Show Notes:

Mark Greenway (twitter blog)

00:58 – Mark Greenway Introduction

01:29 – Becoming Remote

03:16 – Communication

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• Google+ Talk

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03:59 – Office Setup

04:39 – Challenges & Differences

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• Skype

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07:07 – Benefits of Working Remote

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• Freedom
• Flexibility

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Show Notes:

Dave Denis (twitter)

1:00 – Dave Denis Introduction

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• WGBH
• Boston, Massachusetts

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01:29 – Going Remote

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• REWORK by 37 Signals
• The Year Without Pants by Scott Berkun

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03:43 – Team Preparation

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• Communication
• Presence

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07:07 – Arranging Availability

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• HipChat

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08:30 – Remote Environment

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• Coffee Shop Work

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09:56 – The Year Without Pants by Scott Berkun

11:00 – Daveâ€s Going Remote Plan

11:53 – Video Conferencing

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• Virtual Presence Robots

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Show Notes:

JoseLuis Torres (twitter jl@joseluistorres.me)

01:06 – JoseLouis Torres Introduction

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• Guadalajara, Mexico
• Works for a NYC startup
• Developer for the past 12 years

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02:04 – U.S. Companies hiring from Mexico

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• LinkedIn

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04:16 – Challenges of working for U.S. Companies Remotely

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• Communication
• Over-communication
• Dialect

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08:26 – What Distributed Companies Do Wrong & Fixes

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Create Common Sense
• Ask if there are Doubts
• Be Honest

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12:19 – Asking Questions

14:43 – Communication Tools

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Skype
• TeamViewer
• GoToMeeting
• Google+ Hangouts

[/unordered_list]

15:22 – Advice for Others Looking to Get Into Remote Work

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• Be confident with your English
• Understand Culture
• Have an Extra Computer
• Good Headset

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Show Notes:

Warren Wright (twitter)

01:09 – Warren Wright Introduction & History w/ Remote Work

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• World of Warcraft

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09:12 – Management Lessons Learned via World of Warcraft

13:27 – A Day in the Life

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• SCRUM/Daily Standup Call
• Microsoft Lync
• HipChat
• JIRA

[/unordered_list]

15:42 – Office Setup

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• MacBook Pro
• Plantronics Headset
• Kinesis Freestyle2 Keyboard

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17:20 – Free Time

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Continued Education
• Code School

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Show Notes:

David Tate (twitter blog)

00:59 – David Tate Introduction

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• Atlanta, GA
• Trek Bicycle Corporation

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02:15 – Blog Posts

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• How to Work from Home Without Going Insane
• Managing Your Significant Other When Working from Home
• All posts in category “work from home” from David’s Blog

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04:42 – Isolation

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• Herd Mentality

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05:55 – Lessons Learned

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
• Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield
• Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg

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10:18 – Beginning/End of Day Rituals

13:10 – Flexibility, Accessibility & Napping/Sleep Habits

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• Pomodoro Technique
• Communication and Time Zones

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28:18 – Managing a Relationship with a Significant Other

36:30 – The Book

Show Notes:

Dave Haeffner
Jason Fox

Arrgyle

01:13 – Being a dispersed team

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• Productivity

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02:31 – Backgrounds working remotely

04:33 – Flexibility

07:30 – Schedules

11:41 – Products

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• elemental-selenium
• Successful Selenium

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15:35 – Advice

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Take breaks
• Work when you feel like working

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Show Notes:

00:57 – Trip Levine Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Episode #91: Robert Rouse of CrankApps
• Design to DevOps

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01:58 – Traveling

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• Molding a career around lifestyle
• Following connections from one place to another
• Access to an Internet connection

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04:37 – Working From The Road

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• Schedule

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05:22 – Negotiation with Companies

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• Accessibility
• Devotion

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07:37 – Tech Tips for Traveling and Staying Connected

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• MacBook Pro
• Dongle
• USB Wireless Internet Anywhere Modem
• Digital Drawing Pad

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09:31 – Interesting Travel Experiences

11:53 – Keeping Communication Alive

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• Sprint.ly
• Pivotal Tracker

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14:35 – LearningTaxi

Show Notes:

Ryan Wilcox (twitter github blog flavors.me)

00:58 – Ryan Wilcox Introduction

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• Fanzter

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03:17 – Transitioning into remote work

05:58 – Team Setups

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Campfire

07:42 – Lessons Learned

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Communication
• Episode #46: Katie Cunningham of Cox Media Group

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10:23 – Tools & Equipment

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Ryan Wilcox: The Beginner’s Guide to Working From Home
• Ryan Wilcox: How to Work Remotely and Still Be the Best
• Toptal

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14:42 – Meeting as a Team

15:37 – Flexibility of Remote Work

16:36 – Coping with Collocated Colleagues

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• Skype
• Google+ Hangouts

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Show Notes:

Rich Blumer (twitter linkedin)

01:02 – Rich Blumer Introduction

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• .NET Developer Freelancer
• Former FTE (full-time employee)

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01:40 – Working Remotely – Benefits

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Commute
• Spending Time with Family
• Working Out
• Taking Breaks

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05:45 – Company Cooperation

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• Trust and Communication

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06:40 – Working With Teams

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• SCRUM Meetings
• GoToMeeting
• Skype
• Google+ Hangouts
• join.me

[/unordered_list]

09:21 – Transitioning Into Remote Work

11:31 – Constraining Office Hours

13:03 – Keeping With the Remote Lifestyle

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Peer Interaction
• Battling Loneliness

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Show Notes:

Kevin Lamping (twitter github blog)

00:36 – Kevin Lamping Introduction

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• Frontend Web Developer from San Antonio, TX

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00:58 – Transitioning Into Remote Work

03:33 – Home Office Upgrades

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Standing Desk
• Ergonomic Chair
• Background Music

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05:20 – Battling to Work Remotely

10:26 – Work Environment

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• GeekDesk
• Stationary Bike
• Aeron Chair
• Lock on Door
• Water Jug
• Whiteboard

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15:16 – “Empty Time”

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• Pomodoro Technique

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Show Notes:

Tute Costa (twitter githib blog)

00:39 – Tute Costa Introduction

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• Born in Argentina

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00:50 – General Assembly

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• Based in New York

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02:02 – Moving Around On the Job

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• Airbnb

05:07 – Coworking Spaces

05:31 – Difficulties

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• Timezones

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07:25 – Future Plans

08:27 – Work Process

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• Standup

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09:27 – Pair Programming Tools

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• TeamViewer
• Screenhero
• Google+ Hangouts

[/unordered_list]

10:34 – Team Communication

14:03 – Tute Costa: On working remotely

Show Notes:

Wade Foster (twitter github blog)

00:44 – Wade Foster Introduction

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• Cofounder of Zapier
• 7 people/4 States

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01:18 – Zapier

01:45 – Becoming a Distributed Team

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• Wade Foster: 21 Months In: How to Manage a Remote Team

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04:01 – Hiring a Person to Work Remotely

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• Written Communication
• Making Things Happen
• Trust

[/unordered_list]

06:25 – Tools

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Sqwiggle
• Episode #83: Interview with Tom Moor of Sqwiggle
• iDoneThis
• Trello
• LastPass Enterprise
• Draft
• HelloSign
• HelloFax

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19:02 – Team Process

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• Weekly Hangouts

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24:45 – Random Check-ins

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Why working at home is both awesome and horrible – The Oatmeal

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27:19 – Monthly One-on-Ones

Show Notes:

Robert Rouse (twitter github)

00:35 – Robert Rouse Introduction

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• Software Developer at CrankApps
• St. Louis, Missouri

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00:43 – Management of Remote Teams Experience

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• Diversity and Cultural Differences
• Holidays and Religion
• Resumes

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04:57 – Communication & Outsourcing

08:20 – Hiring

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Word of Mouth Recommendations
• Craigslist
• Tests/Tasks

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10:23 – Career Evolution

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Contracting Remotely

[/unordered_list]

11:54 – Lessons Learned

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Effective Communication

[/unordered_list]

13:06 – CrankApps

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• Team Layout: U.S. & Canada

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15:16 – Daily Routine

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Campfire
• Skype
• Google+ Hangouts

[/unordered_list]

16:55 – Remote Setup & Work/Life Balance

22:33 – CrankApps Products

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Kickserv
• Kickserv Conversations

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Andrew Culver (twitter github)

00:34 – Andrew Culver Introduction

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• Virginia Beach, VA
• Freelance iOS and Rails Software Developer
• Limelight

[/unordered_list]

01:14 – Working Remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• We Are Titans

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02:08 – Work/Life Balance

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Traveling and Working

[/unordered_list]

04:53 – Asynchronous Work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Remote Working vs Freelancing
• Availability
• Tethering

[/unordered_list]

09:44 – Noise-cancelling Headphones

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Bose Quiet Comfort 15

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13:06 – Quality Microphones

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• How others think of you when you work remotely
• Positive/Negative Experiences

[/unordered_list]

16:07 – Reliable Internet Connection

18:24 – Flexibility

Show Notes:

Mark Simoneau (twitter github blog Letspair)

00:36 – Mark Simoneau Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• ReqHub
• Austin, Texas

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01:00 – Working Remotely Sometimes vs Full-time

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Communication Issues

[/unordered_list]

02:53 – Working with a Remote Team

03:54 – Work/Life Balance

06:57 – Utilizing Earlier Experience with Remote Work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Google+ Hangouts vs Skype
• HipChat

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08:38 – Working for a Distributed Startup

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Getting Hired
• Having a Plan
• Past Work Experience

[/unordered_list]

12:12 – Flexibility

13:04 – Office Setup

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• MacBook Pro
• “Cloffice”
• Standing Desk
• The Pomodoro Technique
• Geek Desk

[/unordered_list]

17:20 – Pair Programming

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Pair Program with Me
• #pairwithme
• Choosing a Project
• Software Setup
• Screenhero
• tmux/vim

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Tomasz Stachewicz (twitter github blog)

00:38 – Tomasz Stachewicz Introduction

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• Ruby Developer since 2006
• Rebased.pl

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02:59 – Team Locations

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Warsaw, Poland

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03:44 – Team Interaction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Optional Office Location

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04:30 – Client Interaction

05:02 – Working Remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Handling Client Anxiety
• Client Communication

[/unordered_list]

09:57 – Timezone Differences

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Taking Advantage of Timezones
• Weekly Status Calls

[/unordered_list]

13:38 – Work/Life Balance

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Life Hacks for Maintaining Balance

[/unordered_list]

16:27 – Projects

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• MusicRage
• BookRage
• ComicsRage

[/unordered_list]

Mike Hostetler (twitter github blog)

00:42 – Mike Hostetler Introduction

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• Founder and CEO of appendTo
• jQuery
• Remote Working is a skill that can be learned – Mike Hostetler

01:28 – Distribution

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• 100% distributed
• Within Continental U.S.

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02:43 – Establishing a Remote Company

05:32 – Tools and Strategies

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Google Apps
• QuickBooks Online
• Dropbox
• Egnyte

[/unordered_list]

07:12 – Presence

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Skype – All-hands Chat
• “Good Morning”
• Status Updates

[/unordered_list]

10:58 – Onboarding Process

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Habits and Expectations

[/unordered_list]

12:21 – Human Relationships

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• GoToMeeting

[/unordered_list]

16:09 – Client Relationships

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Downplaying the Remote Aspect
• Responsiveness

[/unordered_list]

18:12 – Team Dynamics

21:03 – Lifestyle Flexibility

24:35 – appendTo Projects

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• The Modern Web Observer Newsletter
• Delegate | the appendTo Blog

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Dave Frey (twitter github)

00:36 – Dave Frey Introduction

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• Paris, France
• Freelance Ruby Developer
• Haiku LMS

[/unordered_list]

01:08 – Haiku LMS

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Learning Management System K-12
• 30 person team/4 countries

[/unordered_list]

05:14 – Being the first remote worker on a distributed team

06:35 – Team Dynamic

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• HipChat

[/unordered_list]

07:58 – Remote Pairing

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Pairing Sessions

[/unordered_list]

09:30 – Work/Life Balance

Show Notes:

Allen Maxwell (twitter github amaxwell@empowerit.com)

00:36 – Allen Maxwell Introduction

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• EmpowerIT of Bethesda, MD
• Works remotely from the Salt Lake City, UT area
• Has worked remotely for 16 years

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03:09 – Working Remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Focus and Obsession
• “Carpet Commute”
• Convenience

[/unordered_list]

06:46 – “A Day in the Life”

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Daily Stand-up

[/unordered_list]

07:24 – Working with Team Members

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Traveling to the mothership
• Screen Hero
• Radmin
• Modularizing projects

[/unordered_list]

10:17 – The Evolution of Remote Tools and Pair Programming

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Instant Messenger => Skype
• GoToMeeting => Screen Hero
• Whiteboards and taking pictures
• Camtasia
• Dropbox

[/unordered_list]

14:25 – Making remote working work

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• Co-located worker resentment
• Perception issues
• Integrity and work ethic

[/unordered_list]

16:43 – Collaborative Drawing & Design

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• Pencil
• Webcam
• Lucidchart

[/unordered_list]

21:10 – Face-to-face meetings and nonverbal cues

Show Notes:

Jay Hayes (twitter github blog)

00:39 – Jay Hayes Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Big Nerd Ranch

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01:54 – Results Only Work Environment (ROWE)

03:23 – “A Day in the Life”

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Email/Code Review
• Campfire
• No required meetings
• Kick-off Call
• Agile Software Development
• Pivotal Tracker

[/unordered_list]

05:18 – Topography of Big Nerd Ranch

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• Majority = Atlanta, GA
• Project Teams
• Wide Teams | Episode #68: David Worth of Big Nerd Ranch
• Google+ Hangouts

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07:18 – Free Time

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• Pomodoro Technique

[/unordered_list]

08:32 – Challenges of going from collocated to remote work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Cabin Fever
• Communication
• Wide Teams | Episode #41: Jonathan Wallace of Highgroove Studios

[/unordered_list]

10:37 – Isolation & Personal Development

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Dealing with Pressure

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Tom Moor (twitter github blog tom@sqwiggle.com)

00:41 – Sqwiggle

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Tom Moor, Cofounder

[/unordered_list]

01:52 – Constant Visual Connection

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Trusted environment
• No call function
• Quick audio/video conversations
• Presence

[/unordered_list]

05:56 – Capturing Faces

08:08 – Awareness vs Monitoring

08:58 – Features

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Immediate Connection
• Busy Mode
• Statuses
• Stream

[/unordered_list]

10:44 – Origin

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Buffer

[/unordered_list]

13:22 – Video & Audio Quality

16:06 – Competing with Google+ Hangouts?

17:17 – Upcoming Features

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• File Uploading
• Dropbox Integration
• Screencasting

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Amos King (twitter github blog)

00:39 – Amos King Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Senior Consultant for The Able Few
• Located in central Missouri
• St. Louis Ruby Group (Meetup)
• St. Louis Ruby Group (Twitter)

[/unordered_list]

01:43 – Commute

03:02 – Asynchronous Communication

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• HipChat
• Google+ Hangouts
• GoToMeeting

[/unordered_list]

04:44 – Backgound Noise

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• Coffitivity

[/unordered_list]

06:25 – Companies & Promoting Remote Work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Wide Teams | Episode #80: Interview with Ernie Miller of LivingSocial

[/unordered_list]

08:16 – Transitioning into working remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Building a profile
• Advancing yourself
• Moving around
• Pomodoro!

[/unordered_list]

13:18 – Amos†Office

16:21 – Having spare time

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Improved Meetups
• Giving back to the community

[/unordered_list]

17:47 – This Agile Life Podcast

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Episode 13 – Remote Agile Interrupted

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

J Sherwani (twitter linkedin)

Vishal Kapur (twitter github linkedin)

01:01 – J Sherwani Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon
• iTeleport
• Screenhero

[/unordered_list]

01:35 – Vishal Kapur Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• B.A. in Computer Science from MIT
• Both live in the San Francisco Bay Area

[/unordered_list]

02:17 – Screenhero

02:43 – Presentation Tools vs Collaboration Tools

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Mouse Cursor
• Speed

[/unordered_list]

05:10 – Proxying

05:54 – Inventing Screenhero

08:15 – The Screenhero Team

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• Collocated at the moment

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09:48 – Use Cases

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Developers
• Designers
• Families

[/unordered_list]

12:49 – Proxying Desktop Audio

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Soundflower

[/unordered_list]

13:41 – Feature Requests

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Voice Chat Integration
• Multi-Party Collaboration
• Cross-Platform Support
• Web Client

[/unordered_list]

15:34 – In The Works/Improving Screenhero

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Quality and Performance Updates
• Speed Updates
• Inspired by Dropbox
• International Keyboard Support

[/unordered_list]

18:33 – Using Screenhero while Collocated

20:31 – Mobile to Mobile App

23:26 – Work for Screenhero!

Show Notes:

Show Notes:

In this episode, Jonathan Mason, of VersaPay, talks about life living in Victoria, British Columbia, and the importance of documentation and visibility to others while working on a distributed team.

Show Notes:

Jonathan Mason (twitter github)

01:28 – Introduction

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• Senior Software Developer at VersaPay
• Masters in Computer Science
• Victoria, British Columbia

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02:45 – Life in Victoria

05:55 – VersaPay and itâ€s distributed team

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• Dev Team = 4

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07:32 – Team Work Process

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Standup
• Skype
• HipChat
• Trello

[/unordered_list]

10:22 – Challenges of working on a remote team

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Documentation & Visibility

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15:01 – In-person Team Interaction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• TSUG | Toronto Smalltalk Users Group
• Wide Teams Episode #54: Steven R. Baker

[/unordered_list]

In this episode, Elliot Rodriguez talks about his experiences on a distributed team, overcoming isolation, and being able to work remotely for as long as possible.

Show Notes:

Elliot Rodriguez (linkedin)

00:54 – Elliot Rodriguez Introduction

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• Software Engineer for 15 years
• Lives in North Carolina
• Works for a national cloud services and telecommunications provider based in Atlanta, GA
• Distributed worker for 7 years

[/unordered_list]

02:04 – Wanting to work from home

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• Beating the commute
• Pitched the idea to his superior
• Convenience

[/unordered_list]

05:54 – Working with a distributed team

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Timezone coordination
• Facetime
• Personality

[/unordered_list]

12:25 – Video Conferencing

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Skype
• FuzeBox

[/unordered_list]

13:15 – Overcoming Isolation

14:23 – Ideal Work Environment

16:05 – Sticking with the remote working lifestyle

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• Recruiter/hiring manager attitudes about remote work

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Show Notes:

Show Notes:

01:04 – James Costa (twitter blog) Introduction

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16:27 – Code Audits

Show Notes:

00:37 – Eric Farkas (twitter blog) Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

02:31 – Dealing with Timezone Disparities

Show Notes:

00:36 – Matt Groves Introduction

03:16 – Daily Life and Tools

06:03 – Pros and of Working Remotely

06:58 – Challenges of Working Remotely

07:42 – Fostering a Distributed Working Community

09:19 – Fantasy Remote Tools

11:25 – Sticking w/ remote work or going back to office life

12:35 – Work Schedule

14:48 – Upcoming book: Aspect-Oriented Programming in .NET

Show Notes:

00:38 – Tom Szymanski Introduction

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• CEO of SoftwareMill
• Warsaw, Poland
• Remote consulting company from the beginning

[/unordered_list]

01:50 – History and Growth

04:23 – Working Together

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• SCRUM meetings
• 4th Question – general leisure question

[/unordered_list]

08:49 – Tools

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• TeamSpeak
• Skype
• BigBlueButton

[/unordered_list]

12:47 – Flexibility

14:39 – Social Interaction

15:08 – Advice for other remote teams

• Retrospectives

Show Notes:

Sophia Le (twitter)
Matthew Kirk (twitter)

00:39 – Introductions

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• Consulting Team of Modulus 7
• Matt = the software guy
• Sophia = the people person

[/unordered_list]

02:04 – On-site and remote work

04:09 – Remote Work Challenges

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Communication
• Trust

[/unordered_list]

06:59 – Benefits of working remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• No commute
• Flexibility
• Excitement to attend Meetups

[/unordered_list]

09:14 – Government Telecommuting Jobs

13:15 – Communication with Clients

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Skype
• Google+ Hangouts
• Phone Calls
• Meeting in person
• Google Docs
• Email

[/unordered_list]

17:32 – Quality of Life

18:47 – Advice for Remote Consultants (especially a husband & wife team)

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Separate home life from work life
• Pomodoro Technique

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Adam Ochonicki (twitter github blog)
James Welle (twitter, github)
Rachel Donovan (twitter github)
Articulate

00:51 – Rachel Donovan Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Boston, MA
• Web Engineering Team

[/unordered_list]

01:04 – James Welle Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Boulder, CO
• Product Lead on the Studio Team

[/unordered_list]

01:29 – Adam Ochonicki Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Lansdale, PA
• Operations Team

[/unordered_list]

01:52 – Articulate

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• E-Learning Software
• 60 Remote Employees
• East-West Coast USA

[/unordered_list]

03:18 – Screenr

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Online Web Recording Software

[/unordered_list]

04:02 – Daily Life

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Daily Standups
• HipChat
• Skype
• Trello
• GoToMeeting
• Google+ Hangouts
• Pair Programming
• join.me

[/unordered_list]

08:13 – Studio

09:34 – Working Hours

12:06 – Becoming Remote Workers

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Personality
• “I Could Never Do That”

[/unordered_list]

20:00 – Water Cooler Chat

21:14 – Challenges of Working Remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Disconnect
• Communication

[/unordered_list]

23:29 – Second-guessing your work ethic

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Results Only Work Environment (ROWE)

[/unordered_list]

26:37 – Getting Hired at Articulate

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• articulate.com/careers

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

David Worth (twitter github Big Nerd Ranch)

00:40 – David Worth introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Worked remotely -> not remotely -> remotely
• Highgroove/Big Nerd Ranch
• Knoxville, TN

[/unordered_list]

01:50 – Highgroove -> Big Nerd Ranch

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Podcast #41: Jonathan Wallace of Highgroove Studios
• Became more dispersed
• ROWE (Results Only Work Environment)

[/unordered_list]

04:25 – Challenges of working with a dispersed team

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Opening satellite offices

[/unordered_list]

06:20 – Lifestyle as a remote worker

08:44 – Overcoming lonliness

10:24 – Tools

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Skype
• Powwownow
• tmux
• vim
• Google+ Hangouts

[/unordered_list]

13:43 – Pairing

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Value
• Getting people to pair

[/unordered_list]

24:23 – Big Nerd Ranch

Show Notes:

Joel Glovier (twitter blog dribbble jag.is)

00:39 – Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• appendTo
• CURE International

[/unordered_list]

01:27 – Working Remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Mechanicsburg, PA

[/unordered_list]

04:23 – appendTo

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Skype Chat Rooms
• Google Hangouts

[/unordered_list]

08:53 – Transitioning into Remote Work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Schedule Management

[/unordered_list]

10:39 – Time Structure

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Itâ€s not what you read, itâ€s what you ignore – Video of Scott Hanselmanâ€s Personal Productivity Tips

[/unordered_list]

12:35 – Joelâ€s Side Projects

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Dev Tees
• Userbase.io

[/unordered_list]

14:18 – Remote Jobs

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• appendTo Jobs

[/unordered_list]

17:17 – Advice for Future Remote Workers

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Trial Basis

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Nick Gauthier (twitter github blog)

00:38 – Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Independent Consultant
• Baltimore, MD

[/unordered_list]

01:31 – Working Remotely as a Freelance Consultant

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Being “there” for people

[/unordered_list]

05:11 – Working from Home

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Figure 53

[/unordered_list]

06:46 – Transitioning into Freelancing

08:05 – Hardware/Office Setup

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Linux
• Laptops vs Desktops

[/unordered_list]

12:35 – Demo Screencasts

16:37 – Software Compatibility Issues

18:40 – Advice and Tips for Wannabe Remote Consultants

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Can you work isolated?
• Reputation

[/unordered_list]

21:45 – Nickâ€s Book Projects

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Recipes with Backbone
• LocalUp (now OrderUp)
• Mobile Web Patterns with Backbone.js

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Stephen Ball (twitter github blog)
Jon Druse (twitter github screeninator)
Eileen Carpenter (twitter github blog)
Shaun Ambrose (blog)

00:36 – Introductions

01:42 – PhishMe

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Est. 2006

[/unordered_list]

03:06 – Organization of the Company

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Completely remote company

[/unordered_list]

04:36 – A Day in the Life

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• 3x/week Dev Meetings
• Jira
• Skype

[/unordered_list]

07:10 – Pair Programming

07:57 – Company Growth

09:16 – Hiring Process

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Code Samples
• Conference Interview

[/unordered_list]

10:27 – Gelling Remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• In-Person Meetings
• Attending Conferences

[/unordered_list]

13:57 – Flexibility

18:54 – Working Set Hours

Ryan Bigg (twitter github blog)
Spree Commerce

00:55 – Ryan Bigg Introduction & Background

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Melbourne, Austrailia
• Community Manager at Spree Commerce

[/unordered_list]

01:29 – Spree Commerce

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Me Undies

[/unordered_list]

02:03 – Spree as a Distributed Team

04:14- Daily Interchange

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Campfire

[/unordered_list]

05:55 – Timezone Difference/Communication

06:50 – Remote Work & Isolation

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Inspire9
• York Butter Factory
• Melbourne Ruby User Group

[/unordered_list]

08:22 – Transitioning into a Distributed Team

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Communication

[/unordered_list]

09:24 – Flexibility

Ryan King (twitter github rking on Freenode)
Sharpsaw
Sharpsaw on Github

00:59 – Ryan King Background & History

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Started development in 1999
• Took a break to serve in the Army
• Off and on remote development for commercial and open-source projects
• Works for a company located in Kansas

[/unordered_list]

02:16 – Pairing Remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• One of the best, short tmux intros
• Trouble-free VNC on OS X
• Mosh, the Mobile Shell

[/unordered_list]

04:18 – tmux

Command to run a shared tmux (replaces the `weemux` program, which is
overcomplicated, in my opinion):

Start with:
tmux -S /tmp/pair
chmod 777 /tmp/pair # only needed the first time

Pair does:
tmux -S /tmp/pair a

08:05 – Mosh, the Mobile Shell

11:52 – Open-Source Pairing

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Ekiga
• VoIP

[/unordered_list]

15:31 – Pair Programming

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Resistance
• Feedback
• Yak shaving period

[/unordered_list]

19:22 – Pairing Security

20:52 – Yak Shaving

22:12 – Benefits of Pairing

Show Notes:

Gary Benton
James Pellow
Dallas Reedy
John Ash

K3 Integrations

00:47 – James Pellow Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• President of K3 Integrations
• Consulting for 12 years Started K3 about 4-5 years ago
• Walla Walla, Washington

[/unordered_list]

01:42 – John Ash Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• With K3 about 5 years
• Project Management and Development

[/unordered_list]

02:56 – Dallas Reedy Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• With K3 about 9 months
• Started career as a graphic designer

[/unordered_list]

03:35 – Gary Benton Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Background in electronics technology and engineering technology
• Project Management, Customer Support and Recruiting

[/unordered_list]

04:20 – K3 Integrations

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Primarily focused on Rails web development
• Works with nonprofit organizations

[/unordered_list]

05:05 – Location

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Walla Walla, Washington
• Fallbrook, California
• Boise, Idaho

[/unordered_list]

05:33 – Becoming a distributed team

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Office experiment

[/unordered_list]

07:41 – Company size

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• 6 individuals

[/unordered_list]

08:21 – Company Individual Interaction

09:25 – Gary working outside the country

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• 5 months in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama

[/unordered_list]

10:56 – Communication Tools

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Skype
• Google Hangouts
• GoToMeeting
• Google Docs

[/unordered_list]

13:47 – Daily team interaction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Pairing

[/unordered_list]

15:37 – Intentional Communication

20:00 – Freedom and Flexibility

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• John worked from Hong Kong

[/unordered_list]

21:14  – Overcoming Distractions

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Setting boundaries

[/unordered_list]

24:50 – Recruiting New Hires

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• LinkedIn
• Google Keyword Search
• Github
• Working With Rails
• 37Signals

[/unordered_list]

25:48 – Getting Hired to Work Remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Effort
• Offer good code
• Thank You Emails

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Tom Santero (twitter github)
Reid Draper (twitter github blog)
Basho (twitter site)
Riak (github)

00:53 – Background & Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Basho: commercial backers of an open-source distributed database called Riak
• Cambridge, Massachusettes
• 100 employees strong
• 5 offices worldwide
• Riak CS
• Engineering team is completely distributed

[/unordered_list]

02:50 – Employee distribution

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Hire where the talent is

[/unordered_list]

03:44 – Looking for and hiring developers

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Open-source contributors
• Meetup groups
• Conference circuit

[/unordered_list]

05:08 – Strategy to grow a distributed team

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Organic

[/unordered_list]

06:35 – Organization appearance

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Valve model: Valve Handbook For New Employees
• Do what you think is best for the company
• Teams of 1-4 or 5

[/unordered_list]

08:09 – Team interaction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• HipChat
• Github
• Yammer
• Twitter
• IRC
• Mumble
• Skype

[/unordered_list]

12:26 – Remote pair programming

14:21 – Standups and phone Q&As

15:51 – Distributed team challenges

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Growing pains
• Onboarding

[/unordered_list]

18:31 – Personalities best suited for remote working

19:34 – Flexibility

22:13 – Advice for dispersed teams

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Hiring the right people is crucial
• Have an open mind

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Scout

00:59 – Derek Haynes

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Met Andre at a Ruby Group in San Francisco in 2006
• Lives in Fort Collins, CO

[/unordered_list]

01:51 – Andre Lewis

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Still lives in San Francisco
• Working with Ruby since 2005

[/unordered_list]

02:36 – Scout

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Server and application monitoring “simplified”
• Built for developers by developers

[/unordered_list]

03:25 – Working apart remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Building habits and trust
• Miscommunication
• Google Voice Chat
• Campfire

[/unordered_list]

09:33 – Work environments

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Coworking spaces

[/unordered_list]

12:08 – Previous experience working remotely

13:53 – Mistakes people make with remote work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Big company vs small company
• Knowing people before you start working with them
• Personality overlap

[/unordered_list]

16:08 – Advice for remote workers

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Having a prior relationship
• Weekly voice chats
• In-person visits

[/unordered_list]

17:38 – Distributing work

Show Notes:

Daniel Yoon (twitter / github)
Sleepy Giant

01:00 – Introduction & Background

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• .NET background
• Currently works in Ruby
• Located in Beijing, China

[/unordered_list]

01:40 – Working for a U.S. company while located in China

04:01 – Identifying companies that allow you to work remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Stack Overflow
• RubyFlow
• Ruby Weekly (invite only)
• GitHub Jobs
• 37 Signals Job Board   
• The Sourcery

[/unordered_list]

05:43 – Interview Process

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Skype
• Dressing up

[/unordered_list]

07:29 – Headsets

09:50 – Interview Process (contâ€d)

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Programming Quizzes

[/unordered_list]

10:53 – Advantages of working remotely

13:58 – Home office connection

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Security concerns
• HipChat
• Time zone overlap
• JIRA

[/unordered_list]

17:36 – Getting introduced/introducing yourself as a new team member

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Whoâ€s that guy?
• Getting lost in translation
• Feeling anonymous

[/unordered_list]

31:12 – Advice for remote reworkers

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Can you handle it?
• Responsibility
• Have a backup source of Internet

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Bob McWhirter (twitter / blog / Red Hat / Project Odd)

00:47- Introduction & Background

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Has worked at Red Hat for the past 6 years
• Has been in the remote industry for 15
• Lives in rural Virginia

[/unordered_list]

01:40 – History with remote work

02:46 – Red Hat

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• JBoss
• Codehaus

[/unordered_list]

03:58 – Daily life

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• IRC
• Jira
• Google Hangouts

[/unordered_list]

05:13 – Open-source experience & team management

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Communication: artifacts created by tooling
• Team memory

[/unordered_list]

07:58 – Commit messages

09:26 – Email/mailing lists

10:04 – Dividing work

11:48 – Poor remote work experiences

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Remote Worker, Distributed Team: Bob McWhirter
• Remote workers = black sheep

[/unordered_list]

15:21 – Reasons to work remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Flexibility
• Hours
• Measuring production

[/unordered_list]

17:42 – Building notoriety via open-source

Show Notes:

Ezekiel Templin (twitter / github)
Paper Cavalier
papercavalier/dotfiles

00:52 – Ezekielâ€s background and introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Located in Meadville, PA
• Works on large-scale Ruby Projects that interact with all forms of APIs that have to do with dealing books online
• Paper Cavalier has offices in Brooklyn, NY and London

[/unordered_list]

02:02 – Traveled as a new employee to offices to meet people in person

02:26 – Tools

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Google+ Hangouts
• Campfire

[/unordered_list]

03:55 – Pairing

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Ubuntu

[/unordered_list]

04:34 – Working remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Previously worked remotely minus pairing
• VIM
• TMUX

[/unordered_list]

05:27 – Corsair Vengeance 2000 Wireless 7.1 Gaming Headset

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Long-term use
• USB extender
• Charge while you use

[/unordered_list]

10:56 – Google+ Hangouts

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Phenomenal free service
• Use on phone
• Presentations over screensharing

[/unordered_list]

13:40 – Schedule stretching to accommodate time zones

16:08 – Choosing where you work from

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Cost of living

[/unordered_list]

17:42 – Paper Cavalier

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• faraday
• Hakan Ensari

[/unordered_list]

19:01 – Getting hired

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Get involved in open-source projects
• Have an active Github account

[/unordered_list]

20:35 – Advice for remote workers

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Patience with technology
• Patience with the people you work with
• Get enough sleep
• Hang out with co-workers in real life if possible
• Make eye contact

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Evan Light (twitter / blog / Ruby DCamp / Triple Dog Dare)

 00:52 – Evan Light Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Freelance Software Developer
• Developer Mentor

[/unordered_list]

01:03 – History with remote work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Wifeâ€s health
• Frustration Driven Development: Evanâ€s WindyCityRails Talk 2012
• Former government contractor

[/unordered_list]

02:36 – Adjusting to working from home

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Allowed him to focus more
• Easy at first, but harder the longer he has been doing it
• Needy cats

[/unordered_list]

06:28 – Day to day work process

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Maintain 2 clients at a time
• Remote pairing

[/unordered_list]

07:32 – Pairing with clients

08:20 – Working with an apprentice

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Working in person
• Pairing locally

[/unordered_list]

10:07 – Remote mentoring

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Startups whose code is a mess
• People who want to learn techniques or learn from a problem

[/unordered_list]

12:40 – Pomodoroing

13:54 – Working with larger distributed teams

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• The people who perform well arenâ€t the people you expect to perform well and vice versa
• Work ethic tends to be different in the office than for people who work at home

[/unordered_list]

17:09 – Regular Agile Retrospectives

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Defining iteration length
• Describing what things went well and what made people happy and what didnâ€t work well and made people unhappy

[/unordered_list]

20:54 – Reflection

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Education through suffering
• Frustration Driven Development
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective people by Stephen R. Covey

[/unordered_list]

28:00 – Do what you love and share it with other people and it pays you back

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• The Passionate Programmer by Chad Fowler
• Linchpin by Seth Godin
• RubyFreelancers Podcast

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes

Troy Davis (twitter / github / blog)
Eric Lindvall (twitter / github / blog)
Papertrail (website / twitter)

00:57 – How their distributed team evolved

01:43 – Finding the right teammate(s)

04:10 – Living situations

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Eric: Stays just North of Seattle, WA
• Troy: Travels: Seattle to Portland to Sol,South Korea to Bangkok to San Francisco to NYC

[/unordered_list]

04:48 – Airbnb

05:42 – Troyâ€s travelling

07:02 – Team interaction and dividing work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Based on customer feedback
• Campfire
• Github issues tracking system

[/unordered_list]

08:42 – Avoiding using predictions and promises

10:18 – Work tactics

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Rare standups
• Dealing with timezones

[/unordered_list]

11:15 – Team overlap

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• You are responsible for how you should spend your own time

[/unordered_list]

13:27 – Maintaining continuity & company values

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Growing organically
• Github as an example

[/unordered_list]

15:54 – Advice for distributed teams

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• There are no shortcuts
• Transparency

[/unordered_list]

17:26 – Arguing

20:43 – Papertrail: Hosted log management by and for engineers

Show Notes:

Steven R. Baker (twitter / blog)

01:10 – Steven Introduction & Background

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Writing software between 10-20 years
• Focus on testing and developing high quality software
• For the last 8-10 years, working from home

[/unordered_list]

02:01 – Working from the road

03:07 – VersaPay: Bank transfers in Canada

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• 5 developers and a designer
• Coordinate work with office in Toronto
• Donâ€t know where team members are working from on a given day and donâ€t care

[/unordered_list]

05:16 – Coordinating

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Optional daily standup
• HipChat
• Mailing lists

[/unordered_list]

06:34 – Managing the distribution of work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Pivotal Tracker
• Take the next story at the top of the backlog
• Rotate through the team every two weeks to have a new Q&A/support person

[/unordered_list]

08:03 – Avoiding knowledge silos

10:15 – Looping others into a project

11:33 – Philosophy that led to working remotely

15:04 – Finding business

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Twitter
• Conferences
• Develop personal connections

[/unordered_list]

17:23 – Facilitating/encouraging a remote team

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Maintain a culture of openness and trust
• Standup format: “What are you working on right now?”
• Utilizing tools

[/unordered_list]

25:41 – Team building offsite days

Show Notes

Josh Ballanco (twitter / github)
ELC Technologies

01:00 – Josh Ballanco Introduction & Backgroud

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Software engineer with ELC Technologies – a consulting group based out of Portland, OR
• Works out of Ankara, Turkey
• Currently working on SOA (service-oriented architecture) and libraries to support clients

[/unordered_list]

02:48 – Why Ankara?

03:24 – Distribution of ELC Technologies

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Tech lead of 4-6 people
• All remote except for some dev ops guys in Portland

[/unordered_list]

06:22 – Remote work job postings and securing a job

09:13 – Turkey

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Unique but similar to the U.S.
• Giant melting pot
• Youth-oriented
• Turkey is the place to be for startups

[/unordered_list]

12:38 – Coordinating & leading a dispersed team

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Micromanagement
• Letting people know if they are available for pairing daily

[/unordered_list]

14:50 – Pairing

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Flexibility
• Skype for voice
• Join.me
• Navigator/Driver setup
• Google+ Hangouts

[/unordered_list]

18:16 – Yak Shaving Days

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Once per sprint
• Giant problem that gets a days worth of help from the entire team

[/unordered_list]

19:32 – Communication outside of pairing

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• HipChat
• Email = important but tricky
• Wiki

[/unordered_list]

22:15 – Communication is key

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Non-verbal means of communication
• Humor is tremendously nonverbal
• Emoticons
• Shared context
• Patience

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Gabe Hollombe (twitter / github / blog)
Tutoring Australasia
Pairkit.com

00:37 – Gabe Hollombe Introduction & Background

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Los Angeles native
• Moved to NYC
• Has an English degree as opposed to Computer Science
• Currently calls Sydney, Australia home for the past 6 years

[/unordered_list]

01:48 – Traveling

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Has traveled to and worked remotely from Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, and Spain in the past 8 months
• Took two teammates and co workers from Sydney with him
• Earning Australian dollars; spending in Southeast Asia
• Devotes time to working half and half between company and his own other projects

[/unordered_list]

04:20 – Staying connected to the Internet while traveling

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Ubiquitous free wifi in Southeast Asia
• Thailand = most wired out of all above-mentioned

[/unordered_list]

05:35 – Staying connected to the team back in Australia

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Morning (daily) stand ups
• Time change between Southeast Asia and Australia works well
• Google Hangouts
• Fall back on Skype

[/unordered_list]

06:30 – Nha Trang, Vietnam

08:03 – Traveling with coworkers

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Easier to work
• Keep each other focused and motivated
• Feel less isolated

[/unordered_list]

08:42 – Adjustment for “home team” to have coworkers working away

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Flew the team to Vietnam about halfway through the trip

[/unordered_list]

10:28 – Tutoring Australasia

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Connects students to tutors online, 24/7
• Intelligent matching system
• Real-time sharing
• Schools/public libraries can pay for a subscription

[/unordered_list]

12:11 – Lessons learned from making the change to working on-site to off-site

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Communication
• Having conversations be captured in a place where everyone can see them
• 6 month sweet-spot

[/unordered_list]

14:18 – Start smaller (traveling)

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Do a trial run with coworkers

[/unordered_list]

16:08 – Equipment for the vagabond programmer

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Universal general power adapter
• Universal power board
• iPad
• Unlocked GSM phone
• Camera
• MacBook Air

[/unordered_list]

19:55 – Key advice for people working remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• If youâ€re thinking about doing a trip like this, do it
• Saving more while working half as much
• Itâ€s easier than youâ€d think

[/unordered_list]

22:45 – Pairkit.com

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Gabe’s FREE! Beta pet project
• Makes SSH reverse tunneling easy

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Lonocloud
Aaron Brooks (twitter github blog)
Chris Houser (twitter github blog)
Alan Dipert (twitter github blog)

00:47 – Introduction & background

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Aaron Brooks: Engineer #2 at Lonocloud
• Chris Howser: Working remotely for 2 jobs; at Lonocloud for 1 year,
• Alan Dipert: Programmer at Lonocloud, no prior distributed team experience

[/unordered_list]

02:27 – Location

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Every time zone in the US is represented
• Development team is fully distributed
• 10-15 range

[/unordered_list]

03:41 – History of distributed team

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Hired remotely to be able to access different people
• Lonocloud builds next generation multi-cloud federating infrastructure platforms
• Emphasis on dynamic information policies
• Distributed team working on distributed applications

[/unordered_list]

06:40 – Hiring developers

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Some people worked together previously and became available at the same time
• Closure language community

[/unordered_list]

08:16 – Difference between remote work and fully distributed work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Effort between teams with a central office/being fully distributed
• Separate cliques between in-office and out-of-office groups
• Fully distributed teams are all working towards the same goal
• Shared pain of being fully remote
• Unify around benefits of working from home

[/unordered_list]

12:08 – A day in the life of Lonocloud

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Daily developer call
• Central server to log in remotely
• Own development environment on their own screen; but can step in to see others work
• Ad hoc pairing and splitting
• More minds usefully contributing more quickly to a problem
• Pairing, tripling as needed

[/unordered_list]

17:22 – Topic-oriented meetings versus individual-oriented

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• People can chime in with input if they want, but donâ€t have to
• Google Doc for daily agenda
• Not ticket-driven

[/unordered_list]

19:34 – Tools

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• HipChat
• SIP service phones
• Video sharing while pairing

[/unordered_list]

26:05 – Yours/Mine protocol while pairing

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Context
• Vocalized

[/unordered_list]

28:38 – Splitting up work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Obvious fits
• Dynamic
• See what makes sense
• Key person help sessions
• People normally step up without obligation

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

shauneutsey.com
@shauneutsey

00:45 – Shaun Eutsey introduction & background

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Shaun is in Pittsburgh, PA
• Terenine Technology Solutions is based in Chattanooga, TN
• Dispersed team in Chattanooga, Texas, Florida, Utah
• First position working remotely

02:16 – Why Shaun is working remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Pittsburgh commutes are terrible
• Losing time
• Wanted to work from home to be with his kids

04:00 – Interviewed with Terenine twice before getting his current job
09:30 – Distribution of Terenine

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Corporate office in Chattanooga, TN

12:20 – Day-to-day work experience

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Work closely with teammates
• Daily standup via GoToMeeting.com
• Pairing Programming on Skype

15:10 – Tools

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• TMUX
• Amazon Cloud
• ELinks

20:35 – Learning

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Pulling knowledge without sitting in the same room
• Always have channels of communication open

22:58 – Drawbacks of working remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Missing human interraction
• Hard transition into remote work (.NET)

25:30 – Pair programming

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Why arenâ€t more companies doing this?
• Keeps teams focused & engaged
• Helps teams put out better software
• 6 out of 8 hours spent pairing per day
• Popcorn Pairing

30:20 – Tips for remote workers

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Transition from working in an office to being remote is hard
• Retraining how youâ€re working
• Learning to stay focused without someone looking over your shoulder
• Train your family when you are working

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Teamsnap.com
andrewberkowitz.com
@andrewberkowitz
@minter

00:45 – Wade Minter and Andrew Berkowitz Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Andrew Berkowitz: Vice President of Product Management at TeamSnap and one of the original four founders of the company
• Wade Minter: Director of Engineering, manages technical operations, contractor with TeamSnap since the beginning

[/unordered_list]

01:51 – What is TeamSnap?

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Mobile application on Android and iOS
• Manages recreational youth or competitive sports teams
• Roster, schedule, messaging

[/unordered_list]

02:17 – Location

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Based in Boulder, CO
• Andrew is in Portland, OR
• Wade is in Raleigh, NC
• Rest of team in Austin, TX, Baltimore, MD, Washington, D.C., etc.

[/unordered_list]

02:52 – History of TeamSnap

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Doorway to leave the web design world
• Half the team is design and development
• Half is non-technical, i.e. customer support

[/unordered_list]

05:13 – A day in the life

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Campfire is the primary communication tool
• Github is used on the technical side

[/unordered_list]

06:46 – Meetings

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• 1 scheduled company meeting per week
• 1 scheduled developers-only meeting per week
• Development style is very “montessorial”
• If people need help, they ask
• Donâ€t need a ton of formalized stand up meetings
• Ad hoc conversations

[/unordered_list]

10:00 – Challenges

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Building a sense of community
• Preventing people from overworking

[/unordered_list]

11:54 – Identifying people who work well remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Improvisational backgrounds

[/unordered_list]

13:30 – Improv

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Skills help with interpersonal communication
• Intellectual component
• Listening skills
• Be opinionated and have a voice
• Big ideas & tiny ego
• Building on prospective

[/unordered_list]

23:46 – Flexibility in work/life balance

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Knowing when to unplug
• Preferred schedules
• Multiple time zones
• Dev at their desk for 18-20 hours/day
• Product coverage

[/unordered_list]

26:02 – How to find remote work and be the right candidate

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Personal connections
• Job boards
• Local tech meetups
• Coworking facilities
• Donâ€t look for job postings, reach out to the company you want to work for
• Listen to Wide Teams podcasts

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Twitter: @kevinold
kevinold.com

00:44 – Kevin Old Introduction & Background

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Software engineer of 16 years
• Self-taught in Perl
• Graduated to JavaScript & Ruby
• Family situations led him to try working remotely
• Has worked remotely now for 5 years

02:15 – Benefits of remote work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Freedom
• Work/life balance
• Ability to walk away from a problem
• “Think Time”
• Ability to slow down
• Ability to work at your own leisure

07:20 – A typical day

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Things happen in the morning that you react to in the afternoon
• Solving problems subconsciously
• Working at times that you are at your best

11:40 – Working remotely for DicomGrid

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Familiar faces + new folks
• Based in Phoenix, AZ
• Health Care industry

14:00 – Communication setup

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Trello
• Asynchronous culture
• Skype
• Lessons learned from previous companies

17:30 – Collaboration

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Customer-driven requests
• Idea board
• Bugs
• List of features

20:00 – Remote culture

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Cutting ties when things arenâ€t working out
• Talking things out as a group
• Trusting the team

24:30 – Building trust

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Navigation of tough situations
• There are no magic team-building activities

27:18 – Bringing someone on board a remote team

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Mentorship
• Going through “seasons”

33:30 – Advice for distributed teams

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• If youâ€re stuck on a problem, revisit it later

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Twitter: @wfarr
willfarrington.com
Github

Twitter: @skalnik
mikeskalnik.com
Github

00:35 – Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Will Farrington: System Operations @ Github
• Mike Skalnik: Rails Developer @ Github
• Calling in together at Github Summit in San Francisco

[/unordered_list]

01:40 – Github is widely distributed all over: Korea, Australia, New Zealand, England, USA

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• â…” of company works remotely, full-time
• Company paid office setups
• Traveling is a huge part of being a part of the company

[/unordered_list]

04:48 – Github Summit

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Semi-annual week-long get-together
• Meeting people in person

[/unordered_list]

05:40 – Coordinating work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Everything is asynchronous
• Loosely organized teams
• Weekly live streaming fireside chats in Campfire

[/unordered_list]

09:15 – Keeping people on the same page and adding employees

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Put on notification blinders
• People hired have specific focuses

[/unordered_list]

11:00 – Flow of incoming information

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Danger Room: everything non-work related
• Internal Twitter: keep up to date on higher level things
• Mass emails
• Using team & individual mentions

[/unordered_list]

15:14 – Planning

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Pull requests
• Unofficial policies
• Rolling things out internally, staff-only first

[/unordered_list]

18:09 – HUBOT

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Deploys the site
• Automates tasks
• A source of fun within the company

[/unordered_list]

23:50 – Frustrations working distributively

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• HR software

[/unordered_list]

25:40 – FaceTime

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Mostly during summits & conferences
• Trust
• Constructive criticism

[/unordered_list]

30:30 – Getting into remote work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Seeking out companies that trust remote workers
• User groups & conferences
• Getting involved within the community
• Being passionate about what youâ€re working on
• Ask your favorite companies, “What would it take to work for you?”

[/unordered_list]

34:30 – Advice for distributed teams

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Make it reasonable for everyone to be able to participate
• Communicate

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Twitter: @kcunning
TheRealKatie.net

00:38 – Katie Cunningham introduction & background

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Django and Python developer with Cox Media Group of Atlanta
• Author of forthcoming Accessibility Handbook: Making 508 Websites
• Based in Washington, DC
• Previously worked for NASA
• Pursued by a recruiter to work at Cox

[/unordered_list]

03:53 – Cox actively looks for people who can work remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Have remote days
• All remotes on one team
• All conversations must happen in IRC

[/unordered_list]

06:05 – A day in the life

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Work right away to get off earlier
• Pomodoro method: get up and walk somewhere else every 25 minutes
• Check email, IRC channels
• Exercise is important
• Work on books during lunch
• Code reviews
• Admin work

[/unordered_list]

12:30 – Advantages of working from home

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Relaxed
• Flexible with kids
• No office: kids are behind her and she can keep an eye on them

[/unordered_list]

16:20 – Isolation working from home

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Up time is other peoples†down time
• Limited interruptions and distractions
• Having kids/husband around is fun

[/unordered_list]

18:50 – Transitioning to working from home

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Thought sheâ€d be lonlier
• Thought sheâ€d miss getting out of the house

[/unordered_list]

20:12 – Problems working from home

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Fatigue
• Training the family
• Getting help for work/asking questions/getting peopleâ€s attention in IRC

[/unordered_list]

26:20 – Communication strategies

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Always have an ally
• Calling your manager or office admin and asking whoâ€s around
• Silly code words in IRC

[/unordered_list]

29:55 – Exercise

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Constantly moving within an office
• Go for walks
• Concentrating while standing
• Wii Fit/Kinect

[/unordered_list]

33:42 – Where can people find remote work?

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Talk to good recruiters
• Good remote positions donâ€t advertise theyâ€re looking for employees

[/unordered_list]

36:31 – Making yourself attractive prospective employers

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Present yourself well
• Network like crazy
• Go to conferences–even if paying out of pocket
• Organize your own day
• Exceptional writing skills

[/unordered_list]

38:38 – Most important pieces of advice for remote workers

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Learn how to communicate early
• Learn who to communicate with
• Make your presence felt on the team
• Network with social media: stay involved

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Blitz.io
Twitter: @evilmike

00:33 – Mike Smith Introductory

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Tech Lead at Blitz.io
• Based in Austin, Texas
• Team is based mostly in California with 2 others in Brazil

[/unordered_list]

01:25 – History of being distributed

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Worked with the others in CA before moving to TX
• Brazilian team are contractors by refferal
• 6 team members total

[/unordered_list]

02:50 – Working together

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Keeping in touch on a daily basis
• Campfire & Pivotal Tracker

[/unordered_list]

03:47 – Automation around Campfire

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• New user registration
• Plan purchases
• Exception reporting & errors

[/unordered_list]

07:00 – Energy of knowing your app is being used

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Sales get a notification
• Everybody likes to hear the bell ring

[/unordered_list]

08:30 – Strategies to promote communication between regions

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Weekly call
• Live internal demos

[/unordered_list]

10:30 – Challenges of distance

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Communication bandwidth
• Whiteboard
• Lucidchart
• Gesturing

[/unordered_list]

14:35 – Advice for teams starting to work remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Work with people youâ€ve worked with before if possible
• Shared sense of humor

[/unordered_list]

18:43 – Facetime with team members

Show Notes:

Twitter: @robpark

00:30 – Rob Park introduction & history

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Independent software consultant & Agile coach
• Teams trying to hang on to good talent
• Based in Colorado

[/unordered_list]

02:22 – Remote pairing

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Extreme programming background
• Finding the right setup
• Great way to get ideas
• Fun to work that way

[/unordered_list]

06:20 – Pairing etiquette

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Visual cues
• Asking permission

[/unordered_list]

07:51 – Communication is everything

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• You can tell the health of an Agile team by the buzz in the room
• The keyboard is not the bottleneck

[/unordered_list]

09:13 – Ways teams choose to communicate

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Open chat rooms and IRC channels
• Open Skype room
• Chatrooms will die if people do not participate
• IM tools
• Email in some rare instances

[/unordered_list]

11:24 – Standups via phone

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Freedom to be wherever you want to be
• Headsets required even when co-located
• Enforce contact

[/unordered_list]

13:44 – Kanbanpad

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Whiteboards
• Webcams set up on all the whiteboards

[/unordered_list]

18:22 – Standing up while doing standups

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Easy to lose focus in front of a screen

[/unordered_list]

20:40 – Joining a distributed team in the future

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Going stir-crazy in the house
• Pairing in public

[/unordered_list]

23:05 – Problems getting synced during a pairing session

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Promiscuous pairing
• Timezone issues
• Be flexible and patient

[/unordered_list]

26:56 – Encouraging pairing

30:55 – Tips and tricks

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Enabling remote workers
• Privilege to work at home

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Twitter: @gregbell
REVERB Software
Greg Bell Design + Development
github/gregbell
Ruby Open Source Challenge

00:44 – Greg Bell Introduction and Background

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Based in Vancouver, Canada
• Reverb has 6 staff members distributed around the world: France and Vancouver
• Shared office space that can be utilized

[/unordered_list]

02:05 – Type of software worked on

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Rails applications in medical and pharmaceutical enterprise spaces

[/unordered_list]

03:00 – History with distributed teams

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• First experiences werenâ€t so good
• Inherited distributed developers

[/unordered_list]

05:20 – What went wrong at first?

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Good technology wasnâ€t in place to allowl continuous communication
• No IRC or Hip Chat
• No daily standups
• Language barrier
• Time zone alignment

[/unordered_list]

08:30 – Plans to avoid future mistakes while managing a distributed team

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Try to get people in the same room as much as possible
• Face time
• Keep the team connected
• Having the right people

[/unordered_list]

09:45 – Ideal people

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Enjoy writing down what they are doing
• Documenting thoughts
• Making it obvious what they are up to
• Detail tickets

[/unordered_list]

11:20 – A day in the life

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Daily standup over Google Hangouts
• Additional conversations between teams
• HipChat all day

[/unordered_list]

13:14 – HipChat

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Easy to use
• Integrated one-on-one video chat
• More private than Skype

[/unordered_list]

15:10 – Division of work between people in Vancouver and people in France

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Everyone works on projects together
• Meeting with clients is harder for those located in France
• Iteration planning

[/unordered_list]

18:42 – Being stalled during work due to others being unavailable

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Always have multiple independent tasks you could be working on
• Changing how you orient standups

[/unordered_list]

23:00 – Connecting with clients

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Tracking conversations
• Taking meeting notes
• Side conversations with clients can give a lot of context

[/unordered_list]

25:08 – Dealing with young members of teams

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Training/programs for young developers out of college
• Remote pair programming

[/unordered_list]

29:05 – Number one piece of advice for someone getting into distributed work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Show progress

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

ChadFowler.com
Twitter: @chadfowler
LivingSocial.com
LivingSocial.com/jobs

01:18 – Chad Fowler Introduction & Background

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Author of the Passionate Programmer and Rails Recipes
• Organizer of RubyConf and RailsConf
• SVP of Technology at LivingSocial

[/unordered_list]

01:50 – Experience with remote work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Off-shore team setups
• Off-shore insourcing arrangement
• Consulting arrangements
• Widely distributed teams at LivingSocial

[/unordered_list]

03:55 – Off-shore experiences

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Extreme programming
• Turnover
• Confirming something is actually done & finished

[/unordered_list]

12:05 – Psychological aspect of being a developer

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Isolation from other developers

[/unordered_list]

13:20 – LivingSocial

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Wasnâ€t widely distributed before
• Goal: to create a culture open to distributed teams

[/unordered_list]

15:15 – Challenges in creating a distributed environment

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Large teams and large companies typically are not good to work for
• Overhead
• Multiple personalities
• Making a large team still feel like a small one
• Create a collection of small teams: “start-up within a start-up”

[/unordered_list]

18:44 – Every team operates differently

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Team gelling/team dynamics
• Bonding while collaborating
• Creating comradery

[/unordered_list]

22:10 – Team choices

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• No two people working on the same thing within one office

[/unordered_list]

26:00 – Forming a distributed team

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Sharing information
• Technology is important
• If possible, donâ€t have a room with multiple people in it
• Mind timezones
• Work from home regularly; force people to not come into the office

[/unordered_list]

33:40 – Why let people work from home?

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• You donâ€t want to be limited to one area in terms of “types” of employees
• The lifestyle of those working from home is generally healthy
• Offices restrict you schedule-wise
• A happier, more productive “me”

[/unordered_list]

38:25 – Some people just canâ€t work from home

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Staying focused can be an issue
• Presence
• Staying passionate

[/unordered_list]

43:45 – How can somebody find remote work?

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Create a presence
• Become a part of the online/tech scene
• References
• Networking
• Writing books/blogs
• Speaking at conferences
• Organizing conferences
• Be an online extrovert
• Helping others

[/unordered_list]

49:20 – Remote pair programming

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Open-source code
• An avenue for becoming known

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Highgroove Studios
blog.jonathanrwallace.com
Twitter: @jonathanwallace
@highgroove

00:52 – Jonathan Wallace Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Developer and Technologist at Highgroove Studios
• Independent IOS and Rails Consultant
• Open-Source Developer
• Runner of code retreats

[/unordered_list]

01:14 – Distributed Team

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Highgroove: 20 or so members
• Management Philosophy: ROWE–Results Only Work Environment
• Results are what matter no matter where you are

[/unordered_list]

01:58 – Becoming Distributed

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Consultant work out of coffee shops/home
• Permalancers
• Freedom/empowerment
• Working vacations
• Can work from office or home based on how they feel

[/unordered_list]

07:43 – Being “there” versus getting things done: Results Only (ROWE)

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Measuring results, not hours worked
• Client happiness rules
• Being proactive and responsible in managing expectations
• Figure out what works for you

[/unordered_list]

11:50 – Work Flow while Working from Home

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Communicate via Campfire
• Pivotal Tracker

[/unordered_list]

14:42 – Challenges of Remote Work

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Discipline of sitting down and getting work done
• Getting away from the computer and work
• Getting to know new employees

[/unordered_list]

18:00 – “Overcommunicating”

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Seeking advice from others
• Sharing experience
• Not making assumptions that everyone knows everything
• Broadcasting thoughts

[/unordered_list]

20:30 – Summarizing

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Reducing the “bus” factor
• Someone else can pick a project back up in someone elseâ€s absence

[/unordered_list]

23:44 – Advice for Remote Teams

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Overcommunicate
• Establish good social bonds

[/unordered_list]

Show Notes:

Panoptic Development
Twitter: @panopticdev

01:28 – Mikeâ€s background and history

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• One of the founders of Panoptic Development
• Does software engineering with open source development
• Mobile application development
• Systems integration work
• 4 full-time partners: 2 in Providence, RI, 2 in San Francisco and a network of 5 consultants throughout the country

[/unordered_list]

02:38 – How the company came to be

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• 3 partners worked at a startup in Providence and branched off

[/unordered_list]

03:59 – Changes made when going remote

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Get better at the things they were already doing
• Think about business development
• Tool selection

[/unordered_list]

05:14 – Working with people who were not local

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Networking

[/unordered_list]

05:56 – Integrating someone new into a distributed team

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Transition from small tasks to larger ones
• People who express more interest in becoming more active within the company

[/unordered_list]

07:10 – A day in the life working together remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• IRC meeting
• Client work/business development

[/unordered_list]

13:35 – Challenges of going remote

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• Picking better projects to people to integrate them into working remotely
• Being consistent

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14:57 – Physically getting together as a team

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• At least once a year the partners get together

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16:55 – Advice for remote workers

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• Having good tools makes a difference
• Be flexible in your process: everyone works differently

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Show Notes:

Foxycart.com
Twitter:
@lukestokes
@brettflorio

01:06 – Background and History

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• Remote from the beginning
• Donâ€t know how else they would work
• 9 team members
• Like the flexibility of remote work

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04:43 – Finding team members

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• No need to stay local
• Django job board = more targeted than other job boards
• Networking within the community
• Local connections

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08:55 – Bringing team members onboard outside an office sit-down interview

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• Emails
• Skype/video interview
• Campfire chat room = virtual office
• People hired have had a history where Luke and Brett seen what they have done and what know they are capable of doing

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14:30 – Business of Foxycart

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• Foxycart is an eCommerce platform focusing on the cart and the checkout flow
• Built to integrate
• Flexible

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17:30 – Team Member Handbook

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• As the team grew, there were things that needed clarified
• Security
• Tool-training
• Expectations

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24:04 – Modes of communication

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• Google+ Hangout
• HeyTell – push to talk
• iMessage

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28:00 – Culture

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• Similarities in age, marital status, family, passions, etc.
• Personal relationships outside of just work

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31:33 – Overcoming hurdles in developing a dispersed team

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• Team members disappearing
• Developing a hiring process
• Org charts
• Distributing work to different members based on skills and what they want to do

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37:35 – A day in the life with Foxycart

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• Wake up, check email
• Read through Campfire logs
• Read through forum posts
• Read through support tickets
• Jump into your individual focus
• Work in blocks

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44:05 – Advice for dispersed teams

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• Value communication
• Founder/partner relationship building is critical

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Show Notes:

Twitter: @arcandros
Google+
EuRuKo
Zühlke

01:20 – Vassilis†history and background

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• Working remotely for 8 years
• Works for Zühlke, an engineering company that provides services for clients that want to create projects

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05:30 – Embedded hardware development

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• Works with equipment that can be remotely operated

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08:49 – Structure of Vasillis†remote teams

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• Many branches located in many places

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11:17 – Iteration meetings

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• Collaboration tools

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14:36 – Daily stand-ups

15:24 – Interaction with co-workers

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• If something breaks or there is a problem
• If everything is ok, contact is minimal to once or twice a day
• Travels to other offices

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18:30 – Information radiators

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• A tool that brings information back to the developer as quickly as possible
• Needs updated regularly
• Needs to be visible to the team

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22:41 – Working with IT limitations

26:00 – Advice for working remotely

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• Get a room with a door
• Boundaries need to be clear to be productive

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27:00 – Positives and negatives of working remotely

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• Working from home

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Show Notes:

Test Double
Twitter: @searls
Beautiful Front End Code Conference 

01:14 – Justinâ€s history and background with remote work

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• Consulting for 6 years

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01:53 – Bad experiences with distributed teams

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• Satellite offices trash talking each other
• Communication constraints
• Passive agressiveness

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05:30 – Turning the tide

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• Get of the project
• Everyoneâ€s doing their best

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07:50 – Good experiences with distributed teams

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• When coaching isnâ€t necessary
• Coming from a common foundation and similar levels of experience

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11:25 – Normalization

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• Improving communication
• Team mindset
• Handshake Problem
• Every opinion matters

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13:33 – Communication cost is significantly higher within distributed teams

16:06 – Warning signs that the cost of communication is becoming too expensive

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• Remote people getting left out
• People get lost and become uncomfortable about where things in the project are
• Forming habits that stick
• Value asynchronous communication

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19:50 – Advice for dispersed teams

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• Recognize what kind of organization style you have
• Donâ€t prejudge

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Show Notes:

Twitter: @deafgreatdane
Merrill Corporation
Merrill DataSite
Pragmatic Geek

01:10 – Benâ€s introductory and background

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• Software architect who leads teams in software development efforts in Minnesota
• Internal style development

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01:37 – Merrill Corporation

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• Printing company that has evolved into a communications service company
• Focused on legal services and financial world (printing and distributing documents)

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02:20 – Evolving into remote work

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• Company wanted to have Ben work remotely rather than not at all

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03:12 – Tools

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• Instant messaging
• Conference calling
• Wikis & Issue trackers
• Email

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05:19 – Day to day operation

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• Formal SCRUM to 15-20 minute daily standups
• Reach out to others as needed

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07:11 – Advantages of working remotely

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• Ability to focus
• A lot of other venues for knowledge sharing rather than interoffice face to face communication
• Introverts vs extroverts

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10:41 – Remaining in touch with your team

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• Trust
• Frequent check-ins
• Team leads

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12:45 – Helpful management techniques

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• Code reviews
• XP techniques
• Continual communication

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13:53 – Standardized tools are important

16:45 – Advice for others working remotely

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• More use of real faces on avatars
• Starting off with face to face meetings is important

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Show Notes:

02:30 – Harveyâ€s background and information

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• Harvey Losin managing partner of Ideowave Technology Corporation in Cebu, Philippines
• Company is set up on a partnership
• Freelance Web Developer

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04:40 – Working with time zones

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• People from different time zones have different tasks to do

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05:22 – Communication issues

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• Accents

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07:00 – Assignments

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• Graphic design
• Logo
• Layout changes
• Web development support
• Coding
• Graphic conversion
• Technical support

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09:35 – Working with time zones

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• Emergency meetings
• Provide two points of contact

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11:00 – Tools

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• GoToMeeting.com
• TeamViewer.com

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12:30 – Providers should adjust to their clients

13:15 – Outsourcing challenges

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• Insufficient/incomplete instructions
• Filling in gaps

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15:41 – How Harvey got his start

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• Never stop learning

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19:35 – Keep a balance of local and overseas clients

20:43 – Never be complacent with technology

25:40 – Studying business

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• Reaching your clients better
• Understanding issues and problems and how you can solve them

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27:25 – Dealing with clients from a different culture

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• Budget/Haggling
• Western clients are more objective and know what they want
• Know psychology of all types of culture
• Good to know how to allocate resources

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35:00 – Advice

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• Donâ€t make technical things your primary tool
• Communicate and be able to talk business

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Show Notes:

Twitter: @deadprogram
The Hybrid Group
Kanban Pad 
The Kids Ruby Project
Clutch

00:51 – Introduction

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• Ron Evans of the Hybrid Group a software consultancy with a dispersed team

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01:50 – Interview begins

02:05 – Ronâ€s background

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• Ring leader of The Hybrid Group: a development company based in L.A.
• Has developers in 5 countries, 4 different time zones, speaking in 4 different languages

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04:05 – Sustainable development

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• Works on client programs already in progress
• Takes over an existing code base

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04:38 – Communication practices

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• Uses real-time communication
• Has Skype chat room for each client and encourages client participation
• Transparency is essential

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06:00 – Being extreme

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• Times when distractions need to be eliminated
• Times when you need to be collaborative

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06:40 – Tools

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• Skype
• Email
• Ticketmaster
• Clutch: universal feed that allows you to track projects
• Kanban
• Kanban Pad

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11:45 – Consultancies

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• Reputation is key
• Caring gives you a competitive edge
• Treat client how you wish to be treated
• How can we make things better and improve as a provider of service

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14:10 – Building a remote culture

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• Geographic centers where you can cowork
• Silly customs can help build the culture of a dispersed team
• PBEOD: Production by end of day
• Deploy Master: rotating person in charge each day

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23:40 – History of The Hybrid Group

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• Meet tons of like-minded people, especially at conferences
• Evolution of Ronâ€s previous consultancy

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29:35 – Pair programming and when to do it

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• Pairing is done to solve a problem and to have people looking at code collaborativly
• Screen-share-style pairing
• Pairing with a client
• Solving a particularly difficult problem
• Do anything all the time is not a good approach to solving problems

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36:48 – Does agile development work?

38:30 – Family and distributed work

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• Avoid commute times
• Choose your own environment for productivity
• Having control over your own destiny
• Investing in people rather than infrastructure

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41:50 – The Kids Ruby Project

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• Fantastic developers started programming very young
• Computer education in schools is decreasing for programming type jobs

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50:55 – Advice for future dispersed teams

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Cultivate an attitude of transparency
• Share information
• Truth will set you free
• Be ethical

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Show Notes:

PHP Architect
Web2Project
CaseySoftware
Twilio

02:06 – Keith Casey introduction and background

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• Software developer based in Austin Texas
• Primary focus is PHP community
• Blue Parabola 100% distributed

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03:12 – History of Blue Parabola as a distributed team

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• Natural progression

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04:20 – Blue Parabola

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• One of the more active, unheard of, PHP companies
• Runs PHP Architect Magazine
• Runs PHP Tech, a conference in Chicago
• Contracting, consulting, training
• Works with companies of people trying to understand the PHP community
• Buffer zone between corporate world and open-source world

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06:30 – A day in the life with Keith

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• Varied work schedule/time zones
• Chat channel/status calls
• Twice a week daily stand-ups

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08:22 – Useful tools

09:05 – Web 2 Project

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• Lead developer
• Web-based formal project management

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13:45 – Ups and downs of working from home

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• No commute time is nice
• Stopping at the end of the day is difficult

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14:38 – Communicating in person as a team

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• Try for once a quarter
• Conferences

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16:45 – PHP Community

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• Mainstream companies doing big things who hire people wherever they are located
• Hiring experienced people

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19:20 – Advice for future dispersed teams

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Open up channels for communication and get used to communicating there

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Show Notes:

ZyncroBlog
Twitter: @zyncro
Facebook

00:40 – Introduction

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• Louis Font of Zyncro, an enterprise social network
• Employees around the world: Spain, France, Argentina, USA
• Develop local relationship with customers no matter what time zones customers are in

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02:22 - Louis†background

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• Entrepreneur out of Barcelona that creates, grows and sells companies for profit

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04:20 – Distributed team structure and background

09:08 – Challenges working distributed

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• You have to meet other team members that youâ€re working with to establish fluent relationships

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10:30 – Cultural differences between team members

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• Human interaction is important no matter where you are

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12:00 – Zyncro as a company

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• Trying to solve communication gaps between businesses and social networks
• Enhances software using collaboration tools

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16:22 – Advice for distributed teams

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Communication minimum two times per day

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17:20 – Future of distributed teams

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• Will become more common

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 Show Notes:

00:55 - Introduce Joe

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• Software Developer
• Moved from San Francisco to Atlanta and continued working for Pivotal remotely

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01:41 – Interview begins

 01:58 – Joeâ€s background

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04:50 – Pair Programming

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• Two developers sitting side by side at one computer, working on the same problem together
• Slower, but teams produce code that is higher quality, fewer defects, better design, etc.
• Quickly & easily make changes

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06:55 – Pair Programming 100% of the time while remote

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• Same standard equipment (iMac)

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09:10 – Patience and Social Skills while Pairing

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• Be a good listener
• Not let ego and opinions take too much precedence
• Have an open mind
• Arrive at solutions together
• Patience with finicky technology
• Video face time is important
• Being disciplined with distractions
• Take breaks (naturally)

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13:55 – Keyboard back & forth sharing

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• 100% access vs watching and critiquing
•  Etiquette and cues
•  Latency
•  Free up CPU by using multiple machines

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23:08 – Daily Pair Swapping

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• Change who youâ€re working with
• Make sure everybody is aware of everyone involved in a project
• People are introduced to many other ideas and opinions

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25:09 – Going from co located to remote (Joeâ€s experience)

27:18 – Daily Standups

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• Discuss standing up versus sitting down
• Avoiding distraction during daily standups
• Look at what has been done and what goals are for that day

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32:01 – Daily check-ins with clients

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• Ensures everything is moving smoothly, have priorities changed, and verify work that has been done

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33:56 - Social impact of going from co located to remote

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• If you can make occasional physical visits, do it

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36:40 - Advice for remote workers

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Discipline
• Patience with technology and others

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38:17 – Type of person who can be successful at remote work

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• 50% patience
• 50% skill

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39:40 – How much of a “normal” work environment can be replicated with distributed teams?

40:35 – Aspects that are superior to remote versus co located work

42:00 – Remote pair programming and coworking

43:38 – Wrap Up

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• Anyone interested in agile project tools should check out Pivotal Tracker
• Free software: Pivotal Tracker
• Pivotal Labs is a consulting company located in San Francisco, New York, Boulder, CO, and Joe in Atlanta
• Twitter @joem
• Blog: 40withegg

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Announcements:

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• I’m looking for a sponsor so I can do the podcast on a more regular schedule! Contact me if you’re interested.
• Get your free copy of the Dispersed Team Kick-Start Guide by signing up to the Wide Teams mailing list.

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Show notes:

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• Dan blogs at dan-menard.com and is @dan_menard on Twitter.
• Macadamian
• How to work with someone 12 hours away
• Yammer
• Smartboard
• The Wine project

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03:15 – Danâ€s background

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• Macadamian Technologies based out of Ottowa, Canada, with offices in Romania and Armenia
• Product creation company that helps other companies bring products to life
• Software development
• User research
• User experience and visual design
• Quality assurance

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04:02 – History with oversea startup

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• Helped to work more effectively with clients in different timezones

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06:00 – Schedule Flexibility

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• Adjusted schedule
• Work from home or office

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07:28 – Importance of relationships

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Personal connection
• Avoid “Us” versus “Them” mentality
• Skype is useful
• Personal presence at all offices

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09:50 – Advantages of working with teams across time zones

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Working in teams across time zones expands a regular work day
• Instead of fitting 8 hours into a work day, you can get around 16
• Get projects done in half the time
• Overlap shifts slightly to sync up with SCRUM meetings, etc.

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12:00 – Tools

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Skype
• Confluence (Wiki)
• Email
• Internal mailing lists and news groups
• Yammer

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14:40 – Smartboard

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Whiteboard with a projector hooked up to it
• Touchscreen
• Interactive

[/unordered_list]

17:06 – Code Review

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Patch-a-day
• Do things in small batches
• Develops good patterns and catches bugs earlier
• Responsibility

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19:00 – Adjustment to working with distributed teams

20:52 – Future of working with distributed teams

21:24 – Advice to distributed groups

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

• Do whatever works for your individual team

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Show notes:

• John Hawkins is @vegasgeek on Twitter
• 9Seeds LLC
• The Event Ticketing and Affiliate Manager WordPress plugins
• 9Seeds sponsors WordCamp conferences

Show notes:

• Shane Pearlman is @justlikeair on Twitter
• Shane & Peter
• Check out the Shane & Peter Lifeblog
• Redmine
• Adium
• Coworking
• Freelance Camp

I talked to Susan and Jessica about why TechSoup is a distributed organization, and why organizations are using Second Life to meet, network, and do their work. For someone who spends a lot of time doing remote collaboration, it was eye-opening for me to discover this whole new frontier of online interaction. After listening to this interview you may just be inspired to add a virtual world meeting space to your own remote collaboration tool box.

Show Notes:

• Susan Tenby is @suzboop on Twitter
• Jessica Dally is @jessicadally
• TechSoup is @techsoup on Twitter
• Nonprofit Commons is @npsl on Twitter.
• A video about NPSL’s work in Second Life
• Second Life
• Hypergrid Business, a blog devoted to “enterprise users of virtual worlds”
• Community Voice Mail
• 5PM project management tool
• Evernote
• HootSuite
• BaseCamp

Show notes:

• Sahil Parikh is @sahilparikh on Twitter.
• Check out DeskAway at DeskAway.com / @deskaway

Show notes:

• Jared is @technotheory on Twitter, and blogs at Technotheory.
• AwayFind.com is a great service for avoiding email overload.

This episode is “back from the dead” — all of the audio from my side of the interview was lost, but I reconstructed and re-dubbed my questions so that I could share this interview.

Show notes:

• Derek can be found at derekwwade.net, and is @derekwwade on Twitter.
• Slides for the presentation “High Gravity Distributed Teams“
• The #lrnchat hashtag on Twitter
• I did a video demo of the Cardmeeting tool.

Show notes:

• Robâ€s site is lifeofthefreelancer.com, @lifeofthefree on Twitter.
• Since this podcast was recorded, he also launched The Itinerant Entrepreneur.
• Shane & Peter is a web development consultancy that organizes teams of independent consultants to take on larger projects.
• We discussed using Campfire from 37Signals for team chat.

• Rob’s site is lifeofthefreelancer.com, @lifeofthefree on Twitter.
• Since this podcast was recorded, he also launched The Itinerant Entrepreneur.

Transcript:

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Show notes:

• Tony blogs about Ruby on Rails and other development topics at tonyamoyal.com, and Tweets as @tonyamoyal.
• Better Human Race
• Gig and Tell
• Your Daily Song Fix
• Gym Shuffle

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Show Notes:

• Thomaz’ home page (not much there right now). He is @thmzlt on Twitter.
• Ruby Skills
• HealPay
• It’s not in the recording, but after the interview Thomaz brought up how handy he finds his Nokia N900 running Maemo for communicating with his team on the go.
• Mumble, an “open source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software”.
• Assembla

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Show notes:

• Steven Willmott is @njyx on Twitter, and blogs at Inopia.
• The 3Scale home page and Twitter account.
• Yammer
• Assembla
• TechHub London

Show notes:

• The Ruby DCamp website
• Trevor Lalish-Menagh is @trevmex on Twitter and blogs at http://trevmex.com/
• Nick Gauthier of SmartLogic Solutions is @ngauthier on Twitter
• Chris Strom is @eee_c on Twitter and blogs at http://japhr.blogspot.com/
• Camille Bell doesn’t have a Twitter account that I could find, but perhaps she will correct me.
• Jim Gay of Saturn Flyer is @saturnflyer on Twitter
• Brian Glusman of ENJYN is @bglusman on Twitter
• Apologies to any other participants whose info I wasn’t able to hunt down – please comment or email me and I’ll update this post!

Show notes:

• Intridea
• Presently
• TeamSpeak

Show notes:

• Jim Weirich’s blog, “One Step Back”
• Jim on Twitter
• EdgeCase
• GNU Screen

Show notes:

• Jody Alkema on Twitter
• Domain 7
• Pivotal Tracker
• Cucumber
• Peter van Hardenburg on Twitter
• Heroku