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- Episode #83: Interview with Tom Moor of Sqwiggle
In this episode, cofounder Tom Moor, talks about Sqwiggle: an application that allows remote teams to work together throughout the day.
Show Notes:Tom Moor (twitter github blog [email protected])
00:41 – Sqwiggle[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Tom Moor, Cofounder
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01:52 – Constant Visual Connection[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Trusted environment
- No call function
- Quick audio/video conversations
- Presence
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05:56 – Capturing Faces08:08 – Awareness vs Monitoring08:58 – Features[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Immediate Connection
- Busy Mode
- Statuses
- Stream
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10:44 – Origin[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Buffer
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13:22 – Video & Audio Quality16:06 – Competing with Google+ Hangouts?17:17 – Upcoming Features[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- File Uploading
- Dropbox Integration
- Screencasting
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21 min - Episode #82: Interview with Amos King
In this episode, Amos King, talks about his experiences working remotely and gives a pretty cool background noise resource for those lonely times.
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)
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01:43 – Commute03:02 – Asynchronous Communication[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- HipChat
- Google+ Hangouts
- GoToMeeting
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04:44 – Backgound Noise[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Coffitivity
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06:25 – Companies & Promoting Remote Work[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Wide Teams | Episode #80: Interview with Ernie Miller of LivingSocial
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08:16 – Transitioning into working remotely[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Building a profile
- Advancing yourself
- Moving around
- Pomodoro!
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13:18 – Amos†Office16:21 – Having spare time[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Improved Meetups
- Giving back to the community
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17:47 – This Agile Life Podcast[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Episode 13 – Remote Agile Interrupted
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21 min - Episode #81: Interview with J Sherwani and Vishal Kapur of Screenhero
In this episode, J Sherwani and Vishal Kapur talk about Screenhero: a new and convenient collaborative screen sharing application.Â
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
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01:35 – Vishal Kapur Introduction[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- B.A. in Computer Science from MIT
- Both live in the San Francisco Bay Area
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02:17 – Screenhero02:43 – Presentation Tools vs Collaboration Tools[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Mouse Cursor
- Speed
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05:10 – Proxying05:54 – Inventing Screenhero08:15 – The Screenhero Team[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Collocated at the moment
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09:48 – Use Cases[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Developers
- Designers
- Families
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12:49 – Proxying Desktop Audio[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Soundflower
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13:41 – Feature Requests[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Voice Chat Integration
- Multi-Party Collaboration
- Cross-Platform Support
- Web Client
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15:34 – In The Works/Improving Screenhero[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Quality and Performance Updates
- Speed Updates
- Inspired by Dropbox
- International Keyboard Support
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18:33 – Using Screenhero while Collocated20:31 – Mobile to Mobile App23:26 – Work for Screenhero!26 min - Episode #80: Interview with Ernie Miller of LivingSocial
In this episode, Ernie Miller of LivingSocial, talks about his transition into managing a dispersed team, “Optimizing for Happiness”, and dealing with distraction.
Show Notes:Ernie Miller (twitter github blog)
00:41 – Ernie Miller Introduction[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Lead Software Engineer for Email Tools Team at LivingSocial
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01:07 – Transition to leading a dispersed team[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Being available
- Campfire
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02:25 – Remote Working Days[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Wide Teams Episode #42: Chad Fowler of LivingSocial
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03:31 – “Optimizing for Happinessâ€[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- The Most Important Optimization: Happiness by Ernie Miller [Ruby Midwest 2013 Talk]
- Why I Love Being a Programmer in Louisville (or, Why I Wonâ€t Relocate to Work for Your Startup by Ernie Miller [Blog Post]
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06:52 – Dealing with Recruiters09:26 – Considering Remote Work[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Productivity
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12:02 – Dealing with Distraction[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Conditioning your coworkers
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15:25 – Remote Meetings[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Eliminating distraction
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16:51 – Ernieâ€s Remote Team[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Pods (3 other people)
- Google+ Hangouts
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23 min - Episode #79: Interview with Nick Adams of Hudl and remotejobs.co
In this episode, Nick Adams of Hudl and remotejobs.co, talks about living and working in Rochester, New York, and starting a remote jobs board for companies dedicated to specifically hiring remote workers and people specifically looking to be them.
Show Notes:Nick Adams (twitter github blog)
00:37 – Nick Adams Introduction[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Product Designer at Hudl
- Located in Rochester, New York
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01:35 – Hudl as a Distributed Team02:02 – Nickâ€s history with remote work[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Web design and consulting
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04:29 – Tools[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Github
- Trello
- Basecamp
- HipChat
- JIRA
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07:46 – Challenges of working remotely09:08 – Making Hudl a dispersed team[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Talent
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09:42 – Living in Rochester, New York[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Refresh Rochester
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13:21 – remotejobs.co[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- “No bait and switchingâ€
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19:39 – Advice for companies looking to hire remote workers[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- “Hereâ€s how we workâ€
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24 min - Episode #78: Interview with Jonathan Mason of VersaPay
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[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Senior Software Developer at VersaPay
- Masters in Computer Science
- Victoria, British Columbia
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02:45 – Life in Victoria05:55 – VersaPay and itâ€s distributed team[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Dev Team = 4
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07:32 – Team Work Process[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Standup
- Skype
- HipChat
- Trello
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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
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19 min - Episode #77: Interview with Elliot Rodriguez
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[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- 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
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02:04 – Wanting to work from home[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Beating the commute
- Pitched the idea to his superior
- Convenience
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05:54 – Working with a distributed team[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Timezone coordination
- Facetime
- Personality
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12:25 – Video Conferencing[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Skype
- FuzeBox
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13:15 – Overcoming Isolation14:23 – Ideal Work Environment16:05 – Sticking with the remote working lifestyle[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Recruiter/hiring manager attitudes about remote work
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22 min - Episode #76: Interview with Zee Spencer
In this episode, Zee Spencer dives deeply into the remote pair programming aspect of working remotely, covering topics such as pairing pitfalls, remote work station setups, and ways that the process could be improved.
Show Notes:Zee Spencer (twitter github blog Growing Developers Podcast)
00:57 – Zee Spencer Introduction[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Dev Bootcamp
- Freelance Consultant
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01:41 – History with Remote Work[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Traveled in Taiwan
- Ability to set your own hours and schedule
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05:04 – Pair Programming[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Signals
- Mine-Yours Protocol
- Sam Livingston-Gray gSchool talk: Tools for Pair Programming (remote or otherwise)
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11:08 – Pairing Pitfalls[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Four Common Pairing Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them: Four Antipatterns of Pair Programming: Zee Spencer
- Mismatch of Personality
- Motive Mismatches
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13:28 – Remote Pairing Setup[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Build a Command Line Remote Pairing Setup — Zee Spencer
- prgmr.com
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20:23 – The State of the Art in Pair Programming[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Multiple Keyboard Cursors
- Debugging Visual Stuff
- showoff.io (Forward)
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22:56 – Dev Bootcamp28 min - Episode #75: Interview with Javier Gonel
In this episode, software engineer Javier Gonel, talks about living and working remotely from Greece and why he enjoys commuting and having the freedom to work from interesting places.
Show Notes:01:11 – Javier Gonel Introduction[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Software Engineer from Spain living in Greece
- Developing an e-learning system for a company in Switzerland
- Another team is located in Spain
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03:37 – Working Remotely[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Taking the Plunge
- Communication
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07:19 – Benefits of Working Remotely[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Flexibility
- Change of Scenery
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08:46 – Enjoying Commuting09:42 – Working from Interesting Places[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Living in Greece
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13:34 – Advice for people thinking about moving to remote work[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Itâ€s something you need to try
- Work when inspiration strikes
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19 min - Episode #74: James Costa and Matt Herron of The Phuse
In this episode, James Costa and Matt Herron of The Phuse, discuss task management, overlap meetings, and the concept of code audits.
Show Notes:01:04 – James Costa (twitter blog) Introduction[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Founder & Creative Director of The Phuse
- Toronto, Canada
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01:20 – Matt Herron (twitter)[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Project Manager at The Phuse
- Austin, Texas
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01:31 – The Phuse (site twitter blog dribbble)[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Dispersed over The United States, Canada and the UK
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02:43 – History of being a remote company[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- “Following the Sunâ€
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05:54 – Task Management[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Communication
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09:00 – Overlap Meetings[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- REWORK by 37signals
- REMOTE by 37signals
- HipChat
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11:00 – In-person Meetings[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- International Space Apps Challenge
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12:48 – Benefits of having a distributed team16:27 – Code Audits18:33 – Distributed working challenges[unordered_list style=”bullet”]
- Hiring process
- Communication blips
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23 min
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