20: Remote collaboration and communication

Made with Grit

Landon and Kyle talk about the strategies and (many, many) tools they use (and have tried out) to collaborate remotely on work.

Today’s Topics:

• COVID-19 drinking game (the new normal)
• All we can do is keep moving forward
• Blood-sucking sales reps
• How our team collaborates remotely from all over the world
• Using Slack only for what it's good for
• Our async-first workflow and why it's better than the alternative
• Knowing what communication goes where
• Using Loom and Soapbox for async video communication

Links & Resources:

• Guru - Knowledge management solution that delivers everything you need
• Rework (book) - The playbook for anyone who’s ever dreamed of doing it on their own
• Remote (book) - Shows both employers and employees how they can work together, remotely
• Notion - Write, plan, collaborate, and get organized
• Userfeed.io - Customer feedback for Intercom
• Art of Product Podcast
• Tuple - The best remote pair programming app on macOS
• Screen.so - Work together like you're in the same room
• Tandem - A virtual office for remote teams
• Yac - Voice messaging for remote teams
• Loom - Easy and free screen recorder for Mac, Windows, and Chromebooks
• Soapbox - The easiest way to create a great video by yourself
• Around - Quick, high-impact video calls for a new era of work
• Matt Stauffer blog post on setting Up Your Webcam, Lights, and Audio for Remote Work