Emergency Remote

Productivity

remote work guide

SHOW HN2020

122points
35comments
#526of 3,028 in 2020
Top 18%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

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 HN
    • BTW, 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 HN
    • thanks 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 HN
    • 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

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

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