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.

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Show Notes:

Amos King (twitter github blog)

00:39 – Amos King Introduction

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• 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 – Commute

03:02 – Asynchronous Communication

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• HipChat
• Google+ Hangouts
• GoToMeeting

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04:44 – Backgound Noise

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• Coffitivity

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06:25 – Companies & Promoting Remote Work

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• Wide Teams | Episode #80: Interview with Ernie Miller of LivingSocial

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08:16 – Transitioning into working remotely

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• Building a profile
• Advancing yourself
• Moving around
• Pomodoro!

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13:18 – Amos’ Office

16:21 – Having spare time

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• Improved Meetups
• Giving back to the community

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17:47 – This Agile Life Podcast

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• Episode 13 – Remote Agile Interrupted

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