Remote
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Are you ready for remote working?
So, here are a few thoughts on the Remote working. Culture, attitudes etc. The hardest part of remote working is adapting to the cultural attitudes of people not being in the office. The only way to change this is to build a culture of visibility, through digital tools, which benefits office based and remote workers.… Continue reading
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The 2 week IPad challenge
2 week iPad challenge On the 22nd August the unthinkable happened my MacBook Air’s (MBA) battery failed, turning my £1500 laptop into an expensive paperweight My laptop is my world, I use it constantly for work and leisure and as a vocal evangelist for remote working I certainly understand the need to have the right… Continue reading
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Driving towards autonomy – A UXer’s perspective
Over the past 15+ years I’ve noticed a dissatisfaction with the day-to-day of working as UXer in corporate environments in essence the problem boils down into two main complaints. Some people don’t know exactly what’s expected from them in the execution of their role, quite often people understand what they’re being asked to do but… Continue reading
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Remote working – Our environment (Update 3)
Our working environment Our working environment is as flexible as you need it to be, I don’t care how we complete our work, only that we do, and we do it well. You don’t need to tell me: if you’ve got to pop out for an hour, if you want to go away. Simply put… Continue reading
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Remote working – beyond work.
Remote working allows people to be free of location and set work schedules but can cause isolation if the remote worker doesn’t create a framework for connectedness. Find time to disconnect from your tools, and find people. Take a walk, join a club, go to your children’s school activities and be disconnect digitally. Email, IM,… Continue reading
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Getting some perspective
For when the technology we use is a little too much I recommend the following: Books Practical Wisdom by Barry Schwartz Alone together by Sherry Turkle Things that make us smart by Don Norman. Films Plug and Pray by Jens Schanze Continue reading
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Remote working – Working Environment (Update)
We’re constantly tweaking our working environment partly due to finding better tools and partly due to the existing toolset improving. What’s out Skype – for IM We found Skype to be particularly laggy when working cross platform, and we were hitting a issue when posting message. Several of the team were having a ‘pending’ status… Continue reading
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Mobile working toolkit – Hardware
Since I’ve been working remotely I’ve tried lots of different hardware tools and have settled on the following. 13″ MacBook Air (mid 2013) 8GB RAM, 500 GB SDD – I bought this because it’s light and has a big HDD and a long battery life, although any light and powerful computer will do. The MBA is… Continue reading
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Thoughts on remote working
A few thoughts on the Remote working. 1) Culture, attitudes etc. The hardest part of remote working is the cultural attitudes to people not being in the office. The only way to alleviate this is to build a culture of visibility. People have to be trusted to get their tasks done, and have to show… Continue reading
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Remote working – Working Environment
Our working environment Our working environment is as flexible as you need it to be, I don’t care how we complete our work, only that we do, and we do it well. From now on you don’t need to tell me if you’ve got to pop out for an hour, or if you want to… Continue reading