[CentralOH] [DoJo] Suggestions on working from home

[joe friedrich]

Thanks, Damien.

I have read parts of Zapier's work from home book (also free):

https://zapier.com/learn/remote-work/

Hope this also helps :)

On Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 9:52 PM Damien Calloway <damiencalloway at fastmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello all !
>
> In the interest of not murdering English, I have corrected one line in
> this message
>
> Today I got an email from Take Control Books, about a resource they put
> together to help people hwo have to suddenly work form home due to
> coronavirus and related issues.
>
> The book is called Take Control of Working From Home Temporarily, is
> free, and can be found here :
>
> https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/working-from-home/?pt=TCANNOUNCE
>
> Also, pro tip - if at all possible, get a headset with a boom
> microphone. The ones with the mic integrated into the headphones do not
> work very well, and the built in device microphone on your phone or
> laptop will interact with the built in speakers and cause nasty echo and
> crazy feedback loops. Not to mention all the background noise that gets
> picked up as well.
>
> Due to gamer culture, there are a ton of bulky, high markup models out
> there - but all you really need is something as simple as a Amazon
> Basics headset - this could work :
>
>
> https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-Headset-Mute-Option/dp/B07QH5MDV6/ref=sr_1_4?crid=FJ316U0UAU1M&dchild=1&keywords=amazon+basics+headset&qid=1584409619&sprefix=amazon+basics+head%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-4
>
>
> Also, the Logitech H390 - while you will find them all over the place, I
> personally have burned through two of them - the build quality is poor,
> and the mic has failed on both of them. Stay away from those.
>
>
> Damien
>
> On 3/16/20 21:50, Damien Calloway wrote:
> > Hello all !
> >
> >
> > Today I got an email from Take Control Books, about a resource they
> > put together to help people hwo have to suddenly work form home due to
> > coronavirus and related issues.
> >
> > The book is called Take Control of Working From Home Temporarily, is
> > free, and can be found here :
> >
> > https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/working-from-home/?pt=TCANNOUNCE
> >
> > Also, pro tip - if at all possible, get a headset with a boom
> > microphone. The ones with the mic integrated into the headphones do
> > not work very well, and the built in device microphone on your phone
> > or laptop will interact with the built in speakers and cause nasty
> > echo and crazy feedback loops. Not to mention all the background noise
> > that gets picked up as well.
> >
> > Due to gamer culture, there are a ton of bulky, high markup models out
> > there - but all you really need os something as simple as a Amazon
> > Basics headset could work :
> >
> >
> https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-Headset-Mute-Option/dp/B07QH5MDV6/ref=sr_1_4?crid=FJ316U0UAU1M&dchild=1&keywords=amazon+basics+headset&qid=1584409619&sprefix=amazon+basics+head%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-4
> >
> >
> >
> > Also, the Logitech H390 - while you will find them all over the place,
> > I personally have burned through two of them - the build quality is
> > poor, and the mic has failed on both of them. Stay away from those.
> >
> >
> > Damien
> >
> >
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