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Hello friends! One year ago, I joined the team here at @WIRED! (Yes, on 4/20) So you may know the Games stories I work on, but I also run our Service Desk: All of the helpful "how to use tech smarter/better/make it work for you" stuff!
Let's do a quick thread of that, shall we?
Let's do a quick thread of that, shall we?
First of all, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention my own writing over here, like the story that inspired thousands of emails: How to stay productive when the world is on fire. (and yes, I talk about redefining productivity!)
Talk about evergreen: https://www.wired.com/story/productivity-tips-coronavirus-work-from-home/
Talk about evergreen: https://www.wired.com/story/productivity-tips-coronavirus-work-from-home/
If you just want to rock out, I got you: I asked the team at @WIRED for their favorite songs to get motivated and energized, put them into a Spotify playlist, and wrote about how you, too, can build a playlist of tracks that get you motivated: https://www.wired.com/story/music-productivity-playlist-spotify-pandora/
But this isn't about me! The Service Desk is here to help *you* understand, use, and engage with technology better. To feel empowered, not out of touch. For example, consider my friend @WhitsonGordon on how to make video calls look and sound better: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-make-video-calls-look-and-sound-better/
And read @davidnield on how, exactly, two-factor authentication keeps your accounts safe (and then turn it on everywhere you can. Including LinkedIn.) https://www.wired.com/story/protect-accounts-two-factor-authentication/
Don't miss @LordRavenscraft on the best Gmail settings and tricks you may not know to use (and a bunch you probably do, if you dig around in there as much as we do!) https://www.wired.com/story/best-hidden-useful-gmail-settings/
So you're getting the point, yeah? Helpful, accessible, useful. But we have fun too, like @alexhcranz's recent piece for us on why cord cutting was never really about saving money, although that would have been nice—it was really about control all along: https://www.wired.com/story/cord-cutting-isnt-about-saving-money-its-about-control/
Oh, and don't miss @RealLifeE's always-useful guide to not getting into pointless arguments online, a set of guidelines I swear by: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-stop-arguing-online/
Also, for my writer friends out there, don't miss @HarryGuinness's great piece on how to write a book this year, if that's one of your goals - a goal I would know NOTHING about, nothing at all (j/k, I'm almost done!): https://www.wired.com/story/book-writing-tips-chris-bailey-brian-mcclellan/
And another one of my favorite pieces this year was @hahnay's guide to digital "nunchi," a Korean word that, extremely loosely, means learning to read the environment before you respond. Seriously, read this, it's amazing: https://www.wired.com/story/digital-nunchi-virtual-empathy-tips/
And speaking of reading the room, @DebbyJW1122 put this excellent piece on the appropriate etiquette for virtual funerals, and while editing, I didn't think I'd need the advice myself...until I did, and wow was it helpful: https://www.wired.com/story/zoom-funeral-etiquette-manners/
On a brighter note, here's @thewildwong with probably one of the most fun stories I've ever edited, all about the science of *kawaii* things and why cute stuff makes us feel so freakin' good: https://www.wired.com/story/the-power-of-kawaii/
I'd also be remiss if I didn't mention the great work that @jaimestathis does for us on a regular basis, like this recent piece I edited on the ways technology can help you cope with ADHD, and why it "feels" like more people have it now than ever: https://www.wired.com/story/how-technology-help-cope-with-adhd/
Okay, this thread is RIDICULOUSLY long and I apologize. All of this is here @WIRED because great writers have great ideas, and this platform gives me space to share them to help you, and I hope I do, help you, that is.
I'm lucky, and grateful, in this wild industry, to be here.
I'm lucky, and grateful, in this wild industry, to be here.
