original publish date: 10th January, 2010
decades on …
In my defence, it was a decade before Covid.
How was I meant to know we’d (selectively) end up winning the work-from-home battle, yet still lose the work/life balance war?
And look at that retro webcam! And screen aspect ratio!
And … telecommuting? How retro.
transcript
FTE #1 (Dad): Happy birthday, dear Tommy … Happy birthday to you …
FTE #0.1 (Kid): Thanks, Dad.
Caption: One day, they’ll figure out that telecommuting can go both ways.