> "Honey, since you are going to be home today can you <fill in the blank with all the chores your spouse wants you to do>?"
I get this all the time. My wife spends 1 hr/day commuting and, for example, likes cooking less than me. *However*, we both know that I *will* spend at *least* 40 hrs/week working (usually more) and will have teleconferences, etc. Also, because I'm sysadmin and DBA, I am more-or-less on-call 24x7x365 via closest high-speed 'net access or 3/4G. When we're on "vacation," I almost always have my laptop close by and now have a phone that allows for tethering. Bottom line: either you're effective or you're not effective. Some people will never be effective telecommuting. Many will. On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Jacob <ja...@excaliburfilms.com> wrote: > > Exactly. > > "Honey, since you are going to be home today can you <fill in the blank > with > all the chores your spouse wants you to do>?" > > Plus, sometimes there are situation in which one-on-one meetings are > mandatory. When a project is falling through the cracks and about to crash > and burn, its probably best to round up the troops in person. At least in > my > experience. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 4:34 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: CF vs. Java Web Developer > > > working from home doesn't work for a lot of people though, there are too > many distractions, tv, food, wife or g/f, even more so if you have small > kids screaming round the house all day or if you do not have a separate > room > to use as an office. > I have been far more productive since I moved out of the house and into a > proper office, as has my wife (who works for me). > > Russ > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:13 PM, John M Bliss <bliss.j...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > +1 on everything said thus far re: telecommute. My company has < 10 > > employees, no office, and we're spread out over four states. We use > > some tools already mentioned plus GoToMeeting. > > > > -- > > John Bliss - http://about.me/jbliss > > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 2:20 AM, Sean Corfield <seancorfi...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Mark A. Kruger > > > <mkru...@cfwebtools.com> > > > wrote: > > > > When we mad telecommuting available and stopped worrying about > > relocation > > > > things got a lot easier for us. > > > > > > I'll +100 on this. > > > > > > At Broadchoice, we figured out who we'd like to work for us and > > > conducted screening interviews, then flew in our top picks (from the > > > list of candidates who had expressed interest) for a two-day > > > mini-conference with the full company team - and we made the > > > candidates present to the team! We had no plans to make anyone > > > relocate - we already let people telecommute a few days a week even > > > if they lived locally. > > > > > > At World Singles, most of the company were telecommuting when I > > > joined because we're a (small) global company. We quickly gave up > > > the office in So. Cal. and let everyone work from home full time. > > > Now, when we hire someone, location is simply not an issue: if > > > you're right for us, we'll hire you (and you get to work in PJs or > > > whatever you want). We plan to have an all-hands company meeting > > > once or twice a year and fly everyone in for the event, but we rely > > > on Yammer! and Unfuddle / git and mailing lists and Skype and iChat > > > and so on. We can pair remotely as engineers whenever we want - not > > > as good as pairing face-to-face but it works well enough. > > > > > > > We play to these strengths whenever we can. We provide a model > > > > that is focused on the work performed not hours at a desk. We make > > > > their > > families > > > > important to us. We provide them with a steady flow of positive > > > > reinforcement. Out of a staff of 18 nearly half are now remotely > > working > > > in > > > > various parts of the country. > > > > > > +1 on all of that. > > > > > > > 1) How do you develop community and facilitate knowledge sharing > > > > with a remote staff. > > > > > > Regular interaction via Skype, mailing lists, wikis. > > > > > > > 2) How do you manage meetings and stakeholder interaction. > > > > > > Keep them to a minimum - and use video conference calls when you do > > > them > > at > > > all. > > > > > > > 3) What technology is the most helpful with a remote staff. > > > > > > Keep all your resources in the cloud - use a hosted bug tracker / > > > version control system. Use IM a LOT. Use Skype (with video). Use > > > iChat (chat, audio, video, screen sharing - Mac rocks!). > > > > > > > 4) How do you overcome the hesitancy of potential customers who > > > > are uncomfortable with a remote staff. > > > > > > Seriously? You still encounter this? I've worked remotely for > > > customers for years - I've *never* seen resistance to this. > > > -- > > > Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > > > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ World Singles, LLC. -- > > > http://worldsingles.com/ Railo Technologies, Inc. -- > > > http://www.getrailo.com/ > > > > > > "Perfection is the enemy of the good." > > > -- Gustave Flaubert, French realist novelist (1821-1880) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345579 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
