Observing Participants in Videoconferencing and Online Meetings

 

Observing participants in Videoconferencing and online meetings

 

Like many of you, I also participate in a good number of online meetings, webinars and video conferences. I use platforms like Zoom and Google Meet extensively. Lesser used platforms are Cisco, Skype, GoToMeeting etc.  When the speaker is not inspiring (read: boring to death!), I observe participants who dare to expose themselves via their cameras. Very interesting questions and answers come up but I shall share with you only the questions and not the answers. Here we go with a select set of dirty dozen questions!

 

1.      By looking at the ceiling fan, can you guess whose house it is?

2.      Whose wife prepares different snacks for her hubby in every meeting?

3.      Who is the participant that braves presenting himself in cut banian?

4.      Who is the guy feigning attendance by placing a card board cut out on his chair?

5.      Whom would you select as “the widest yawning member”?

6.      Who is the one who manages to sneak in during Vote of Thanks?

7.      Who is the one who focuses his mobile to the screen making you sit alert & straight?

8.      Who is the one who refuses to mute his mike by switching it back again and again?

9.      Who is the one that has an unmanageable external camera that frustrates him?

10.  Who is the one that allows his pet dog to overrule him?

11.  Who are those participants interested in showing hairy nose, donkey ears, dirty hands, bald head etc instead of their faces?

12.  Who is the one that lazes in his “undone bed” in slouching “Sriman Narayana” posture?  

 

What is your take on this topic? Let us have some fun! I am sure you are equally experienced.  I admit I am also the answer to some questions listed above!  

 

 

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Book Review - Knowledge Junction of Ailments

Book Review: Knowledge Junction of Ailments by Chepuri Shankar Rao

This book is about ailments afflicting the human body. Rightly titled: “Knowledge Junction”, it reminds us that all of us are at a junction in our lives always wondering “which road to take”. This is more so when our failing health is concerned. 

Sri Shankar Rao has compiled a veritable compendium of titbits, articles and extracts. The book provides basic information on 1] diseases like dementia, cancer, Parkinson, BP, heart attacks, diabetes, jaundice, arthritis, renal failure, colic, thyroidism, glaucoma, paralysis, ILD, haemorrhage 2] medical procedures like endoscopy, colonoscopy, angioplasty   and 3] tips on food, diet, nutrition etc. Both English and Telugu extracts, short and long, have been included.

As there is no grouping or categorisation of topics you have to go through the entire book to find out what is there on the subjects of your interest. On the whole this book is useful to the common man and it is not targeted towards any specific group of readers. A number of colour photographs in cover pages show his activities and other interests like singing, speaking, skit-play,  honouring others, getting facilitations to himself etc

Shri Shankar Rao writes stories, poems and titbits in Telugu and English, sings popular and patriotic songs, organises donation camps to the underprivileged older persons, volunteers in the activities of Senior Citizens Associations. This author-published book shows another face of Rao – compiler, editor and author – in that order.

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