Links: More remote working

A couple more links to share related to remote work that came up today.

First up, a youtube video from a friend and coworker – Mightly Mini Monday As I work with him, I can attest he does wear that hoodie a lot. 🙂

Next, a different coworker posted a link to this Gitlab Unfiltered video. It’s a pretty good discussion, as long as you keep it in context that not every company, even in tech, can go full remote. The point that culture should be a first concern over tools is an important one.

Update: I’ll keep adding more related links to this post.

Dos and Dont’s from entrepreneur.com

Remote Work Report from Gitlab (I only skimmed this, but linking so I can go back and read the rest) conducted Jan and Feb 2020 (before COVID-19 changed everything).

Zoom Fatigue article from BBC (Two thoughts: The problems they cited were ones we overcame with HP Halo telepresence. And I don’t think I agree with the idea of not using your camera. Some people will interpret that as an excuse to never use their camera and loose out on all those benefits. In a larger meeting I do usually leave my camera off but that is so I can multitask. Smaller meetings I try to be more connected and participating, and an active camera is part of that.)

Trello has been blogging lots of remote work things. This one about 6 communication mistakes seems accurate enough to post.

(Update July 2020) Post from Slashdot led me to https://hbr.org/2020/07/microsoft-analyzed-data-on-its-newly-remote-workforce