Remote Work Articles
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Quitting Your Job to Become a Digital Nomad
One couple's move from stressful "day" jobs to finding the fun working hard while traveling the world.
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How to Assemble Great Virtual Teams for Remote Work
A good article on kicking the fears associated with remote workers and teams as well as some clear tactics on how (and where) to hire remote workers.
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The [UK] Conservatives' digital promise: How will it impact HR?
In the wake of the recent UK election, ITProPortal looks at how the promises made by the Conservative government, surrounding broadband and mobile access, will impact and make it easier for people to work remotely and for HR to consider how this will impact organizations, how they hire, and where their workforce will be.
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Living and working in paradise: the rise of the 'digital nomad'
By Anna HartA Telegraph feature by Anna Hart on the increasing number of people claiming to be 'digital nomads'. In this piece she looks at one specific co-working space in Indonesia, Hubud and the diverse group of people who flow in and out of Hubud. In addition, she touches on the idea that millennials are opting to live light and travel vs owning things. It's an article that leaves you wanting more.
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6 Reasons Remote Workers are Good for Business
A short listicle with references to some of the positive values of having a remote workforce/team including: higher productivity, lower stress, lower operating costs, wider talent pool and smaller carbon footprint. A number of these reasons are on every pro-remote work list for companies. They still seem valid.
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It’s Unclearly Defined, but Telecommuting Is Fast on the Rise
The New York Times covers the rising tide of remote work and telecommuting along with a brief case study of one remote worker.
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Five Things You Need To Know About Telecommuting
By Jacob MorganJacob Morgan briefly looks at how 3 large companies (Xerox, Dell, Aetna) handle remote workers and make sure it's a fit for the employee, their manager and the company.
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Making Remote Work Work
Christopher Groskopf’s Tricks for Going to the Office without Going to the Office
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Joel Spolsky Speaks to Osper on Remote Working
StackOverflow co-founder Joel Spolsky shares his thoughts on running a remote team including the tools and rules they use and abide by to make it work effectively.
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3 Ways to Avoid the Loneliness of Working Remotely
A small article on 3 key strategies for building an effective and productive remote team.
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Lessons Learned From 3 Companies That Have Long Embraced Remote Work
An article from Entrepreneur.com exploring three larger companies who've embraced a remote workforce.
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Practical Styles Of Pair Programming
By XebiaA look at paired development including remote paired development.
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What’s the best way to manage a team of remote software engineers?
On managing a team of remote software engineers.
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The Joys and Benefits of Working as a Distributed Team
Buffer founder Joel Gascoigne shares how he concluded remote was right for Buffer and how they work.
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Methods of Working with Remote Developers
By David RashtyJumpstartCTO's David Rashty explores and defines how to effectively work with remote teams and developers.
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How to Work Remotely as a Software Developer
Remote developer, Mark Campbell shares his thoughts on how to be productive and effective.
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Being a Remote Worker Sucks - Long Live the Remote Worker
Scott Hanselman on being a remote worker at Microsoft; good and bad.
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How to Work Remotely and Still Be the Best
By Ryan WilcoxRyan Wilcox shares his experiences and how to work remotely with excellence.
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How GitHub Works: Be Asynchronous
By Zach HolmanZach Holman shares how things work at GitHub including tools and behaviours.
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Working As A Remote Contract Code Monkey
By Lee PenkmanLee Penkman reflecting on working remotely as a contract developer.
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The science behind why remote working works
By Spencer FrySpencer Fry shares his thoughts on the science of remote teams and his experience at Carbonmade and other companies.
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Ask HN: Tools you use for remote working?
By HackerNewsA thread at Hacker News with a list of tools people and companies are using to work remotely.
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A Slew of Tips for Working Across Time Zones
By Eric RiesArticle on strategies and tactics for working with a remote team.
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The Ultimate Guide to Remote Working
Beginning as a series of posts on the Zapier blog, this book is an ongoing work about Zapier's experiences as a remote team, with much of the book written by Zapier CEO Wade Foster and team members and other remote employees.
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The 4 rules of remote design collaboration
An excellent article on the InVision Inside Design Blog on how to operate a highly functioning remote design team. The article covers the following: "The golden rules of design communication, Recreating the whiteboard experience, Establish phases of the design process, [and] The rules of remote design reviews." It's wonderful to see this kind of practical information about a particular industry and how they work. I'd love to see more articles in other industries like this. There's no one-size fit's all.
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The Remote Work Report
By FYIDocument search startup, FYI, co-founded by Hiten Shah, offers up an attractive digital report based on a survey of 486 people about remote work.
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Remote Work, the Nature and Trend: Survey Roundup
TechStory.in provides a nice roundup of some of the key findings in a survey of more than 250 CXOs on hiring and building remote teams. It's a decent bit of data for those companies trying to get a sense of what challenges there are for hiring remote teams.
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How To Get The Best Out Of Virtual Teams
A simple but clear article that cites several studies on factors that lend to the success of remote teams.