So long, 2020.
What a weird, wild rollercoaster of a ride that was. If I'd told you this time last year that the year had things like pandemics, masks, a massive surge in working from home, and a lot of weirdness on social media, I doubt you would have believed me.
Well, you might have believed the weirdness on social media bit. Social media has always been a hive of… weirdness.
I have to start out by saying that I've been very blessed in 2020.
My work has always been "work from home" (or wherever I happen to find even a whisper of a connection to the internet), and my work has continued uninterrupted. In many ways, along with my esteemed ZDNet team, I was in a good to advise and guide people and companies in the shift to working from home, because that's what we have been doing -- and doing very efficiently and productively -- for years.
I have also been lucky to live in a rural area. While that has its downsides, the past year has allowed to me to get a deeper connection with nature. And although the place I live has not escaped the deadly touch of COVID-19, I know many who have been harder hit, and my heart goes out to everyone touched by this terrible disease.
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NEXT [4] PREV [5]So, enough with the looking back. Time to look forward. What are my tech plans for 2021?
Well, starting from the basic assumption that just because something works for me, it might not work for you, I present