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Video Conferencing (we're using zoom). The "time to conversation" routinely take minutes of idle time or raging about the miserable state of technology. Simple
by postcynical 7y ago
Video Conferencing (we're using zoom). The "time to conversation" routinely take minutes of idle time or raging about the miserable state of technology.
Simple annoyances such as opening the laptop when using with an external monitor (1 out of 10 times making macos unresponsive for half a minute), to changing your bluetooth noise cancelling headphones for music to airpods, reconfiguring airpods tethered to your iPhone to macos. Making sure the wrong input/output audio is selected in macos...
People working from coworking space or a regular office, usually want to switch to a phone booth/meeting room, that takes them 2-3 minutes to walk to the next phone booth and get set-up.
Once you're up&running too often audio/video is unreliable, or simply airpods running out of battery.
I'm experimenting now with a tablet (with its own headset) dedicated to voice&video calls. While the audio/video setup now works seamlessly, there's still some usability issues that need workarounds.
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoPeople using bluetooth headsets in vc is irritating.
- mft_ 7y agoCan I ask why? What do you prefer? Genuinely interested.
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoIt's irritating because they so often have trouble switching from their phones or whatever. Wired headsets even like a headphone with a microphone just work.
- tom_mellior 7y agoPeople using battery-powered devices but not charging them has nothing to do with remote work. That's only about working with highly unprofessional people. Working with them on premises would not be any better.
- krel 7y agoThanks postcynical, I (OP) feel this pain too. Do you think tandem.chat (YC2019) would solve any of your issues? Edit: Note that Im not affiliated with Tandem in any way, just curious.