Emergency Remote
Productivity
remote work guide
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35comments
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7 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.
Idea: 5 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful guide to remote work principles
From 3 comments
Been working remote for 12 years now. The BIG one listed is "Single Source of Truth". So many issues come from having more than one source of truth. Have a single source of…
sparrish on HNBTW, I really like the book. Will be sharing it with a few managers that are struggling to get remote work because they don't get the fundamental tools.
indymike on HNthanks for sharing. this is great!
jacksonpollock on HN
Objections
Lacks evidence that the ideas work
From 1 comment
Thanks for putting this up for feedback. I read with some interest. For me the biggest piece that was missing was evidence that the ideas work. The content sounds aspirational…
brd529 on HN
Async communication is slower than quick calls for some decisions
From 2 comments
> * Employees: Do not create new meetings. Move all meetings to discussions in your task manager, track output in the source of truth. Although some meetings are needed, it's…
pavel_lishin on HNThanks for putting this up for feedback. I read with some interest. For me the biggest piece that was missing was evidence that the ideas work. The content sounds aspirational…
brd529 on HN
Requests
Ways to recreate serendipitous office communication
From 1 comment
This is great. One of the biggest challenges I find with WFH is the lack of serendipitous communication/idea flow and the sense of loneliness that comes with being by yourself…
aaisola on HN
Questions
How to build formatted HTML like the book
From 1 comment
Thanks, I asked you as I was writing something (in Notes) and would like to make it somehow into a formatted HTML like yours.
moralestapia on HN
Alternatives named
Remotion
From 1 comment
Hey, our team builds and uses Remotion (https://www.remotion.com/), which is really great at enabling those spontaneous conversations that you might be missing from a traditional…
hwillmott on HN
vlokit
From 1 comment
The concept around evergreen communication is interesting. However, I do think chat gets impersonal fast. And it's hard to make the team feel connected. There are tools like…
remotelyyours on HN