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The Well-Equipped Remote Worker
Slides, notes, and links for the talk "The Well-Equipped Remote Worker" delivered on March 5th at the Daycamp 4 Developers 2 virtual conference.
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Podcast #23: Interview with Rob Dempsey of LifeOfTheFreelancer.com (Part 2 of 2)
Part two of a conversation between Rob Dempsey of LifeOfTheFreelancer.com and myself. In this part we dig into the intersection of freelancing and distributed teams: the phenomenon of ad-hoc teams composed of independent consultants who come together to work on a specific project. If you're a freelancer trying to figure out how you can take on bigger jobs, you need to check out this episode.
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Screencast: Flowdock Test Drive
Flowdock is a web-based hosted text chat application, along same lines as Campfire or Talker. Flowdock has some unique features which set it apart from those tools, which I demonstrate in this video.
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The Wide Teams Bootstrap Guide, Part 4: Virtual Presence
You have your mail hub, your video/audio chat solution, and your text chat service set up. What other communications tools does your distributed team need?
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The Wide Teams Bootstrap Guide: Part 2
In part 2 of this series, I talk about why face time is essential; the two types of realtime communication tool which should form the backbone of your day to day interactions as a dispersed team; and why instant messaging can do more harm than good.
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Using a Control Channel to facilitate virtual meetings
One of the difficulties in running a remote meeting is that Skype and other audio/video chat tools inhibit the natural nonverbal side-channel communication we use when in person. This article suggests some ways you can use your existing group chat application in concert with video/audio conferencing in order to restore some of that lost lost bandwidth and facilitate quicker, more effective remote meetings.
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