Comments on: Building and managing virtual teams http://thinkvitamin.com/web-industry/building-and-managing-virtual-teams/ The Web Practitioner's Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rob Rawson http://thinkvitamin.com/web-industry/building-and-managing-virtual-teams/#comment-38399 Rob Rawson Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:11:00 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/building-and-managing-virtual-teams#comment-38399 Was just listening to your interview on Mixergy. I have a remote team with around 45 people in 9 countries working from home, and have learned a lot about managing remote staff over the last few years. I can identify with a lot of what you are saying. For me the biggest potential issue with working remotely is the potential for isolation. However it depends on the individual person and their situation, how many people they have at home. I'm going to check out using campfire instead of Skype for chat. I'm building software for managing remote teams (www.timedoctor.com) and one thing I have noticed using this software on my own team is that team members are spending a lot of time on Skype each week (we have a feature for recording how much time is spend on different applications and web sites), so perhaps Campfire is a better alternative. Was just listening to your interview on Mixergy. I have a remote team with around 45 people in 9 countries working from home, and have learned a lot about managing remote staff over the last few years. I can identify with a lot of what you are saying. For me the biggest potential issue with working remotely is the potential for isolation. However it depends on the individual person and their situation, how many people they have at home.

I’m going to check out using campfire instead of Skype for chat. I’m building software for managing remote teams (www.timedoctor.com) and one thing I have noticed using this software on my own team is that team members are spending a lot of time on Skype each week (we have a feature for recording how much time is spend on different applications and web sites), so perhaps Campfire is a better alternative.

]]> By: Josh Colter http://thinkvitamin.com/web-industry/building-and-managing-virtual-teams/#comment-38299 Josh Colter Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:59:00 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/building-and-managing-virtual-teams#comment-38299 Great, great, great thoughts here, Chris. Using daily campfire scrum meetings is on my short list of things to implement at elias. Currently we manage our virtual team of 3 via weekly conference calls, annual conferences onsite in the states (we call them EGGs... elias global get-togethers), and with software tools like basecamp, campfire, and beanstalk. Great, great, great thoughts here, Chris. Using daily campfire scrum meetings is on my short list of things to implement at elias. Currently we manage our virtual team of 3 via weekly conference calls, annual conferences onsite in the states (we call them EGGs… elias global get-togethers), and with software tools like basecamp, campfire, and beanstalk.

]]> By: Wildbit » A great 2009 and even better 2010 - Thoughts on building web apps, businesses, and virtual teams http://thinkvitamin.com/web-industry/building-and-managing-virtual-teams/#comment-17551 Wildbit » A great 2009 and even better 2010 - Thoughts on building web apps, businesses, and virtual teams Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:50:59 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/building-and-managing-virtual-teams#comment-17551 [...] and grow in 2009. It’s amazing to see them in action. As I have written in the past about virtual teams, it all comes down to people who love their work and share a vision. Watching this thrive in our [...] [...] and grow in 2009. It’s amazing to see them in action. As I have written in the past about virtual teams, it all comes down to people who love their work and share a vision. Watching this thrive in our [...]

]]> By: neyki neyki http://thinkvitamin.com/web-industry/building-and-managing-virtual-teams/#comment-7746 neyki neyki Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:14:13 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/building-and-managing-virtual-teams#comment-7746 thanks for information :D thanks for information :D

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