"Ubonakala Kimi"

Njengabaningi benu ngonyaka odlule, ngisebenzise iningi lempilo yami yomsebenzi phambi kwesikrini se-Zoom. Kwesinye isikhathi ngiyilelo khanda elikhuluma eduze kwenye futhi isethulo se-PowerPoint noma ubukhona nje besithonjana kulokho esikwaziyo manje njenge-Gallery View. Noma mhlawumbe njengezwi lapho ubuchwepheshe buhamba kabi futhi izethameli zingabuboni nhlobo ubuso bami, iqoqo lamaslayidi nami elibambe ngemuva kwekhethini elibonakalayo.

Okokuqala, ngingalahla ukuthi ngingasho ukuthi ngingumuntu onenhlanhla ukuthi ngikwazile ukusebenza ehhovisi lasekhaya ngesikhathi lapho abanye kuye kwadingeka babeke izimpilo zabo engozini ngokoqobo ukuze bathole umholo. Ngiyabonga ngokuthi ngibe nethuba lokuletha izinkulumo nemihlangano yokufundisana kubantu emhlabeni wonke, kwesinye isikhathi ngemicimbi emincane nangezinye izikhathi, ezindaweni ezinkulu zengqungquthela. Ngifinyelele izethameli ebengingakaze ngicabange ukukhuluma nazo; kungenye “yezibusiso” ezingajwayelekile futhi ezingacabangeki zalesi sifo. Ngiyabonga ukuthi manje kukhona ozakwethu nabafundi abangakwazi ukuthola lolu lwazi ngokusebenzisa amapulatifomu angabizi futhi alula, lapho kuphela unyaka owedlule babekhawulelwe yizimali nezinye izithiyo zokubamba iqhaza.

Empeleni, selokhu kwaphela u-Ephreli 2020, ngijabule ukumenywa ukuthi ngibe kumaZooms ahlukahlukene, ngikhuluma ngalokho engikuthandayo ukukuchaza ngendlela emangalisayo izikhathi ezingama-137 — futhi konke kusuka kulesi sihlalo sedeski nakukhompyutha lapho manje ngibhala khona lokhu okuthunyelwe. Futhi ngiyabazi ozakwethu okungenzeka ukuthi banikeze izethulo eziningi kakhulu kunami, imvamisa izinkulumo eziningi ngosuku olunikeziwe. Lesi simo siyindaba uqobo lwayo-ukuthi igciwane empeleni lenze lokhu kwenzeka.

Kepha manje okunye kokuzibandakanya okufanayo kokukhuluma ngemicimbi yaminyaka yonke eyenzeka ngo-2020 sekuzobuya njengamaphupho amabi ajwayelekile, i-Zoom-ridden deja vu. Ngenkathi ngihlonishwa ngokufakwa, ingqondo nomzimba wami kuvukela emcabangweni wokukhumbula lezi zehlakalo ngendlela efanayo nango-2021. Kuleyo micimbi engu-137 Zoom engiyiqaphelile, kukhona engikukhumbulayo okuphathekayo ngayo? Vele akunjalo; kumane kuyizaziso kukhalenda yeGoogle, isicaba futhi sinohlangothi olubili njengesikrini kwideskithophu lapho nginikeza khona konke lokho kudlala.

Futhi ngenkathi ngikuwo, ngizoqhubeka nalokhu kuganga, kodwa kulokhu ngokombono wombukeli. Njengomhlanganyeli kweminye imicimbi yemfundo yami eqhubekayo noma i-collegiality, ngiba nesiphukuphuku impela ekubukeni nasekulaleleni inkulumo yomunye umuntu ngedwa. Kufana nokubuka imovie yeNetflix wedwa, noma ngabe kunamakhulu abanye esikhaleni esibonakalayo. Uma ukholwa ukuthi umsebenzi wengxoxo uyindlela yokuzibandakanya nomphakathi, sawubona — kumane kungumbhalo weselula ekuhuduleni. Futhi uma ungangazi, nakhu ukuvuma izono - ngizithola ngibuyela emuva esikoleni esiphakeme lapho ngangijabulela ukweqa amakilasi ayelala izinyawo zami. Ngiyavuma ukuthi angikwazi ukunamathela ekuvalelweni ngedwa kokubuka enye i-PowerPoint elandelwa yimizuzu engu-15 ka- "Q no-A" Noma okukhokhwa njengengxoxo enempilo lapho ngingenamuntu engingakhononda kuye uma iya eningizimu noma ukuqhathanisa amanothi ngenkathi ngiyibuka ikhubeka ifa kabuhlungu eZoom Graveyard of Boredom and Screen Fatigue.

Ngonyaka odlule ngenkathi ngisaqhuba izikhathi ze-Zoom, ngiye ngaziwa ngokusho ngenhlekisa ukuthi "Ngikhuluma nawe ngisuka e-International Space Station." Sibe seziteshini zethu ezahlukile, ngenhlanhla sikwazi ukubona nokukhuluma phakathi nalezi zikhathi zokuqhelelana komzimba. Njenge-ISS, sikwazile nokusakaza nokuxhumana ndawonye emhlabeni wonke, lapho ubuchwepheshe bufinyeleleka khona. Kuyaphawuleka ngempela lokho.

Kepha manje njengoba iningi lethu selingahamba, ngizwa ukuzindela okuthile kwabambalwa engisebenza nabo abangumlutha we-Zoom. Abaningi abakakulungeli ukuphuma ehhovisi lasekhaya [noma egumbini lokulala noma kuvulandi] lapho bebesakaza khona emhlabeni. Ngifuna ukweqa uthango ngiphume ekorral, kepha futhi ngibona ukuthi akuwona wonke umuntu emkhakheni wami wobungcweti nobuchwepheshe osekhona namanje. Sonke kuzofanele sisebenzele ukuzibuyisela ebudlelwaneni nasekuphakameni komunye nomunye. Akulula njengoba besicabanga ukushiya leso sihlalo sedeski ukuze sibuyele ebunzimeni bomphakathi wesintu. Kepha mina nawe, siyizidalwa ezihlobene nesikhathi sangempela, hhayi amaZoomers asesha igumbi lokuphumula futhi, ngiyethemba, hhayi nje igama kusithombe-skrini esimnyama se-Gallery View. Kepha ngaphezu kwakho konke, angisafuni nje ukuzizwa ngithi "usubonakala kimi".