T - 6: My Tech Setup for Zoom Teaching

  • Computer: iMac circa late 2019
  • Second Screen: Samsung display in portrait mode
  • Microphone: Audio-technica ATR2100-USB plugged into Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
  • Tripod in front of screen will hold my iPhone 11 as webcam running from Reincubate Camo, which will feed Zoom
  • Keynote presentation running in Window mode
  • iPad Mini (not shown) running as remote for keynote, with Apple Pencil so that I can write on slides as needed
  • Green screen fabric backdrop which shows a neutral blue-ish photo as virtual background in Zoom
  • Vari-Desk Standing desk so I can stand while teaching
  • 2015 MacBook Pro which will be used as a confidence monitor to confirm students are seeing the correct view of slides
  • lots of sticky notes with important key stroke commands

Lisa's Desk as set up for teaching online

COVID-19 Ski Day: happy trails with a good ski buddy, all masked up.

LisaSki

T - 9: Teaching again

The Agile Project Management course that I teach begins in nine days. The 2021 version is almost a complete rewrite as I shift from 50% online to 100% online (thanks COVID-19). Here’s my Curio planning file, currently on its 19th revision. 2021Teaching

I’m almost embarrassed at how well tracking is helping me stick to my 2021 resolutions. Note that one of them is posting to Micro.blog.

Tracking

Copying @burk My favorite Fitness+ instructors so far:

  • Jessica for yoga

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IMHO Dustin’s yoga is too hard, without appropriate accommodations for the less knowledgeable.

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Well, that was a surprise this morning. IMG 0011

There’s still stuff going on in my town. 9:30 AM local time in Harrisville, NH, USA

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#adayinthelife

A Day In The Life

Quite the sky yesterday evening

Autumn Sunset

Inktober day 2 wisp. So far it’s mostly about workflow

Inktober

Can you imagine getting a thank you card from Twitter or FB? Thank YOU @macgenie

A bright Fall, after all, despite the New England drought

Sunlit kitty 🐈

frosty #mbaug The pile of snow at the end of the winter of 2018 πŸ“·

Big pile of snow with small human for reference

Time for a change to make more space in the office so I put this bookcase out on the front lawn. It was gone by the next morning. Freecycle recycle #mbaug πŸ“·

This night-blooming cereus looks like a bow made from ribbons #mbaug πŸ“·

Each phlox looks like a grid to me #mbaug πŸ“·

This is the same cat that emptied my clothes drawer out onto the floor, in a cuddly mood. #mbaug πŸ“· 🐱

This flying poem is not stationary #mbaug πŸ“·

I’ve already talked about how much I love this album by Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn. On the strength of it, I subscribed to Wu Fei’s substack and I’m so happy I did. 🎡

I’m going to call this a silhouette even though it looks more like an impressionist painting. It’s the clothes drawer that my cat has emptied painstakingly onto the floor. #mbaug πŸ“· 🐈 🐱

I was sad to bid farewell to these ski boots as there were among the best I’d ever had. I skiied in them for at least a dozen years so had to take a picture before they went to the dump. #mbaug. πŸ“·

filter just a bit, it was about this color anyway #mbaug πŸ“·

sound #mbaug from an exhibit about Traditional Music and Dance in NH, this case honored Bob McQuillen, accordianist and all-around role model for living a good life. πŸ“·