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In 2014 an artist made an interactive work intended to capture the existential anguish of the conference call [0]. Slate calls it, "Like David Lynch Directed a
by closeparen 5y ago
In 2014 an artist made an interactive work intended to capture the existential anguish of the conference call [0]. Slate calls it, "Like David Lynch Directed a Remake of Office Space.” I don't know about you, but it sure works on me. Try it [1]. That is how I feel every time I have to be part of a collaboration that includes a remote worker.
Which is of course every meeting for the last two years, but a national emergency is bound to cause some low-grade suffering. Making the vile space of Zoom into the center and essence of working life permanently is a whole other thing that I didn't sign up for and I'm not on board with.
[0] https://slate.com/business/2014/01/the-existential-despair-of-the-conference-call-conferencecall-biz-captures-it.html https://slate.com/business/2014/01/the-existential-despair-o...
[1] http://conferencecall.biz/ http://conferencecall.biz/
- bluefirebrand 5y agoI don't feel any difference between a video call and an in person meeting, both are mostly annoying wastes of time
- closeparen 5y agoIs it because your whole job is to hands-on-keyboard execute, or because you've found ways to influence/mentor/coordinate/lead without them?
- bluefirebrand 5y agoIt's because in every company I've been a part of, a substantial number of meetings are unproductive bikeshedding. I'm a lead, my job isn't 100% hands on coding anymore. But the number of "this could have been an email" meetings I have attended in my life is high. Mostly in person.