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canyonwalkerIt's been a while since I've written in my "Lockdown Day XXX" series. The last was Lockdown Day 309, sixteen days ago. I wrote about... leftovers. 😂 Well, today I'm writing about something that's also not exactly new. Although today is Lockdown Day 325, this topic is one I could have written about on about Day 30. I don't enjoy Zooming with friends.
Wait, what?
As the lockdown made Social Distancing the law the land (or at least some lands) months ago, we all looked to stay social despite physical distancing. Years ago this would've meant hours on the phone. Today we have sufficient bandwidth and tools to run video chats.
That's a good thing, right? I agree, it is. But here's the drawback: it's too much like work.
I average 6-7 Zoom/Meet/Webex/etc. meetings a day for my job. Many days I'm on camera talking to people for 5 hours or more. When I'm done for the day I'm ready to unplug. ...Not from data entirely, but at least from the camera and microphone.
The same goes for chat tools like Discord. I'm on Slack for my job all day every workday. There are several dozen channels I need to monitor. Keeping Discord open during the day would be a massive distraction. And after hours... well, again, I'm glad to be done with any app that lights lights or makes sound effects every 2.3 seconds to demand my attention.
Wait, what?
As the lockdown made Social Distancing the law the land (or at least some lands) months ago, we all looked to stay social despite physical distancing. Years ago this would've meant hours on the phone. Today we have sufficient bandwidth and tools to run video chats.
That's a good thing, right? I agree, it is. But here's the drawback: it's too much like work.
I average 6-7 Zoom/Meet/Webex/etc. meetings a day for my job. Many days I'm on camera talking to people for 5 hours or more. When I'm done for the day I'm ready to unplug. ...Not from data entirely, but at least from the camera and microphone.
The same goes for chat tools like Discord. I'm on Slack for my job all day every workday. There are several dozen channels I need to monitor. Keeping Discord open during the day would be a massive distraction. And after hours... well, again, I'm glad to be done with any app that lights lights or makes sound effects every 2.3 seconds to demand my attention.
