In her interview with the Guardian, stylist and writer Ayishat Akanbi said, "My problematic ideas are my favourite ones, because they are the most genuine." 

I learned about Ayishat Akanbi through a video that landed on my YouTube this week. She is known for speaking on topics related to activism and woke culture. In the video, she was speaking in a women's conference in Sydney, with a talk titled, The problem with wokeness. 

And we are running into problems. Several of them. So today, we're dissecting, and learning how to move forward.

We need to talk about video conferencing etiquette. 

No matter how dreadful and awkward, video calls are inescapable. They're a way of life, these days. And after a semester of online classes and attending video meetings for the past 5 months, I've gathered my fair share of experience in this territory — as everyone has lately.

Technical glitches happen to everyone. But today, we'll be dissecting more of the mannerism side of video conferencing. From the accumulated moments I've had sitting in front of a screen, filled with 10 to 200 people, here is my definitive, highly subjective guide on the do's and don'ts of video conferencing.