Communicating When You Work Remotely
Two long-time remote workers share their history and their best practices for working from home. Aurooba covers how to socialize yourself and fight loneliness, and Brian shares his tips for creating boundaries when you have five kids outside your office door all day. They discuss some of the tools they use, the best ways to have asynchronous conversations, and how to tame Slack.
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- Cal Newport
- How to communicate effectively as a developer
- Brian's website – https://www.briancoords.com
- Aurooba's website – https://aurooba.com
- (00:00) - Introduction
- (04:05) - Our first remote jobs
- (07:53) - Overall thoughts on remote work
- (08:51) - Socializing and loneliness in remote work
- (11:33) - Tools and rituals for creating boundaries
- (13:44) - Chrome versus Safari
- (17:46) - Communication, Chat, and Notifications
- (22:50) - Timezones and Async Conversations
- (26:11) - Synchronous Meetings
- (28:18) - Our advice for remote work
Creators and Guests
Host
Aurooba Ahmed
(she/her) Developer building bespoke #WordPress solutions, tools, and blocks. My name is pronounced "oo-ROO-ba" — Default to kindness, folks.
