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VideoCallsThatSell

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Ideas For Your Zoomscape Frieze

The latest Elgin Marbles brouhaha reminded me of this artistic trick for our own humble video projection scenery. For the uninitiated, the position of London’s British Museum which currently owns these sculptures from the Parthenon, is that they were legally acquired from the rulers of Athens at the time,

TechBro Backdrop

> View this post on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/CM_wO1nhDc3/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] A post shared by salespodder (@salespodder) [https://www.instagram.com/p/CM_wO1nhDc3/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] The Woke of Sussex, slated by the countryfolk

Media Zoomscape Lessons From The Year Past

> For many months now, we have felt on the skids, We can't meet our friends and we can't hug the kids, But friends, be emboldened! All may not be lost, For the crocus of hope, she has poked through the frost. — Pam Ayres (@PamAyres) February

Zoom Fatigue Remedies A Year In

February 2021 saw the publication of this fascinating Stanford research [https://news.stanford.edu/2021/02/23/four-causes-zoom-fatigue-solutions/] study. In part aimed at cementing a ‘Zoom Exhaustion & Fatigue (ZEF) Scale’. Here’s one such definition for such general screen-time or webcam fatigue from elsewhere on the web [https://www.

Twelve Months Of TalkRadio Lockdown Zoomers

A UK speech radio station that was often a saviour over the pandemic. The ‘voice of common sense’ as many a strap ran. In sharp contradiction to tosh the big MSM players serve up. Mornings without Julia Hartley-Brewer in the week, and at weekend, Penny Smith (now sadly for me

Office Of The Future Personal Pod

[http://rubigal.com] Perhaps a little dystopian. This is one of a number of entries for an Israeli [https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-work-from-home-here-to-stay-what-will-become-of-the-office/] competition for post-covid offices of tomorrow design ideas. 42 submissions have since been put up [https://pointoffuture.checkpoint.com/en] online. > ‘Rubi&Gal Design Studio

Trait Representations By Line

This is from a drawing class given by an artist called Bettina. Her instruction was to use pencil lines to convey the state labelling each cell. Dashes, dots or smudges all allowed. Every person brings their own, different emotion to any line. I believe this particular task was meant to

Deepfake Tom Cruise Backdrop Tips

> Just saw the #deepfakes [https://twitter.com/hashtag/deepfakes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] of Tom Cruise and feel like a monkey looking at a spacecraft pic.twitter.com/CRO5NpEMFa [https://t.co/CRO5NpEMFa] — Angad Chowdhry (@angadc) February 26, 2021 [https://twitter.com/angadc/status/1365241498787225602?ref_

Your Golden Globe Zoom Backdrop

[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9311673/Golden-Globes-2021-Hilarious-memes-night.html] And much memerie followed. Hollywood awards season began this weekend. Which gave us mere mortals who don’t inhabit LaLaLand the chance to peer behind the curtain somewhat. The luminaries, suitably togged up, appeared not in the traditional ceremony auditorium, but

Web Guru Eschews Video Background Curation

> “The internet brings people together and the masses have a lot of power,” says @GaryVee [https://twitter.com/garyvee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] of @VaynerMedia [https://twitter.com/VaynerMedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]. He discusses the way that culture has shifted and how it could change the future of