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About Recording And Sound Design

People behave in different ways when being recorded.

Some prefer sitting down. Others get a more powerful voice when standing up, supported only by their own two feet.

Those who sit may start fidgeting and swivelling and, thus, ruin the recording by introducing chair noises.

Those who stand may start shifting their weight from one foot to another distancing themselves from the microphone occasionally. Sometimes, they have squeaky shoes.

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The Wildflower

In the middle of a vast field of greenery grew a bedazzling lone Wildflower. She was born deep in the ground.

“I am so lonely. The grass is so tall, and I am so small. I wish someone noticed me… I wish I had someone to talk to…”

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Why I won’t tell people to “look it up”​ anymore

Yesterday, somebody asked me what a hermit crab is. I told them to look it up.

Today, in a group chat full of IT people, I asked what I should know if I wanted to create my own web page. They told me to look it up.

In both of these scenarios, those who had been asked knew the answer but refused to share it. Instead, the enquirer was directed to the vast search space of the Internet. On their own. With no support.

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Lucy

This blog post is part of an application for Toptal Scholarships for Women: Empowering Future Female Leaders to Change the World.

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