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I've worked remotely for 4 years now. We try extremely hard to avoid talking in private chats. Each person has their own channel which we try to use over DMs -
by lebski88 6y ago
I've worked remotely for 4 years now. We try extremely hard to avoid talking in private chats. Each person has their own channel which we try to use over DMs - this works really well although a few people seem to default to DM.
- eikenberry 6y agoOur company has the policy of deleting all DMs after a couple weeks which helps push people towards using the channels as people generally like having a history of their communications for reference.
- DoofusOfDeath 6y agoI've worked from home for ~6 years and 2 companies. I really miss real whiteboards. The only thing worse that being on a software team that has no whiteboards, is being the only remote person on a team that has whiteboards in the office.
- jimmaswell 6y agoWhat's wrong with Google docs or any of the myriad online whiteboard apps?
- hevelvarik 6y agoUnless you’ve mastered one of those tools, it’s impossible to match the fluidity of thought to text or visualization that a standard whiteboard provides you. I’m also not convinced that there is a tool that when mastered can provide the same fluidity, but I can claim that, and to the contrary I’d love a recommendation.
- manquer 6y agoNot to mention the simplicity of a chalk/marker and a board.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoThe ability to callously walk up to the whiteboard and erase what your coworker was doing and telling him to go back to his cube and repent for his sins is also sorely missed
- vivster7 6y agoI’ve been trying to build a really simple only boxes and arrows whiteboard at https://whiteboard.systems https://whiteboard.systems It’s definitely not the same as drawing on a whiteboard, but I’ve found it useful for explaining abstractions.
- jimmaswell 6y agoWhat is there to master? It's drawing or typing on a board.
- ghaff 6y agoI'm admittedly not a developer but I used to think that the lack of expansive whiteboards was one of the real failings of remote communication. And it still can be. But I've also find that shared Google Docs work better in a lot of situations than whiteboards and post-its all over the place in a big conference room. (That said, if whiteboards are important to a team, I would imagine there's software for sharing tablet drawing. I've heard there is. I just haven't investigated.)
- senkora 6y agoIf you miss the physical act of writing on a whiteboard, then I would suggest looking into getting a drawing tablet (which you can use with any collaborative whiteboard app, or just screenshare a regular drawing program if you don't need to collaborate). You can get an entry-level Wacom for < $100, and it scratches the whiteboarding itch for me in a lot of situations.
- 0-_-0 6y agoI got one just for that reason, what about the whiteboard software though?
- iso947 6y agoI have a whiteboard and web cam
- durzagott 6y agoCan you explain what you mean by this? I'm not sure I really understand. Are you saying you create a public channel for each person (ie, their name)? If so, how come?
- jay_kyburz 6y agoProbably to prevent people from saying things to co-workers that they would not want to say publicly.