No nation gets put through the wringer quite like the United States. We’ve been kicked, criticized, and left for dead more times than a Netflix show after season two. And yet, somehow, like a stubborn raccoon that won’t quit your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Video conference meetings are modern society’s great equalizer—no matter how important you are, at some point, you will be reduced to a frozen, pixelated face screaming “Can you hear me now?” while your coworker’s dog barks the national anthem in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s a special kind of workplace horror that occurs when someone joins a video call unaware that their face is currently being interpreted by an AI as a cartoon woodland creature. One moment you’re in a serious budget meeting, the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Zoom recently went from “Hey, let’s virtual happy hour!” to “Wait, is the FBI in this breakout room?” faster than you could say “You’re on mute!” Zoom essentially promised real end-to-end encryption but terms and conditions apply. Exclusions include: free[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The modern workplace has bestowed upon us a new form of collective suffering: the Zoom call where half the participants seem to be engaged in an avant-garde performance art piece titled “I Don’t Know How My Camera Works.” These virtual[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the dystopian landscape of virtual meetings, humanity has fractured into two distinct species. I call them the Mute Enlightened and the Mute Oblivious. The former have elevated the mute button to a spiritual practice, conducting entire shadow lives off-camera—belting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’ve all become masters of digital deception thanks to Zoom’s magical background filters. That pristine virtual bookshelf behind you during meetings is hiding a reality that looks more like a hurricane hit a thrift store. We click blur background with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…