<p>Where do you look awhen you’re Zooming (or Skyping or FaceTiming)? Either you’re looking at the other person, you’re looking at the thumbnail of yourself, or you’re looking at the camera. Each one of these has intrinsic, fundamental problems.</p>
<ul>
 <li>Kate Murphy: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/sunday-review/zoom-video-conference.html">“Why Zoom is Terrible”</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://freesound.org/people/harrietniamh/sounds/415083/">Video Game Coin</a> sound effect by <a href="https://freesound.org/people/harrietniamh/">harrietniamh</a>. Licensed under CC BY 3.0. </li>
</ul>

Where do you look awhen you’re Zooming (or Skyping or FaceTiming)? Either you’re looking at the other person, you’re looking at the thumbnail of yourself, or you’re looking at the camera. Each one of these has intrinsic, fundamental problems. Kate Murphy: “Why Zoom is Terrible” Video Game Coin sound effect by harrietniamh. Licensed under CC BY 3.0.

<p>Where do you look awhen you’re Zooming (or Skyping or FaceTiming)? Either you’re looking at the other person, you’re looking at the thumbnail of yourself, or you’re looking at the camera. Each one of these has intrinsic, fundamental problems.</p>
<ul>
 <li>Kate Murphy: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/sunday-review/zoom-video-conference.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">“Why Zoom is Terrible”</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://freesound.org/people/harrietniamh/sounds/415083/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Video Game Coin</a> sound effect by&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/harrietniamh/" rel="noopener noreferrer">harrietniamh</a>. Licensed under CC BY 3.0. </li>
</ul>

103: Nowhere to look (Zoom calls are pointless)

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