Non-obvious remote work techniques

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Post by rbanffy » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 10:07 PM UTC

Non-obvious remote work techniques
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Re: Non-obvious remote work techniques

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Post by robotkad » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 10:52 PM UTC

Does anyone have any suggestions on a platform to facilitate Tip #4: Idling in a Videoconference Room? Zoom is the obvious choice, but wonder if anyone has built something better for this use case?

Re: Non-obvious remote work techniques

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Post by renewiltord » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 10:56 PM UTC

robotkad wrote: post #2

Does anyone have any suggestions on a platform to facilitate Tip #4: Idling in a Videoconference Room? Zoom is the obvious choice, but wonder if anyone has built something better for this use case?

I have friends who ran a startup full remote. They sat on Discord together all day. Video off most of the time.

Re: Non-obvious remote work techniques

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Post by rickyc091 » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 10:57 PM UTC

robotkad wrote: post #2

Does anyone have any suggestions on a platform to facilitate Tip #4: Idling in a Videoconference Room? Zoom is the obvious choice, but wonder if anyone has built something better for this use case?

I'm a big fan of https://pragli.com/ for this. Been using this successfully with my team.

Re: Non-obvious remote work techniques

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Post by blunte » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 11:08 PM UTC

Is there a good reason why ACM can't make their site readable for the largest group of computers in the world - mobile devices?

Re: Non-obvious remote work techniques

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Post by anon9001 » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 11:09 PM UTC

renewiltord wrote: post #3

robotkad wrote: post #2

Does anyone have any suggestions on a platform to facilitate Tip #4: Idling in a Videoconference Room? Zoom is the obvious choice, but wonder if anyone has built something better for this use case?

I have friends who ran a startup full remote. They sat on Discord together all day. Video off most of the time.

I don't know that non-gamers would understand idling in a discord/mumble/ventrilo/teamspeak server, but it's for sure the next big trend in remote work. I've been hanging out this way with friends for a long time.

I won't be surprised to see Discord pivot to b2b in a few years and completely destroy Slack.

Re: Non-obvious remote work techniques

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Post by killerdhmo » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 11:11 PM UTC

anon9001 wrote: post #6

renewiltord wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have friends who ran a startup full remote. They sat on Discord together all day. Video off most of the time.

I don't know that non-gamers would understand idling in a discord/mumble/ventrilo/teamspeak server, but it's for sure the next big trend in remote work. I've been hanging out this way with friends for a long time. I won't be surprised to see Discord pivot to b2b in a few years and completely destroy Slack.

Kevin Kwok agrees: https://kwokchain.com/2019/08/16/the-arc-of-collaboration/

Re: Non-obvious remote work techniques

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Post by Kaze404 » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 11:12 PM UTC

blunte wrote: post #5

Is there a good reason why ACM can't make their site readable for the largest group of computers in the world - mobile devices?

Works fine for me on Firefox, and I can even use Reader mode.

Re: Non-obvious remote work techniques

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Post by ktal » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 11:12 PM UTC

#3 - Holy hell I hate it when someone sends me a message with just "Hi". Just tell me what you want!

Re: Non-obvious remote work techniques

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Post by ypeter » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 11:13 PM UTC

ktal wrote: post #9

#3 - Holy hell I hate it when someone sends me a message with just "Hi". Just tell me what you want!

What I do is just not respond until they say what they want from me.

And I also do this when someone just pastes an error message without a question.