Seems to be getting HN hug of death, but my tips: Plantronics Blackwire headsets don't cost much and the noise cancellation of background noise on the micropho

Seems to be getting HN hug of death, but my tips: Plantronics Blackwire headsets don't cost much and the noise cancellation of background noise on the microphone is superb. Your colleagues will thank you for it. I don't need noise cancellation on the headphones myself, but getting something with a decent noise cancelling mic will make life more pleasant for others, so do invest. One place I worked a few years back was almost entirely remote before it was fashionable, and the #remote channel in Slack had a topic of something like "Wires are great. Trust me: wires" or similar. I have come to agree - WiFi is more a packet loss protocol than it is a networking protocol, especially in built-up areas with neighbours networks, microwave ovens and other disturbances. An ethernet powerline extender giving me effectively ethernet from my Mac mini to my DSL router might be the best investment I've ever made for home working. Bluetooth is possibly the same: being wireless might look like you're from the future, but nothing beats wired headsets, keyboards and mice, period. Zoom, WebEx, Google Hangouts, etc. all have preferences and settings. Learn them and get used to them, and learn shortcuts. For example some people still aren't aware you can stay on mute in zoom and just hit the spacebar when you want to talk. This is great when you're not presenting. Lastly, dedicated webcams are worth it _unless_ you're on an iPad Pro. I think you'd have to spend hundreds to get a webcam as good as the front facing camera on an iPad Pro. Otherwise, a decent Logitech camera can make you look less tired - trust me! :-)