Hanselminutes Podcast 242 - The Plight of the Remote Worker with Pete Brown
Scott and Pete have both worked for Microsoft for a while now as remote workers. What works, what doesn't? Why is Scott obsessed with video portals and cameras and does it help? Pete shares his thoughts and tips on the remote life.
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Links from the Show
- The Remote Work Category of Scott's Blog
- 30 Tips for Successful Communication as a Remote Worker
- DIY: Making a Very Wide Angle Webcam on the Cheap
- Building an Embodied Social Proxy or Crazy Webcam Remote Cart Thing
- The Three Most Important Outlook Rules for Processing Mail
- Review: Trying Clear from Clearwire - Mobile Broadband Service
- Review and Comparison: Microsoft LifeCam Cinema HD and VX-7000 with High Quality Video in Skype and Live Messenger
- How to Collaborate with Remote Employees with Office Communicator 2007 R2
- Virtual Camaraderie - A Persistent Video "Portal" for the Remote Worker
- Working Remotely from Home, Telepresence and Video Conferencing: One Year Later
- Skyping the Wife: Foolproof Video Conferencing with Your Family While on the Road
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About Scott
Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.
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I've noticed this for a while now, and I'm curious.
Maybe there's just not that many report type people running around out there?
I finally got a chance to listen to the podcast. I've worked remotely for most of the last 10 years, so much of what you guys pointed out, I'm very familiar with. Good stuff. not sure about the whole "Leave a camera running pointed at me all the time" type thing. That'd be a little creepy. Maybe a virtual avatar could be shown sitting at my virtual desk while I've indicated that I'm "in" or something. Then, if someone wanted to start a conversation, they could walk up and press a big red POKE button that would fire up the camera etc.
Anyway, nice podcast!
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Still, I can see some benefits to things like the remote presence cart idea. It'd be a fun build in any case.