Author Topic: working from home 101 (Read 13773 times)

steve dave · « **Reply #50 on:** March 17, 2020, 07:07:15 AM »

Good tips. My 3 yo does not subscribe to them. My 6 yo kind of does.

Yesterday mid meeting emergencies:

- 3 yo needs her bottom wiped
- 3 yo was murdered by 6 yo (he won’t share the plastic plates with her. No, not the WHITE ones the BLUE ones!”
- 3 yo was murdered by 6 yo (he won’t play a game with her)
- 3 yo was murdered by hunger (wants fruit snacks)
- 3 yo old was murdered by hunger (same sitting, has finished fruit snacks, wants something else)

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420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #51 on:** March 17, 2020, 07:44:54 AM »

tdaver · « **Reply #52 on:** March 17, 2020, 11:11:40 AM »

What do you guys use for conference calls? Cell phone sucks for this. Laptop mic/speakers suck more.

The real problem is I have way to many that are way to long, but that’s not changing anytime soon.

CHONGS · « **Reply #53 on:** March 17, 2020, 11:13:37 AM »

I have a Logitech headset

steve dave · « **Reply #54 on:** March 17, 2020, 11:16:47 AM »

Quote from: tdaver on March 17, 2020, 11:11:40 AM

What do you guys use for conference calls? Cell phone sucks for this. Laptop mic/speakers suck more.

The real problem is I have way to many that are way to long, but that’s not changing anytime soon.

iphone Xs with airpod pros. sounds perfect. perfect calls. it was a perfect call.

michigancat · « **Reply #55 on:** March 17, 2020, 11:30:04 AM »

Quote from: tdaver on March 17, 2020, 11:11:40 AM

What do you guys use for conference calls? Cell phone sucks for this. Laptop mic/speakers suck more.

The real problem is I have way to many that are way to long, but that’s not changing anytime soon.

my company uses zoom for everything. I use noise cancelling headphones. Also I can make calls from google voice.

Kat Kid · « **Reply #56 on:** March 17, 2020, 11:40:55 AM »

zoom conference calls is terrorism

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #57 on:** March 17, 2020, 11:43:26 AM »

Our CEO has a thick foreign accent and makes our weekly Zoom calls miserable. I have to double check with my Director on the side afterwards to make sure I didn’t miss anything.

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michigancat · « **Reply #58 on:** March 17, 2020, 11:45:31 AM »

if people use headphones with a mic it's not bad

steve dave · « **Reply #59 on:** March 17, 2020, 12:03:17 PM »

We use Webex. I like it. We also do Microsoft Teams. Like it too. Also I love the crap out of all of our foreign accents. I thought I was getting pretty decent in being able to tell where someone is from. Then the other day I thought this guy from Mexico was Italian.

steve dave · « **Reply #60 on:** March 17, 2020, 12:03:38 PM »

oh, and bonus, it was a McKinsey guy!

Kat Kid · « **Reply #61 on:** March 17, 2020, 12:51:02 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on March 17, 2020, 12:03:38 PM

oh, and bonus, it was a McKinsey guy!

Probably was an Italian pretending to be Mexican.

ChiComCat · « **Reply #62 on:** March 17, 2020, 02:04:55 PM »

I have this for phone calls:
https://www.amazon.com/Plantronics-80057-11-Cordless-Headset-Phone/dp/B001GX6MJ8/ref=sr_1_58?keywords=Plantronics&qid=1584471791&sr=8-58&swrs=C41B05F681863E359691BA03F5117749

Looks obsolete out of the box but has worked well for me. I have forgotten to charge it at night and probably stretched it to 10 hours of calls on a single charge.

steve dave · « **Reply #63 on:** March 17, 2020, 02:06:36 PM »

I have a plantronics voyager but it sucks compared to the airpod pros so it stays in the box.

XocolateThundarr · « **Reply #64 on:** March 17, 2020, 02:07:29 PM »

Can confirm the Airpod Pros are BITB. Best Apple product I have ever purchased.

pissclams · « **Reply #65 on:** March 17, 2020, 02:09:05 PM »

i also do airpods pro and also have a steel series artics 9x headset (pro gaming headset made for elite level pro gamers) that works too

8manpick · « **Reply #66 on:** March 17, 2020, 04:30:32 PM »

Quote from: Kat Kid on March 17, 2020, 12:51:02 PM

Quote from: steve dave on March 17, 2020, 12:03:38 PM
oh, and bonus, it was a McKinsey guy!

Probably was an Italian pretending to be Mexican.

Gorlami

XocolateThundarr · « **Reply #67 on:** March 17, 2020, 04:48:20 PM »

chum1 · « **Reply #68 on:** March 17, 2020, 04:50:30 PM »

IPA4Me · « **Reply #69 on:** March 17, 2020, 05:45:51 PM »

Premium horse betting this afternoon. +$59 on $194 in bets.

Did some spreadsheet and email stuff in the morning too.

Made a run for tacos at 430p.

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michigancat · « **Reply #70 on:** March 17, 2020, 05:48:08 PM »

I have seriously had an insane amount of meetings with people who think things will just bop around normally any day now.

I'm actually blocking off my calendar so I can try to work! rough ridin' zoom

Phil Titola · « **Reply #71 on:** March 17, 2020, 07:09:11 PM »

Jabra 75t but it sucks on bridgelines due to bridgeline cutout and Jabra noise canceling combo. Works great on Teams.

Kat Kid · « **Reply #72 on:** March 18, 2020, 09:20:02 AM »

Quote from: michigancat on March 17, 2020, 05:48:08 PM

I have seriously had an insane amount of meetings with people who think things will just bop around normally any day now.

I'm actually blocking off my calendar so I can try to work! rough ridin' zoom

These people are entire dumbasses

DaBigTrain · « **Reply #73 on:** May 12, 2020, 03:45:32 PM »

I think a lot of companies are going to start doing something like this.

https://twitter.com/dvassallo/status/1260249996638613504

michigancat · « **Reply #74 on:** May 12, 2020, 03:48:37 PM »

work from office is optional at my company until 9/1, regardless of what the states do