Aaron Parecki

Vittorio https://twitter.com/vibronet • Mar 28
Funny how people worry about getting their hair cut while in lockdown... it literally didn’t occur to me that it might be a problem 😜

pretty soon we're all gonna look like you!

Portland, Oregon • 48°F

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Fri, Mar 27, 2020 5:32pm -07:00
farmer🧢 https://twitter.com/farmer117_ • Mar 27
@aaronpk I read your article on Home studio and you make a lot of excellent recommendations, many I'm already doing. I am a musician and music teacher and I use slack for one-on-one lessons and YouTube live for large groups. Can you recommend a platform?

Thanks! A platform for what specifically? I've had a lot of luck with Zoom lately for the workshops I'm doing remotely.

Portland, Oregon • 45°F

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Fri, Mar 27, 2020 6:30am -07:00
Jason Lengstorf https://twitter.com/jlengstorf • Mar 25
is 12:30 pm too early to make a cocktail, or are all the rules irrelevant now? 🥃

Is this your house or a photo from an interior design magazine!

Portland, Oregon • 43°F

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Wed, Mar 25, 2020 4:05pm -07:00
📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 https://twitter.com/photojoseph • Mar 25
It’s ok to be wrong sometimes

well played 👏 😂

Portland, Oregon • 43°F

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Wed, Mar 25, 2020 2:49pm -07:00
📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 https://twitter.com/photojoseph • Mar 25
Whisky is good warm 🥃

but it's so much better cold!

Portland, Oregon • 43°F

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Wed, Mar 25, 2020 2:46pm -07:00
📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 https://twitter.com/photojoseph • Mar 25
That practically makes you a regular! We’ll have to call you Norm!

It occurs to me that I don't yet have a fridge there, so I'm gonna be drinking warm beer or have to take a cooler with me.

*goes and orders a mini fridge on amazon...*

Portland, Oregon • 43°F

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Wed, Mar 25, 2020 2:44pm -07:00
📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 https://twitter.com/photojoseph • Mar 25
OK, let’s give this a try… every Thursday at 5pm Pacific VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR — Grab your glass and join the party. If there's a ton of people I can make virtual rooms even. Let's see what happens! https://zoom.us/j/690190357

Perfect timing, I'll be wrapping up a workshop right around 5 and will join from my new studio! 🍻

Portland, Oregon • 43°F

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Wed, Mar 25, 2020 2:10pm -07:00
ndw https://micro.blog/ndw • Mar 25
@aaronpk You gotta tell us what you put in it! I'm in the UK, far from my usual cocktail supplies. Most of my cocktails these days consist of "pouring more scotch into the glass". It's not the worst thing.

It's actually a negroni. I stocked up on the ingredients a couple weeks ago!

Portland, Oregon • 38°F

Wed, Mar 25, 2020 6:53am -07:00
Andy Budd https://twitter.com/andybudd • Mar 24
Podcasters, Vodcasters and conference call over-achievers. What’s your perfect camera+microphone+light set-up?

I just did a writeup of several different options at different price points too! https://aaronparecki.com/2020/03/24/4/tips-and-tools-for-remote-meetings-and-presentations

Portland, Oregon • 38°F

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Wed, Mar 25, 2020 6:50am -07:00
Aaron Davis 🏘️ https://twitter.com/mrkrndvs • Mar 25
There has been a lot written about the various applications that allow you to connect online. However, not much about improving the audio and visual quality. The only thing I wonder about is a portable green screen to mask the background? Do you have any thoughts on that?

Definitely an upgrade! https://youtu.be/omE4wQlj0xQ

Tho Zoom's virtual backgrounds do an okay job without a greenscreen. Nothing I'd use on a recording but fine for a meeting.

Portland, Oregon • 42°F

Tue, Mar 24, 2020 9:29pm -07:00
Phil Nolan (フィルです) https://twitter.com/PhilNolan3D • Mar 25
I've always been blessed with really nice commentors.

you sir, clearly have never been a woman on the internet

Portland, Oregon • 48°F

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Tue, Mar 24, 2020 8:09pm -07:00
Kurt Daradics https://twitter.com/KurtyD • Mar 25
What’s your recipe ? :-)

(It's actually a Negroni!)

Portland, Oregon • 48°F

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Tue, Mar 24, 2020 7:23pm -07:00
Becki (& Chris) https://twitter.com/beckiandchris • Mar 25
This has been the best distraction I’ve had all week.

So jealous! I didn't have time to finish the drywall on mine so i just hung a roll of paper and am choosing very careful camera angles 😂

Portland, Oregon • 48°F

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Tue, Mar 24, 2020 7:22pm -07:00
Sara 🍑y https://twitter.com/saradietschy • Mar 24
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.

hashtag relatable

Portland, Oregon • 46°F

Mon, Mar 23, 2020 8:20pm -07:00
Amit Gawande https://www.amitgawande.com • Mar 23
Given all meetups have gone online, is it open for folks from other locations too? It would be a good chance for people not from the regular spots to join in.

Yes absolutely! Keep an eye on https://events.indieweb.org for dates and times. We renamed the SF and San Diego ones to just "west coast" because they were at the same time, and I suspect other areas will follow suit too

Portland, Oregon • 47°F

Mon, Mar 23, 2020 6:39am -07:00
Jim Manico https://twitter.com/manicode • Mar 22
I’m on my couch with my MacBook Pro drinking tea while watching the news. This tweet was a whole bunch of gender normative stupidity, even if it was meant innocently.

literally reading this on my pink 12" MacBook sitting on my pink couch right now.

Portland, Oregon • 56°F

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Sun, Mar 22, 2020 10:58am -07:00
Dennis Crowley https://twitter.com/dens • Mar 22
Anyone have advice for Bluetooth HD camera I can use for Zoom conferencing? I want to mount it on my TV for AirPlay video chats w/ kids, but I don't want to use camera in laptop or iPad (because it's too distracting for my 2yo and he grabs everything and anything)

There's also this kind of thing: https://www.solaborate.com/hello2 Basically an android device with a nice camera that plugs into a TV. Wouldn't do FaceTime, but it works with Zoom and stuff.

Portland, Oregon • 56°F

Sun, Mar 22, 2020 9:25am -07:00
Ryan Barrett https://snarfed.org/ • Mar 21
If you could take back the coronavirus pandemic or the Trump presidency, but not both, which would you choose?

oh that's mean

Portland, Oregon • 56°F

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Sat, Mar 21, 2020 10:11pm -07:00
manton https://micro.blog/manton • Mar 21
@MitchWagner The nice thing about Discourse is I'm pretty sure we can extend it to allow signing in with Micro.blog accounts. I'd want to test a few things before deciding, though.

That's definitely possible! Happy to help with that, it should be a pretty minor change to your IndieAuth provider code.

Portland, Oregon • 53°F

Sat, Mar 21, 2020 3:37pm -07:00
📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 https://twitter.com/photojoseph • Mar 21
Was there 🥃 involved?

Absolutely! Actually the first was a work virtual happy hour where a coworker who has a YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/cocktailchemistry taught everyone how to make a daiquiri live on zoom 😂

Portland, Oregon • 44°F

Sat, Mar 21, 2020 11:49am -07:00

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