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- Wide Teams Podcast Episode 13: Interviews with Jody Alkema and Peter van Hardenburg
Two final interviews from RailsConf 2010 this week. The first is with Jody Alkema, a web developer with Domain 7 who spoke to me about his experience augmenting his Agile software team with some remote help. The second is with Peter van Hardenburg, a developer at Heroku who is transitioning back to a collocated team after a couple years of working remotely.
Show notes:
- Jody Alkema on Twitter
- Domain 7
- Pivotal Tracker
- Cucumber
- Peter van Hardenburg on Twitter
- Heroku
15 min - Wide Teams Podcast Episode 12: Interview with David Rogers
In this episode I talk to Ruby on Rails software developer David Rogers of Beacon Interactive Systems about his experiences working collocated, fully remote, and as a part of a mixed collocated/remote team.
Show Notes:
- Beacon Interactive Systems
- Like the show? Become a fan on Facebook!
11 min - Wide Teams Podcast Episode 11: Interview with John McCaffrey
In this episode I talk to John McCaffrey, a software consultant who specializes in ironing out performance problems in Ruby on Rails applications. In the course of his consulting he works with dispersed teams, and in this interview he delivers a detailed rundown of the tools and workflow involved in doing Agile software development in a distributed team.
Show notes:
- John McCaffrey’s blog
- John on Twitter
- TeamViewer
14 min - Monday’s Podcast Delayed
This week’s podcast has been delayed. Another great interview is coming up, though, so stay tuned!
1 min - Wide Teams Podcast Episode 10: Interview with Aslak Hellesøy
In this episode: an interview with Aslak Hellesøy, who talks about the contrasts between coordinating a large Open-Source project and a small dispersed team; the importance of constantly re-evaluating your tools and practices; and more. Also: theme music!
Show notes:- New theme music is by Giles Bowkett
- My guest post “The 7 Hats of a Successful Remote Team Worker” at WebWorkerDaily
- Like Wide Teams on Facebook
- Aslak on Twitter
- Aslak on Github
- Cucumber
- Agile Zen
14 min - Wide Teams Podcast Episode 9: Interview with Michael Bleigh
In this episode: some thoughts on the Google Wave shutdown announcement, and talking to Michael Bleugh of Intridea about being part of a 50-person geographically distributed company.
Show notes:
- Google Wave
- Google announces shutdown of Google Wave
- Presently
13 min - Wide Teams Podcast, Episode 8: Interview with Loren Johnson
Today’s interview is with Loren Johnson, a Ruby on Rails developer and a remote worker for most of his career. I talked to Loren at RailsConf 2010 about some of the tradeoffs involved when choosing to live and work in a geographically isolated area, and the challenges of being the sole remote worker on a team.
Show notes:- Loren Johnson on Twitter
- Loren’s company Venado
- Radiant CMS
- Ko’s Journey
22 min - Wide Teams Podcast Episode 7: BohConf Roundtable Part 2
This episode features the conclusion of a roundtable about dispersed teams held at BohConf, an unconference held within RailsConf 2010. In this part, the participants talk about video conferencing, balancing team collaboration time with solo work, optimizing virtual meetings, meeting deadlines, finding talent for their teams, and much more.
18 min - Wide Teams Podcast #6: BohConf Roundtable Part 1
Today on the podcast, a recording of a roundtable discussion held at the BohConf unconference inside of RailsConf 2010. Topcs covered include teleconferencing practices, why instant messaging can be an antipattern, and different strategies for estimating work.
Show Notes:04:40 – Teleconferencing Practices[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Call in to the same conversation
- Donâ€t want to leave anyone out
- Engage everyone
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07:05 – Instant Messaging as an antipattern[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Always leaves somebody out
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11:45 – Different strategies for estimating work[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Number of hours
- Level of difficulty
- Different problems at the same speed
- Planning Poker
- Hard deadlines
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20 min - Wide Teams Podcast Episode 5: Interviews with Hashrocket and Rhomobile
Two interviews in this episode. I talk to Jim Remsick and Paul Elliot of Hashrocket about why Hashrocket chooses to avoid remote work. And then, I talk to Brian Moore of Rhomobile about their globally dispersed team.
Show Notes:02:14 – Introduce Jim Remsick and Paul Elliot: developers at Hashrocket[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Limited experience with remote work
- At Hashrocket, policy is to be co-located on one site and paired all the time
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04:06 – Stressing co-located work[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Everyone together
- Culture and doing things outside of work
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05:40 – Advice to future groups considering remote work[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Donâ€t skimp on equipment
- Overcommunicate
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07:14 – Distributed teams need to be improved08:42 – Introduce Brian Moore of Rhomobile[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Mobile framework company in Campbell, CA
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09:16 – History with distributed work[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- International
- Daily standup meetings for communication
- Skype, messaging, email contact
- Coordinating timezones
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11:05 – Challenges of working remotely[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Communications barrier (language)
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11:45 – Benefits of having a distributed team[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Experience of different people in different cultures
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12:35 – Tools[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Skype
- Pivotal Tracker
- Need something that provides voice, email communication all-in-one
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13:05 – Advice for future remote workers[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Maintaining communication is key
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13:35 – Wrap up14:17 – End15 min
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