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Seasonal specials
Now that we’re more than half-way through this academic term …
A dynamic living space
The fish-tank is supposed to be a calming yet enlivening feature in interior decorating …
The perfect background
This is a short post …
Meetings
Being in an online videoconferencing meeting will be familiar to many adults …
Zoombombackground
Many people, academics and otherwise, live in mortal terror of being zoombombed …
When there’s too much going on in the background
Sometimes what’s happening around you might seem fine and quiet …
Doorways
A doorway is an excellent and fitting feature to include in your virtual teaching space …
Doors
A door can be a nice neutral background …
Animal companions and other family
Nothing makes a Zoom session more lively than …
Idylls
It’s a small step …
The idealised background
A first historical pattern to be observed, among humanities academics, was when we replaced what was actually behind us with an image of a marvellous library …
The obvious background
The obvious choice of background, for an academic whose workplace has moved into the virtual zoomworld, would be the actual physical space that they are now using for their academic work …
Introduction
I started collecting potential Zoom backgrounds in early April 2020. Here are some highlights, and some experimental lowlights …