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We are learning to telework, and even having fun doing it.

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During the all-too-necessary move to more online interactions necessitated by the Covid pandemic, certain truths have come out. We've all become voyeurs.  Well maybe not become, we've always been curious on how others their lives. Now we just have a digital way to do it. I do not spend much time in online meetings, but when I do, or watch contributors to television programs coming to us from their homes, I find myself checking out their homes. Don't you? Which is why I've greatly enjoyed following the Rate My Skype Room Twitter Account . It started, I suspect, as a lark by someone with too much time on their hands in April;  the early days of the quarantine.  I understand the author is a Democratic political operative,| b ut don't let that lead you astray.  Even if you ignore his commentary about the rooms,  his scoring and his occasional snark about the individual, the account gives you glimpses  into others homes. He mostly comments on those appearing on...

Facebook's Instant Articles : Am I right to be concerned?

If I were the publisher of a newspaper, I'd be thrilled by Facebook's new partnership with newspapers.  And I'd be scared to death of it too. In May, Facebook and nine media outlets, The New York Times among them, announced a partnership, Instant Articles ,  where Facebook would publish the paper's content in Facebook's news feed.  Ads served with the stories sold by the papers will generate revenue for the papers they do not have to share with Facebook.  Revenue for ads sold by Facebook will be shared with the papers, with the newspapers getting 70%. Eventually, more newspapers will be included.  Maybe even your local paper.