Are you going back to IRL life?

Come July, COVID-19 restrictions will be lifting in a big way. Gov. Larry Hogan said on Tuesday that the state will end the coronavirus state of emergency on July 1, meaning masks won't be required anywhere. While Baltimore City may opt to keep restrictions in place due to its vaccination rate, Hogan's move sets the stage for IRL activities to ramp up, and Zoom accounts to get a little less use. In fact, we're already seeing a few in-person events pop up in this week's Events Roundup (read below).

Concert and plane tickets Around here, that has us thinking about offices, and what tech companies will do about returning to them. Is your company going back to a physical workspace? Are you going back? Email us at baltimore@technical.ly or reply here to let us know.

Just like when everyone went remote, we're interested in chronicling this city's return out of WFH. It likely won't be all one motion, and we're ok with that. 

—Technical.ly Assistant Editor Stephen Babcock (stephen@technical.ly)