Amid the pandemic, we hear a lot about social distancing, which produces images of people isolated and alone, cut off from the world. The sound of it alone can bring on bouts of depression. What’s really happening is anything but — if you’re willing to use the tools available.
Mood Music:
On the work side, we may all be at home, but through GoTo Meeting, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Facetime, my colleagues and I are getting a lot of time together. There are the meetings, of course, but a lot of us are also using these platforms to have lunch together and just banter:
Some of my friends in the security industry have set up Zoom meetings and kept them running. Folks can come and go as they please.
My friend and former boss, Akamai CSO Andy Ellis, has used these tools for family dinners and spiritual gatherings. The following is posted with his permission:
In some respects, I think our extra efforts to socialize these days has been good for us. There’s a certain solidarity in all this.
I hope we don’t lose that when the pandemic ends.