tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post8657857499519233305..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: The two-headed conference Cassandra and other storiesundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-9892899802374554432021-10-09T08:11:18.705-07:002021-10-09T08:11:18.705-07:00Ann--that's right! How much fun is it when you...Ann--that's right! How much fun is it when you have unvaxxed children in your circle or you go to a place where someone's coughing up a storm? I get enough of that going across campus every day.<br /><br />Gwinne--A virtual conference like that--three packed days!-- is exhausting, I agree. I wonder if we feel more committed to going to every session on Zoom than we would in person? After about two-three sessions in person, it's information overload, and I will have to sit there valiantly fighting off falling asleep, not because the papers aren't interesting but because my body's telling me it's too much and I need to get out of that room. undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-53914130887001984372021-09-30T15:31:42.141-07:002021-09-30T15:31:42.141-07:00Yup, I hear you on all this. I submitted a paper ...Yup, I hear you on all this. I submitted a paper for a panel knowing the conference is in person and telling the panel organizer (who is a friend) I'll zoom in. There's no chance I'm going to an in person conference any time this academic year. Next? Maybe...we'll see what things look like.<br /><br />BUT I just did a virtual conference last weekend and it was truly awful, even if I love the organization and the folks who attended. Three packed days of zoom is just not doable. I sort of feel like the conference mode itself needs to end?<br /><br />There was something else I was going to say but I forgot. OH. Teaching. Yes. So good!gwinnehttp://something-remarkable.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-80110746350650610532021-09-30T05:03:28.542-07:002021-09-30T05:03:28.542-07:00Same here --- I'm getting LOTS of peer pressur...Same here --- I'm getting LOTS of peer pressure to go out and DO! (Honestly, I didn't think I'd have to worry about peer pressure at 68 years old! )<br />The whole country is in the midst of a pandemic, and you want me to go out for dinner with you, at a crowded restaurant, where people won't have masks on while they eat? It is just NOT THAT MUCH FUN that I want to risk it. Yes, I'm vaccinated, but my 5 year old grandson is not. <br />I just don't understand WHY they don't understand. I know I like looking at graphs and statistics. But you don't have to be an academic to look at the map and see EVERY STATE is at high risk right now. Sigh... Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696926343578013327noreply@blogger.com