Those pesky neighbors aren’t the most tech savvy people. They aren’t even in the lower 10% of the population. If a normal user is 100 — they would score about a 6. Keeping that in mind… imagine keeping in touch personally when you’re in one place and they are in another.
While I may be on the cusp, those peskies are smack dab in the most vulnerable population when it comes to COVID-19 risk factors. Although we do meet in person (Mom staying in the car – social distancing in place) about once a week, we talk on the phone often and we also Facetime or use Duo to video chat.
So this is what it looks like from my perspective…
Hope Mom doesn’t notice my expression while looking at her latest cooking creation.
Not complaining — it’s certainly better than nothing. BUT… if I would’ve had a clue a pandemic was incoming, we would’ve had a quick course called ‘Video Conferencing 101.‘ (It would’ve happened right after how to operate Alexa and not put it in the garage during a moment of frustration.)
Because most of the time, our GOOD video conversations look like the photo below. It does get worse on occasion! Like when I spend 10 minutes looking up Carl’s nostrils or barely see the top of Mom’s head with the majority of my screen being filled by ceiling.
I hope you and yours are staying safe and staying in contact with your loved ones. I also hope your family is as entertaining as mine. 🙂
TIL (today I learned): The “S” in Ulysses S. Grant stands for nothing. It was a clerical error made while enrolling in West Point. Fearing he’d be expelled, instead of correcting them he changed his name. The full article is here…