My messy study
OK, here's a bit of fun for the lockdown.
Recently, the Guardian newspaper ran a story on people who work from home. The specific angle was the embarrassing difference between what colleagues see - the camera's perspective - and what a visitor to the house might see. The article included pictures confessing both perspectives.
I looked at this article and gazed abashed around my study. It seems that I'm one of those people too.
My daughter and I run the local Joeys mob - Scouts under the age of 8. With Coronavirus having closed schools, Scouts Victoria has suspended face-to-face meetings in halls. As a result, we're using Zoom, a teleconferencing program, to carry on with our Joey meetings.
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From the other angle, however, our co-host, eBear, watches from the bed with wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command. "Look on this study, ye messy and despair"!
Like a lot of people, I have several projects going on at once.
In front of the teleconferencing computer are the notes I need for running the Joey meeting. Emma's notes are also on the bed. My work bag has been unceremoniously dumped on the floor.
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I don't think there's any doubt as to the optics-related aspect of the photo, one of my projects being to replace the laptop that controls my rig. With the automation involved, getting it to work together is a nightmare of cables.
By the way, the Joeys are fantastic. They're getting used to teleconferencing. Of course, they'd prefer to be in the hall as a group, but they're Scouts, and they're doing their best in a difficult situation.
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