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Wide Teams Podcast Episode #2: Interview with Anthony Eden

Posted on June 20, 2010May 14, 2012

In this episode we feature another interview from RailsConf 2010. Today’s interview is with Anthony Eden, a developer, blogger, and longtime remote worker living in Honolulu, Hawaii.

http://media.wideteams.com/wide-teams-podcast-episode-002.mp3

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Show Notes:

  • Anthony’s Eden’s home page with all of his assorted contact info.
  • “All Things (v8)“, where he has been posting short video blogs about getting started as a freelance developer.

00:30 – Anthony Eden

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  • Freelance Developer and Blogger from Honolulu, Hawaii

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01:22 – Anthony’s introduction and background

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  • SDC Hawaii, LLC
  • Operate .mp top-level domains
  • Outside consulting

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01:52 – History with remote development and work

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  • Search for ways to build trustworthy network
  • Mobile developer always on the move

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02:40 – Current team and how Anthony works remotely

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  • Some local developers work in an office in Honolulu
  • Source code repository
  • Communicate on a daily basis
  • Use Pivotal Tracker to track everything

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03:34 – Challenges of remote work

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  • Staying in touch
  • Forget that you have other teammates to call upon for questions and advice

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04:23 – Tools

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  • Pivotal
  • Git
  • Skype, GoogleTalk, Email, phone

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05:03 – Advice for future and current remote workers and groups

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  • Know your process
  • Decide what tools you’re going to use and how you’re going to use them
  • Set up and document processes
  • Know the face of the person you’re working with

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06:05 – Wrap up

07:17 – End

1 thought on “Wide Teams Podcast Episode #2: Interview with Anthony Eden”

  1. Loren Johnson says:
    June 21, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    Thanks for putting this all together. Working from the middle of nowhere and while not feeling nowhere is a challenge for many of us. I appreciate hearing from those (like Anthony here) who seem to have found a balance between their mobility and their collaborative / cooperative spirit.

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