{"id":2652,"date":"2022-05-13T13:48:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiny.agency\/blog\/?p=2652"},"modified":"2022-05-13T13:48:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:48:34","slug":"improve-your-zoom-by-zooming-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiny.agency\/blog\/improve-your-zoom-by-zooming-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve your Zoom by zooming out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/shiny.agency\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hide_self_view-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2653\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are five levels of self-awareness. Zoom makes the fifth absolutely painful. But luckily, there is a solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers have defined the levels of awareness by using a mirror and seeing how babies and others react to it. The research shows there are distinct stages of awareness: that\u2019s a mirror (Level 1); there\u2019s a person in it (Level 2); that person is me (Level 3); that person is going to be me forever (Level 4); and everyone else can see me, too (Level 5). The fifth level is also known as The Dawn of Self Consciousness or \u201cmeta self-awareness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, just imagine what can happen with that \u201cmeta self-awareness level\u201d if you end up looking at yourself for 8-10 hours a day. I am body positive, but man\u2026 Zoom has put a serious magnifier on my level 5 awareness. And because I\u2019m a designer with a constant need to improve what I see around me, my critical eyes aren\u2019t nice to me. \u201cEveryone else can see it\u201d is one thing, but to have to look at yourself all day 5 days a week is just downright damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost worse is that my video completely distracts me from the other people on the Zoom. I can\u2019t look away. I find that I\u2019m not speaking to the other people in the virtual room, I am speaking to myself. It\u2019s like a horror show. It\u2019s hard enough to be facing millions of pixels pushing white light into my eyeballs for hours and days on end, but for those to reflect myself too, well that is pure torture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then one day it all changed. I can\u2019t remember who on my team said these magic words, but it changed my life: \u201cYou can turn off your self view\u201d. What? For real? Yes, it\u2019s true. It\u2019s not in the preferences (oh no, why would it be there?) it\u2019s in the blue box with the three little dots only on the video showing your camera feed. It allows you to be seen by others, just not by you. And just like that, I can remove my image from the screen, and allow my mind to focus fully on the conversation and content at hand. Imagine that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why didn\u2019t I discover that years ago? Well, that\u2019s for another time. 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