing a lot flexibility with myself & not pressuring myself to complete everything. this is just to give me structure & a sense of control & stability.

Ms 7 wanted to join a meeting and the meeting owner said sure, if she brought an agenda. So she came back with this.

It's fairly universal. Feel free to use it for your own meetings.

Thanks everybody for their entries and nominations.....but there’s one clear winner of the internet today.....round of applause please people...#WINternet

and an Isolatte in the morning

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.