Ways in which I am now An Old
Mar. 17th, 2024 01:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cpostropheI have colleagues who, in our Slack instance, rather than typing out replies or messages, like recording voice memos and sending them to me; and every time I get one, a small piece of me goes "ugh". I hate how voice has to be listened to and can't be skimmed. There's transcripts, yes, but the machine translation is frustratingly confusing. I have it set to 1.5x playback but it still feels slow. But people like it and so I accept it and this is one of my reverse ageism DEI projects.
Over the course of this afternoon, I have been having this running conversation with a colleague over voice memos. For the past three hours, we've left each other a dozen 3 minute long voice memos. This should have been a meeting!
But, also, our schedules are kind of crazy, and it's hard to find time to book a meeting, but easier to record a three minute reply in between meetings, so this is what we do. And when I let that sink in, it doesn't seem so bad. So maybe I am not that much of An Old.
Over the course of this afternoon, I have been having this running conversation with a colleague over voice memos. For the past three hours, we've left each other a dozen 3 minute long voice memos. This should have been a meeting!
But, also, our schedules are kind of crazy, and it's hard to find time to book a meeting, but easier to record a three minute reply in between meetings, so this is what we do. And when I let that sink in, it doesn't seem so bad. So maybe I am not that much of An Old.
