Zoom.us video conference service gained much popularity during this COVID-19 pandemic. Free for 40 minutes or available at some reasonable price, the web-based service is used by people quarantined in their houses to interact with other people quarantined in other houses. I've seen Zoom meetings between members of orchestras, yoga teachers and students, the list goes on and on. Just prior to me losing my desktop support job, because there's nobody around to need my support, I kept overhearing the manager of the group talk about users wanting to use Zoom. Now it's everywhere and tonight I had some fun playing a trivia game over Zoom.
It is quite a lot of work to organize the game but I think we got the right people for the job. Someone came up with all the questions and answers, the format, and someone else tallied the scores and sent the various teams into their Breakout Rooms so they can talk among themselves. I named my team Zoomie Roomies, to reflect the fact that my team of four are split into two different physical rooms, two per room. We were roommates of sort, but over Zoom. I think I coined the phrase Zoomie to refer to users of Zoom.us service, but maybe someone already did that. It does give me an idea for a cartoon, in a day when the current pandemic is over but we will have other issues related to Zoom. Stay tuned!
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