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WorkLife at Home
WorkLife at Home
Author: Josh Freeman
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New to working from home? Managing a distributed team? Home-schooling your kids while trying to get something — anything — done?
You’ve come to the right place. Join newbies and experts as we explore the tools, tips and techniques that will help you make the most of this new way of working.
Welcome home.
You’ve come to the right place. Join newbies and experts as we explore the tools, tips and techniques that will help you make the most of this new way of working.
Welcome home.
21 Episodes
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Luke's links:
ManagingRemoteTeams.co
AlignRemotely.com
On LinkedIn
On Twitter
Stuff we talk about:
IdeaBoardz whiteboarding
Miro whiteboarding
Mural whiteboarding
David Mastronardi, CEO of Gamestorming Group
Jonathan Raymond, founder of Reffound
The Pomodoro Technique time management method
LeanPub
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Kate's links:
Development Corps
Kate on Linkedin
Kate on Instagram
Stuff we talk about:
Brene Brown's TED Talk on vulnerability
Seth Godin's Akimbo podcast where he discusses "dancing with the fear" (it's in the Q&A segment starting at 21:28)
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Mike's links:
Microfame Media
Author site
The Hype Book Club
Linkedin profile
The Hype Handbook (on Amazon)
Stuff we talk about:
Jim Jones
Basecamp
Jason Fried's TED Talk
Scientology
The Grand Guignol
The Grateful Dead — "Ripple"
Andrew Loog Oldham
The Rolling Stones — Interview 1965
Andy Warhol interview
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This isn't my standard interview-style podcast. Instead, it's an affectionate account of the 83-year-old David Hockney, whom writer Barbara Isenberg interviewed in late 2020. Barbara graciously gave me permission to share the story with you.
Neither age nor the pandemic have slowed Hockney down. The master uses current technology alongside more traditional materials to remain productive and enthusiastic about his work, under lockdown at home.
Just as I hope you can be,
Thanks so much for listening. And please email me at josh@worklifeathome.com if you enjoy this and would like to hear more of these short narrative pieces.
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Music for the episode includes two beautiful piano variations by DJ Griffin.
Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and Atrium Loop by dpren used under standard Creative Commons attribution license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
John's links:
Dayback.com
Seedcode.com
On LinkedIn
Stuff we talk about:
Claris Filemaker
Basecamp
David Allen's Getting Things Done
OmniGroup
Microsoft Project
The Pomodoro Technique
The Basecamp (37signals) Manifesto
Ride the Wild Surf
Grant Rohloff
Bruce Brown
Miki Dora
HelpScout
FogBugz
Trello
Zendesk
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Music: Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and Atrium Loop by dpren used under standard Creative Commons attribution license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Zach's links:
zachrosenbergconsulting.com
On LinkedIn
On Twitter: @ZachRosenberg
zach@zachrosenbergconsulting.com
Articles by Zach, including...
"Has The Virtual Office Finally Come of Age?"
Metatron Media Partners
Stuff we talk about:
Chiat/Day
The Binoculars Building
The iconic Memorex TV commercialsl
BBC: Reporter broadcasting from home
Cat 5 Ethernet Cable
Horizon Media
Forbes article on Space Advertising
Winmo sales prospecting tool
mmhmm video conferencing add-on
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Music: Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and Atrium Loop by dpren used under standard Creative Commons attribution license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Leah's links:
@leahryder on Twitter
leahryder.com
On Trello
On LinkedIn
Write/Werk newsletter
Stuff we talk about:
How To Be Professionally Visible And Valued As A Remote Worker by Leah Ryder
Trello
Atlassian
Hays Recruiting's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Study
Get Noticed and Die Trying: Signals, Sacrifice and the Production of Face Time in Distributed Work (Cristea & Leonardi)
A Study of 1,100 Employees Found That Remote Workers Feel Shunned and Left Out (Grenny & Maxfield, Harvard Business Review)
"The Year Without Pants" by Scott Berkun
Animal Crossing
Slack
Confluence collaboration platform
Trello's Zoom background pack by Tiny (at bottom of article)
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Music: Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and Atrium Loop by dpren used under standard Creative Commons attribution license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Mike's links:
Lake Forest Church
Mike’s bio
Stuff we talk about:
Hurricane Dorian in The Bahamas
The 1992 Rodney King Verdict riots
Jammr.net (an online music jam session system)
Jamkazam (another online music jam session system)
Greensboro, North Carolina, lunch counter history
Coldplay — “Low" (the song Mike refers to)
Chris Rock: That Ain’t Right from “Head of State"
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Music:
Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and
Atrium Loop by dpren
used under standard Creative Commons attribution license:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Nikki's links:
Solace Chateau
About Nikki Lee
nlee@solacechateau.com
Counseling resources
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
A free 24-hour hotline at 1-800-273-8255
Online self-evaluation resources:
https://www.psycom.net/depression-test/
https://findyourwords.org/deal-with-depression/depression-self-assessment-test/
https://screening.mhanational.org/screening-tools/depression
https://www.psycom.net/anxiety-test
https://screening.mhanational.org/screening-tools/anxiety
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/health/anxiety-test
Other stuff we talk about:
Simple Practice
American Counseling Association
Zoom
Houseparty
Facetime
Google Meet
Google Duo
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Linda's links:
Santa Monica Education Foundation
SM Ed Foundation on Facebook
SM Ed Foundation on Twitter
Stuff we talk about:
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Santa Monica Wine Auction
Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows
Hakuna Matata video
FreeAssociates
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Music: Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and Atrium Loop by dpren used under standard Creative Commons attribution license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Andrew’s links:
@stachler on Twitter
Maxstaxmedia.com.
Email : andrew@maxstaxmedia.com
Stuff we talk about:
Google G Suite
Google Drive
Google Meet
Google Slides
Slack
Music credits:
Opening theme: "Happy Theme" by max
Speedtest
Roma
Zoom
Looking good on video calls
Ring lights (you probably don’t need one)
Oscars
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Music:
Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and Atrium Loop by dpren used under standard Creative Commons attribution license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Ron's links:
Linkedin profile
Stuff we talk about:
"In the mid-1980s, when fax machines first caught the attention of small companies, many buyers chose stripped-down machines because that was all they could afford. Fax machines that did little more than perform basic functions cost $2,500 to $3,000.” https://www.inc.com/magazine/19911001/4883.html
The history of fax machines
Whole Planet Foundation
Be Green Packaging plant in South Carolina
Montecito Debris Flow, January 2018
The 93108fund:
Website
On Instagram
The original 2018 fundraising effort
The 2020 restart
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Music:
Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and Atrium Loop by dpren used under standard Creative Commons attribution license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Seth’s links:
sethsilver.com
socialcontrol.com
Stuff we talk about:
Google G Suite
Google Drive
Google Meet
Google Slides
Microsoft Teams
Asana
Slack
Basecamp
Remote: Office Not Required
Lead from the Future: How to Turn Visionary Thinking Into Breakthrough Growth
Trainual
Facebook : 50% of employees will work from home
Other major companies plan to work from home permanently
Music:
Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and Atrium Loop by dpren used under standard Creative Commons attribution license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Erika Abrams was (until just recently) Lead Executive Producer & Director of Production in North America for Encore VFX, creating visual effects for shows like Flash, Supergirl, Riverdale, Titans and Black Lightning. She’s now consulting with creative teams, leading workshops, and applying design thinking to management and human interaction issues.
Erika’s website:
erikaabrams.com
Other links to things we talk about:
Encore VFX
Emmys
Get Lit : Words Ignite
AIGA LA Advisory Board
Hilarious take on videoconferencing
Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
Obama Town Hall on Policing and Racism
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Music:
Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and Atrium Loop by dpren used under standard Creative Commons attribution license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Adam’s links:
On LinkedIn
On Facebook
ITG America
Stuff we talk about:
“Stop Stealing Dreams" — Seth Godin’s TEDx talk on a new way of learning
“Stop Stealing Dreams” — the full article
“Limitless” by Jim Kwik
Architect/designer/author Richard Saul Wurman who created the TED Conference
Episode 2 with Patrick Fredrickson where we talk about home-schooling
Sugata Mitra’s “Hole in the Wall” TED Talk
Larry Martinek and Mathnasium
Mastery-based learning
Zoom
Skype for Business (now Microsoft Teams)
Time Zone converter
Common Core standards
International Baccalaureate standards
For more tips, tools and posts about working from home, visit
worklifeathome.com
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Music:
Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and Atrium Loop by dpren used under standard Creative Commons attribution license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
David’s links:
On Linkedin
On Facebook
On Instagram
Typecraft
Stuff we talk about:
Zoom breakout rooms
Brightspace
A conversation with David, Kim Baer and Sean Adams about the show “Pushing the Press"
A+D Museum of Architecture and Design
Haven Lin-Kirk, Dean of USC Roski School of Art and Design
AIGA Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Times (Keep newspapers alive!)
And, of course, join us in the WorkLife@Home Community at
worklifeathome.com
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Music:
Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and Atrium Loop by dpren used under standard Creative Commons attribution license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Connecting with Paul Small:
Email address: paul.small@elliman.com
Website
Three Blocks a Day Videos
Topics we discussed:
Matterport 3D Tours
The 5 AM Club
“The One Thing” by Gary Keller with Jay Papasan
The Pomodoro Technique
Pomodoro apps review
Another review of Pomodoro apps
Racing to End Alzheimer’s website
Distraction-blocking apps
Another review of distraction-blockers
And, of course, join us in the WorkLife@Home Community at
https://worklifeathome.com
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Music:
Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and Atrium Loop by dpren used under standard Creative Commons attribution license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Patrice’s LinkedIn page
Zoom
Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away
And, of course, join us in the WorkLife@Home Community at
https://worklifeathome.com
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Music:
Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and Atrium Loop by dpren used under standard Creative Commons attribution license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Links to Patrick’s websites:
Altitude Design Office
Personal site
Sterling’s Words
Today’s Robot
Some of the tools we mention:
Scratch Animation from MIT
Python for Kids
Alice Animation
Rolling Robots
Autodesk TinkerCAD
Asana
WorkflowMax
Xero
Dropbox
Slack
WeTransfer
Zoom
GoToMeeting
And, of course, join us in the WorkLife@Home Community at
https://worklifeathome.com
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Music:
Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and Atrium Loop by dpren used under standard Creative Commons attribution license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Links to things we talked about:
Gabe Freeman website
Zoom
Lookback Research Tool
and of course, join us at:
http://worklifeathome.com
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Music:
Happy Theme by maxmakessounds and Atrium Loop by dpren used under standard Creative Commons attribution license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/



