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Fortunately enough, I’ve never had to participate in any sort of video conferencing, personal or professional, though I suspect it will eventually catch up with me. I have used Ekiga, but only to make a phone call, not to “skype in,” as folks say today.
I did see a video of an early executive video conference, ca. mid-90s, back when I worked at the railroad.
It taught me one thing vividly: Don’t eat lunch on camera.
Jack Shakely shares his own awakening in the Las Vegas Sun.
I initially chalked this up to short attention spans until I looked down at the far right corner of my computer screen and saw staring back at me the grimacing death mask of a character out of the cast of “Marat/Sade.” I had Skyped my grandchildren, pulling back the curtain on a bed-headed, stubble-chinned lunatic of a grandfather. Nobody, including me, had any use for this person.
More awakening at the link.
