Who’s Looking At You?
Is your webcam on right now? Did you even have to look to answer that one?
I was participating in a Skype meeting the other day with a client and she asked me to switch mine on. I told her I was a mess and really didn’t want to be seen. It wasn’t that bad really but if I’m going to be in a face-to-face meeting I’d rather present as well as possible. When working at home I’m usually in jeans and a jumper or top of some sort, but my hair isn’t that neat, I don’t have makeup on and I look very homely.
I’ve always conducted my business professionally and if I’m going to face clients and others for business purposes I like to present professionally too.
It hadn’t occurred to me to switch off my webcam until a couple of months ago when someone called me unexpectedly on Skype (I usually schedule meetings) and I was suddenly faced with their picture and a smaller version of me and realised that I didn’t want people to see me as I am. I’ve now got the camera turned away from my seating position and it faces inwards to my shelving so if it is accidentally left on, I can adjust or switch it off without feeling embarrassed or unprepared.
Do you have any embarrassing stories of your webcam being forgotten and left on? I’m sure readers here would love to hear about it - if you’re willing to share!
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I don’t own a webcam and usually sit before the computer fresh from bed with a cup of coffee to wake me up. To say that I look disheveled would be an understatement–somewhat akin to that lovely shot of Nick Nolte. So, I guess that it’s better that I remain camera free!
That reminded me of the story on Fairfax web sites this week “Mac thief caught on webcam”.
Police arrested two men … after the owner of one of the purloined laptops was able to connect remotely to the owner’s Apple MacBook and photograph the thief.