With most of us working from home for the first time (or for a long time), we thought it’d be a good idea to share our experiences and opinions on how to manage it. We discuss how to optimize your location, your schedule, your communications, and the rest of you life during these stressful times.

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Featuring:

• Suz Hinton – GitHub, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
• Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X

Show Notes:

• Listen to Go Time #123 on WFH


• Chris Hiller’s pro tips for devs working from home


• Jerod listens to musicforprogramming.net


• and suggests the Noizio app for macOS


• KBall goes for www.focusatwill.com


• thgaskill in the chat suggests krisp.ai


• Ever heard of brothel creepers. Brent in the chat has


• For more on comms, listen to Remember, people are humans


• Cal Newport’s work shutdown ritual


• Suz recommends 3 books:
  
  
  
  • Deep Work by Cal Newport
  
  
  • How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
  
  
  • Contact by Carl Sagan
  
  
  
  


• Check out Humu’s remote nudges


• Read Justin Searl’s Remote, but not alone


• ESNEXT CONF is fully remote


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