Notes on dispersed teams, from around the web. Today: Inc. magazine goes remote; studies show “vritual” teams can match or outperform collocated ones; and the latest in bathrobe fashion. The…
Wide Teams are Stagnant Teams
Distributed sucks. Human interaction is far better than virtual, all the more so for teams of any significant size. I have worked with successful distributed and local teams. The local…
The Wide Teams Bootstrap Guide, part 3: No message left behind
In a dispersed team, a good email setup and healthy mail habits are critical to success. In today’s installment of our getting-started guide for dispersed teams, I talk about the…
Wide Teams Podcast Episode 4: Interview with Mike Zazaian, Part 2
In this episode of the podcast, listen to the conclusion of my interview with Mike Zazaian at RailsConf 2010. In it we talk about the importance of getting to know…
Wide Links #3
Links of interest to distributed teams, from around the web. Today: breaking bread remotely, Starbucks gets free wifi, and more. Perfect Labor Storm 2.0: Working Virtual: Goodbye Office, Hello Telework…
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…
Avdi Interviewed on Hashrocket.tv
Hashrocket TV interviewed me at RailsConf 2010, and the video is now up. Click through to see the fabled Wide Teams Phoney Hat in living color!
Open Thread – What’s your biggest dispersed team frustration?
No article today. Instead, since this is a community site instead I though it might be fun to get a conversation started. Topic: what is your biggest frustration with working…
Using a Control Channel to facilitate virtual meetings
Data communications protocols are often divided into a control channel and a data channel. An example from electrical engineering are the “control lines” and “data lines” in an RS-232 connector. The…
Wide Teams Podcast Episode 3: Interview with Mike Zazaian, Part 1
This was the very first interview I conducted for Wide Teams. I couldn’t have picked a better subject for a first interview if I had tried, because Mike had such a wealth of insights to share that I had to split the interview into multiple parts. This is part 1.