In a dispersed team it is more important than ever to make a habit of showing appreciation for a job well done. A quick article today since I don’t have…
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Wide Links #17
Some of my favorite reading on dispersed teams from the last week. In this edition: investing in your home office; staying in touch with your team; agile software practices for…
Celebrating Six Months of Wide Teams!
It’s our 6-month anniversary! Come join us for a look back over our first half-year of existence, and tell us what you want us to cover in the future. Six…
Wide Teams Podcast #21: Interview with Tony Amoyal
Can you work remotely from a snowboarding vacation in Montana? Software developer Tony Amoyal says “why not?”. In this episode, he and I discuss the tradeoffs involved in being part of a software team while staying mobile.
Ask the experts: Adding a new member to a dispersed team
Bringing a new member into a distributed team poses special problems. How do you introduce your team’s culture, rhythms, and practices to a new coworker when they can’t sit in…
Wide Links #16: Meeting, Coaching, Bridging, Chatting
A heaping helping of links for remote workers today! In this edition, why work often doesn’t happen at work; an open thread on managing remote workers; advice for improving communication…
Wide Teams Podcast #20: Interview with Thomaz Leite
In this episode, a discussion with software developer Thomaz Leite, who lives in Missouri and collaborate with team members in Michigan, Portugal, and Brazli. He introduced me to an new…
Saving the Day with Social Media
One of the biggest struggles in a dispersed team is to maintain a sense of connection with your coworkers. Social media can play a role in keeping the team together….
Wide Teams Podcast Episode 19: Interview with Steven Willmott
In this episode of the Wide Teams podcast, I interview Steven Willmott of 3Scale. We talk about supporting clients in multiple timezones, what you do when one of your developers…
The Rambling Remote Worker: Marieke Guy on virtual teams, event amplification, and the future of remote work
Today we are lucky to have a guest post from remote worker and blogger Marieke Guy. In this article she recounts her own transition to remote remote work and then…