Pandemic Care Packages
Pandemic Care Packages
Episode 304 – April 18, 2020
Topics:
- Twitter Food Bank & Pandemic Care Packages
- Steak Umm’s Data Master Class
- Yep, I Need A Haircut
- LEGO Wedding
- Gerbil Art
- Virtual Reality Fitness
- Whirlpool Chores
- Amazon Echo Music Analytics
- Staying Sane
- Transcribers Of Reddit
- Gmail Meets Hangouts
- Bring Me The Correction
- Media Consumption Changes
During episode 304, BL and David discuss the Twitter food bank drive; Steak Umm’s brilliant tweetstorm; how top New York restaurants are selling care packages & birthday party meals; a wedding photographer’s LEGO shoot; a no-contact haircut solution; virtual reality fitness; art for gerbils; music analytics for voice data; the Whirlpool Kids’ Chore Club; the transcribers of Reddit; some great resources to keep you sane; inbox Google Meet; Discord’s noise-cancelling AI; an email template malfunction;…and much, much more.
Best Practices
Twitter Food Bank
Topic description.
- Americans are using the #TwitterFoodBank hashtag to help each other buy groceries amid the recession
In the last 24 hours, you and me raised $43,277 on Twitter to feed over 1,150 people and 430 families— Bill Pulte (@pulte) April 18, 2020
Steak Umm’s Data Masterclass
The frozen food brand warned customers on Twitter of the dangers of COVID-19 misinformation and gave a master class in the differences between data, anectdotes, and facts.
friendly reminder in times of uncertainty and misinformation: anecdotes are not data. (good) data is carefully measured and collected information based on a range of subject-dependent factors, including, but not limited to, controlled variables, meta-analysis, and randomization— Steak-umm (@steak_umm) April 7, 2020
Pandemic Care Packages
Sending a friend – or yourself – boxed care packages from top NYC restaurants helps support local businesses.
Virtual Reality Fitness
ICAROS = Fitness + Flight Simulation VR.
— David Erickson (@derickson) March 14, 2020
Need A Haircut?
This site pairs you with a “world class” barber or stylist to video coach you or a friend through an at-home haircut.
LEGO Wedding
Everything is awesome for this wedding photographer.
- Isolated Photographer Shoots LEGO Wedding to Stay Creative
- Carpe Diem Photography
- LEGO Wedding Gallery
Gerbil Art
A bored quarantined couple meticulously created a tiny museum of their pet gerbils.
- Bored Couple in Quarantine Builds a Tiny Art Museum for Their Pet Gerbils
- Filippo Lorenzin
- Marianna Benetti
- Pandoro & Tiramisù
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Voice Data For Musicians
Amazon gives artists voice data, which is increasingly a driving factor for music discovery.
- Amazon Music’s new app tells artists how fans request their songs via Alexa
- Amazon Music for Artists
Whirlpool Kids’ Chore Club
Whirlpool’s Chore Club for kids helps parents teach kids everyday chores while they’re at home.
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Transcribe This
Across Reddit, often buried inside the comments section, you’ll find elaborate descriptions of image posts and videos, social media screenshots and memes.
Quarantine Resources
Ways to stay sane – some great resources to help you through quarantine time.
Google Meet In Gmail
Google Meet is now available to all GSuite customers in Gmail, which means you can start and join meetings right from your inbox.
Noise Cancelling AI
The Discord platform has added an AI noise cancelling feature to its conferencing platform.
Worst Practices
BringMeTheCorrection!
A template malfunction leads to an embarassing correction.
Shiny New Stuff
GitHub Gets Better
GitHub, the Microsoft-owned software hosting site, said on Tuesday it will reduce prices on its “Teams” subscription.
Free Guitar Lessons
Fender is giving away three months free access to its Fender Play app.
Politics
With A Little Help From The Feds
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo (#PresidentCuomo) facing off with trump to the tune of “A Little Help From My Friends”
Fun Stuff
With A Little Help From The Feds
Pro Tips
Video Conferencing Guide
David has written a video conferencing guide that includes eight pro tips to help you shine online.
Weekly Numbers
Media Consumption Changes
From March 25-30, 2020, the GlobalWebIndex surveyed internet users ages 16-64 in the United States (2,218 respondents) and the United Kingdom (1,726 respondents) to determine how their media consumption had changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
