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@feather You were too fast :)
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@feather :) Disillusioned about getting across to the right people about the importance of accessibility and making it a priority. Disillusioned about financing. Disillusioned about having people care about other people.
@feather Disillusioned about having accessibility be an integral part of design and developer education. Disillusioned about ’accessibility’ conveying the unending aspects of variations in abilities in humans. Disillusioned with widespread inability to move away from checklists.
@feather Maybe I should write a blog post... 😁
This cat made my day. 😂 x.com/djkomori/statu…
Friend: You HAVE to meet this other friend of mine, you have so much in common!
*proceeds to add everyone to a LinkedIn group chat*
Me: Hello
Person I don’t know: Hello
[…]
2 years later: still silence.
So… spot on, we’re both introverts.
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@DougCollinsUX Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam
Yes, Facebook is paying $52 million in mental health settlements to moderators. Note that this is spread out over 11,250 moderators, with each to receive a minimum of $1,000 and eligible for additional compensation if they are diagnosed with PTSD.
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”[…] lawyers in the case believe that as many as half of them may be eligible for extra pay related to mental health issues associated with their time working for Facebook, including depression and addiction”
Remember: the work performed by these moderators will continue, with regular exposure to photos and images of rape, murder, and suicide. FB will add more counselling and require vendors to screen applicants for emotional resiliency as part of the recruiting and hiring process(!)
Oh, and they will put up posters about psychological support right next to the work stations where the rapes, murders and violence are being witnessed. How clever.
“The preliminary settlement covers moderators working in California, Arizona, Texas, and Florida from 2015 until now.” So, also not the moderators working in other locations. That’s important. The way to get FB to ‘care’ about you is to sue them.
If anything, this should serve as an important reminder to everyone of what it takes to keep a platform like Facebook running. To spell it out: Lots and lots of ruined lives.
Here’s the story on The Verge (note that the title is somewhat inconsistent with the details in the text): theverge.com/2020/5/12/2125…
In my blog post from February there are several background links under the point (number 5) that I make about the Facebook moderator experience.
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BrightAct is an app to help victims of domestic violence get the support and help they need.
brightact.org
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@SarahJagrowski Hey, we need to talk about your time in South Africa next time!
I’d like to remind journalists that the continent of Africa is more than 3 times the size of the United States, now that many are writing about how @jack will be spending ’3 months in Africa’ next year.
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@yessshir Thanks for the heads up! And also: your card deck looks amazing!
And so it begins. Having seen the Black Mirror episode I would run like crazy. x.com/ggreenwald/sta…
I made this side-by-side comparison two years ago... 😐
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How have I never played this? Looks like so much fun! 😂
Powerpoint Karaoke. powerpointkaraoke.com
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@movito Yes, but this still wouldn't be presentation mode. Theoretically possible with dual screen though, sharing the full screen of the second monitor. Or by using Airplay from a secondary Mac computer to the streaming Mac. Or virtual machine. I've looked at it all... 😂
@movito Only one viable decision possible after today. Abandon Keynote as presentation tool of choice. The flexibility just isn't there.
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@movito I know, this also contributes to driving me crazy. How have Apple missed this over so many years!?
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@BrunoFigueiredo I solved it. I now use OBS as a virual webcam. Which means I can easily add graphics and more video sources in the same scene, even when I'm in a conference call.
@BrunoFigueiredo Awesome for educational settings.
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@BrunoFigueiredo I don't understand the question :)
↪ Replying to @thisiskirk
@thisiskirk 👍 I'll write up a tutorial about this on my blog.
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@thisiskirk I do have a green screen. And with OBS I can add graphics as well, and more inputs in the same scene.