Chaos Server

People on the internet are just bad at arguing. - Marco Arment You've probably been attending meetings since your first day at your very first job. It is very easy for a meeting to be a waste of time, but if you're in charge of a meeting get the basics right so it runs efficiently and is valuable for people. Hearing, "I like going to her meetings!" is such a great compliment. Here are some planning and execution tactics for your meetings to help make them run great. Plan for Your Meeting A meeting runs well if you plan it to run well. If you skip the planning part then you have a cascading problem. So it all starts with the efficient and clear meeting invite. You've seen invites that look like this: What's wrong with this invite? Really, just about everything. The meeting name is unclear The time of the meeting is wrong The duration is 1 hour long, is that right? The attendee list contains the CTO, is that appropriate? There is no room reserved ...

I work remote from home and spend a large portion of my day in web meetings with my camera on so my coworkers can see into my home office. Mrs.Chaos frequently wants to wander into the office, but doesn't really want to do so during done of these video meetings and I've always wondered if I could create some sort of "On Air" so that when I'm in a video meeting, I could notify people outside of the office. I have finally jury-rigged something together to do it and it's a great testament to the future of home automation. I can't wait until we can use natural language to describe this, "Hey Siri, setup an automation so that when my work computer is in a web meeting the Eve Flare turns red and when the meeting is over it turns off again." One of the good (and the bad) things about HomeKit is that I can't just use a script on my computer to fire events into HomeKit or to set scenes, only automations built inside the Home App can do this sort ...

No matter how gross something is just remember it is very easy to wash your hands - Scott McNulty Years over, new year is started, what did I watch last year anyway? I have the sense I don't watch a lot of TV, but when I run back through my list in TV Time, seems like I spent a lot more time watching TV than I thought I did. My Favorite TV of 2019 Watchmen (SciFi/Fantasy) - My highest rated show of 2019. I was not expecting to like it and in its first few episodes it just seemed weird like they weren't going to have a coherent story, but all the ends come together and tie up nicely. His Dark Materials (SciFi/Fantasy) - I'm surprised I never read this as a kid, but I have really enjoyed this series. I started watching it about the same time I started some others and just realized the acting, story, set of this show is just one notch above everything else. The Mandalorian (SciFi) - This is a "fun" show more than a "serious" show. Enjoy the...