{"id":10049,"date":"2006-04-12T12:30:51","date_gmt":"2006-04-12T09:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/04\/12\/signs-of-the-21st-century\/"},"modified":"2006-04-12T12:30:51","modified_gmt":"2006-04-12T09:30:51","slug":"signs-of-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/04\/12\/signs-of-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of the 21st century"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I know that blogging about work is dangerous and can get me fired and all that, but this one is just too difficult to hold inside.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve just received <strike>a letter<\/strike> an email from my management, CCed to all the engineers in the department, that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skype.com\">Skype<\/a> from now on is considered to be an official channel of communication.  All employees of the department must install Skype software on their workstations or laptops, register, announce their nickname, and keep Skype client running all the time while at work.<\/p>\n<p>Are we in the 21st century already or what?  I mean&#8230; C&#8217;mon!  I&#8217;m speechless.  Hello?  We&#8217;re finally here.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I know that blogging about work is dangerous and can get me fired and all that, but this one is just too difficult to hold inside. I&#8217;ve just received a letter an email from my management, CCed to all the engineers in the department, that Skype from now on is considered to be an official &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/04\/12\/signs-of-the-21st-century\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Signs of the 21st century<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-10049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22367,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/11\/upgrading-to-skype-4-3-on-linux\/","url_meta":{"origin":10049,"position":0},"title":"Upgrading to Skype 4.3 on Linux","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Today Skype failed to log me in on one of my Fedora Linux laptops. \u00a0That, I guess, is a part of the force upgrade to Skype 4.3. \u00a0While doing so, I came across two issues: Download Skype page is broken in Google Chrome. \u00a0After choosing the Linux distribution nothing happens.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11964,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/01\/linux-skype-and-web-camera\/","url_meta":{"origin":10049,"position":1},"title":"Linux, Skype, and web camera","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been using Skype for a few years now, but mainly for chats.\u00a0 Occasionally, I'd do a call, but that never involved video.\u00a0 Until recently.\u00a0 A couple of days ago my dad got online (finally!).\u00a0 And now there is a good reason to use Skype with a web camera for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skype_video.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16346,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/06\/15\/skype-4-0-for-linux-a-present-or-not\/","url_meta":{"origin":10049,"position":2},"title":"Skype 4.0 for Linux &#8211; a present or not?","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Slashdot points to the release of Skype 4.0 for Linux, a much delayed update: Anyone who uses Skype on Linux will be happy to hear that a new version has been\u00a0made available today, bringing with it a host of essential updates and new features. 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