Working in a dispersed team has its share of challenges, but some of the fears that people have about remote work simply aren’t born out by the experience of real-world…
Wide Teams Podcast Episode #14: Interview with Jim Weirich
In this episode I talk to Jim Weirich of EdgeCase. Jim is a prominent Ruby programmer and one of my programming heros. In this interview, he talks about using Skype…
Wide Links #9: Smart, Productive, Agile
It’s been a while since I did one of these. In this edition, productivity tips, videos, notes on distributed Agile processes, and more. A short video interview with Salim Ismail…
Podcast Delayed
Just a quick note to say that this week’s podcast will be delayed. I was at Ruby DCamp over the weekend so I didn’t get a chance to put the…
Screenshare-palooza
The ability to share your screen with a remote team member is an essential piece of the remote collaboration toolkit. When it comes to screensharing software, there is a dazzling,…
Wide Teams Podcast Episode 13: Interviews with Jody Alkema and Peter van Hardenburg
Two final interviews from RailsConf 2010 this week. The first is with Jody Alkema, a web developer with Domain 7 who spoke to me about his experience augmenting his Agile…
Get up, stand up: Coordinating with a Daily Meeting
A short daily meeting is a great way to keep your team members on the same page. But holding a virtual meeting every day can pose special challenges. This article…
Wide Teams Podcast Episode 12: Interview with David Rogers
In this episode I talk to Ruby on Rails software developer David Rogers of Beacon Interactive Systems about his experiences working collocated, fully remote, and as a part of a mixed collocated/remote team.
Netbooks: A Remote Worker’s Best Friend
A netbook can grant you great freedom in where you work from, but that’s just the beginning. In this article I talk about the advantages of using a netbook as…
Wide Teams Podcast Episode 11: Interview with John McCaffrey
In this episode I talk to John McCaffrey, a software consultant who specializes in ironing out performance problems in Ruby on Rails applications. In the course of his consulting he…