In the “it’s a crazy small world” category. I just FaceTimed my daughter to answer a tech question she’d texted me about yesterday. Caught her hiking up this hill in Gandaki, Nepal.
The connection was remarkably good; only a couple dropouts. Although occasionally there was labored breathing or it would be interrupted by brief interchanges like:
“Stand over there.”
“One sec, Baba. Comstock photos…I’m not standing over there, there’s a spider.”
I’m Kee Hinckley (he/his). That’s my wife Mollie Pepper on the right. I’m a senior software architect at TiVo Corp (I get the metadata from point A to point B) with a BA in Anthropology. Mollie’s a sociologist with a couple Masters and a PhD on the way; she specializes in borders, gender, and violence. I have two kickass daughters. Shireen Hinckley is a film editor and documentarian currently working on a movie on refugee resettlement, Home Is Where the War Is. Shadi Fotouhi is a QA automation expert at Wayfair (and formerly at robotics firm Jibo), and an amazing artist.
Here is #TraderJoes response to @BenBonnema’s letter. It’s pathetic. Instead of addressing his concerns as an employee they signal out two of his recommendations for keeping employees safe as contrary to the value of the company and fire him. Trader Joe’s is trash. https://twitter.com/benbonnema/status/1365448606677876743
@TraderJoesUnion here's the letter they gave me
Did Stanford just invent the phone call? https://twitter.com/nickducoff/status/1365282716959322112
Stanford paper says to reduce zoom fatigue:
1. Reduce size of zoom window
2. Hide self view
3. Go audio only as needed
4. Minimize the window as needed so you don’t see others
https://news.stanford.edu/2021/02/23/four-causes-zoom-fatigue-solutions/
QOTD: “mindfulness, reduction in Oracle usage, these are good habits in extraordinary times”
