Communicating When You Work Remotely
Two long-time remote workers share their history and their best practices for working from home. Aurooba covers how to socialize yourself and fight loneliness, and Brian shares his tips for creating boundaries when you have five kids outside your office door all day. They discuss some of the tools they use, the best ways to have asynchronous conversations, and how to tame Slack.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:05 Our first remote jobs
00:07:53 Overall thoughts on remote work
00:08:51 Socializing and loneliness in remote work
00:11:33 Tools and rituals for creating boundaries
00:13:44 Chrome versus Safari
00:17:46 Communication, Chat, and Notifications
00:22:50 Timezones and Async Conversations
00:26:11 Synchronous Meetings
00:28:18 Our advice for remote work
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Cal Newport - https://calnewport.com/blog/
How to communicate effectively as a developer - https://www.karlsutt.com/articles/com...
Brian's website – https://www.briancoords.com
Aurooba's website – https://aurooba.com
