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Meet the Reporter: The Great Zoom Migration of 2020

Odyssey reporter, Brandon King, on video-calling experiences in the time of quarantine

Brandon King
Apr 30, 2020
Arizona State University
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Meet the Reporter: The Great Zoom Migration of 2020

Welcome to the eighth installment of 'Meet the Reporter,' or as I like to call it, the optimal time to play "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)" from the 'Hamilton' soundtrack: PLAY THE CLIP!

As per usual, this is our monthly series where we here at ASU Odyssey want to give you a bit of insight into our lives. This month revolves around the recent changes having come with quarantine. Since I haven't gone through and picked up painting yet, I'm going to talk about my experiences with the new ever-present technological marvel known as Zoom.

There are, of course, a variety of video-call services and apps to help people stay connected to family and friends, but Zoom is the one that really seems to have taken off for most. I hopped onto the Zoom bandwagon for two reasons: everyone I knew was already installing the app (which made things more convenient) and my phone doesn't support group FaceTime (which made things less convenient).

There's already been plenty of shenanigans with people of Zoom in the two months since the pandemic, but I can safely say that my experience hasn't been that bad with it. I love being able to meet up with all my groups of friends without having to worry about system crashes. Sure, the audio dynamics aren't great, the time limits (and general setup structure) can be quite annoying, and some of the recent security concerns that have been brought up are at least a bit worrying.

Nonetheless, I am, by my own admittance, a tech noob with no sense of nuance, and Zoom's set-up is probably a lot more complex than myself and my loved ones have been using it for. However, I will add that I sincerely miss person-to-person conversations (not including my work) and that might wind up being the thing I miss the most coming out of this pandemic.

I guess I can sum up my experiences with Zoom as doing what you can to stay connected with the people you care about and, please, WASH YOUR HANDS!

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