README.md

Remote Working Link Collection

Collection of awesome links around remote working.

Methods

Remote Mob Programming

• remotemobprogramming.org

Remote Retrospective

• Employees at home are being photographed every 5 minutes

Tips, Best Practicies

Home Office, Remote Work

• effectivehomeoffice.com
• Erfolgreich im Homeoffice arbeiten (in German)
• Think globally, code locally: the secret to remote teams

Tools

• jit.si - chatting and screen sharing without the need for pre-registration. 100% open source
  • https://jitsi.random-redirect.de - use a non-overloaded community-hosted Jitsi server (from a pre-defined list).
  • Blog: Looking for a privacy friendly tool for your video chats? Try Jitsi.
• Slack
• Zoom - find hints at https://effectivehomeoffice.com/setup-zoom-as-virtual-team-room/.
• Microsoft Teams
• Webex Teams
• Skype
• Discord
• Whereby - good screensharing and video inclusion capabilities. Should be used inside Google Chrome.

Searching for more tools? Wikipedia has a "Comparison of web conferencing software".

Blogs on Tools

• Corona: Technik-Tipps fürs Homeoffice (in German) - Information portal on privacy-centered tooling by digitalcourage e.V..

Hardware

• Microphone: Blue Yeti X Pro or Blue Yeti - a good microphone is essential when talking for a longer time. No need to waste energy on trying to understand someone. No hazzles with a headset to be weared for hours. Just use your normal speakers and a great microphone.
• Camera: Logitech C920s or Logtitech C920 - a good camera is essential when communicating

Other resources

• https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job - awesome list collecting companies and resources around teleworking. Also contains a tools section.
• https://github.com/hugo53/awesome-RemoteWork - small awesome list collecting companies and resources around teleworking. Also contains a tools section.