https://simplecast.com Inside Remote InsideRemote dives deep into various topics of #remotework. Join us and learn about remote work and how other remoters and companies work remotely. 2019 Inside Remote en Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:58:00 +0000 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:32:31 +0000 https://www.insideremote.io Inside Remote https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/93e2a15c-7eb4-416e-acbf-20230dd7fb39/bf1560ea-60f3-4e6c-8655-52568476be16/3000x3000/remote_2.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://www.insideremote.io episodic InsideRemote dives deep into various topics of #remotework. Join us and learn about remote work and how other remoters and companies work remotely. Andrej Fodor no https://feeds.simplecast.com/8umYV7CD remote tools, remote, remote work, company, remote podcast, remotework, telecommuting, startups Inside Remote info@andrejfodor.com ba042638-f26c-4a2f-9d64-5df853361a08 Kevon Cheung on how to make remote meetings more interactive Episode Notes

We talk about: 

  • Remote meetings
  • Where did idea for Toasty.ai come from
  • How to run meetings where everybody is engaged into the conversation

Kevon Cheung

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  • Gramatik for music
]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:58:00 +0000 info@andrejfodor.com (Kevon Cheung, Andrej Fodor) https://www.insideremote.io/episodes/kevon-cheung-on-how-to-make-remote-meetings-more-interactive-nMJTfhsV Episode Notes

We talk about: 

  • Remote meetings
  • Where did idea for Toasty.ai come from
  • How to run meetings where everybody is engaged into the conversation

Kevon Cheung

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  • Gramatik for music
]]> Kevon Cheung on how to make remote meetings more interactive Kevon Cheung, Andrej Fodor 00:30:34 After a break, we are back with Kevon Cheung from Toasty. We were discussing on how to make remote meetings more enjoyable and interative when working remotely. Kevon shares his experience and explains how Toasty helps making meetings more interactive. After a break, we are back with Kevon Cheung from Toasty. We were discussing on how to make remote meetings more enjoyable and interative when working remotely. Kevon shares his experience and explains how Toasty helps making meetings more interactive. meetings, startups, toasty, remote work, remoters, business, remotework, remote, telecommuting no full 13 2f1fe392-dc2c-46ce-a748-afac2b104905 Andreas Klinger on how to operate your company remotely without experience Notes & Links:

]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:13:15 +0000 info@andrejfodor.com (Andreas Klinger, Andrej Fodor) https://www.insideremote.io/episodes/andreas-klinger-on-how-to-operate-your-company-remotely-without-experience-oZMxNjgL Notes & Links:

]]> Andreas Klinger on how to operate your company remotely without experience Andreas Klinger, Andrej Fodor 00:32:07 Andreas Klinger shares practical tips and tricks on how to operate your company during lockdown. This is a great episode for everyone who is struggling to operate their company remote or doesn't have experience doing it and wants to learn how to survive and make the most out of this situation. Andreas Klinger shares practical tips and tricks on how to operate your company during lockdown. This is a great episode for everyone who is struggling to operate their company remote or doesn't have experience doing it and wants to learn how to survive and make the most out of this situation. entrepeneurship, startups, remote work, business, operate remotely, andrej fodor, technology, tech, andreas klinger, leadership, operations, remote, telecommuting no full 12 4bdf80d5-7e82-47db-b6c2-047409b640a1 Marcus Wermuth on Asynchronous work We talk about: 

  • What is asynchronous work
  • How to hire a good remote worker
  • How to work asynchronously

Notes and links:

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]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:53:36 +0000 info@andrejfodor.com (Marcus Wermuth, Andrej Fodor) https://www.insideremote.io/episodes/marcus-wermuth-on-asynchronous-work-lfXpvUeX We talk about: 

  • What is asynchronous work
  • How to hire a good remote worker
  • How to work asynchronously

Notes and links:

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  • Gramatik for music

 

 

]]> Marcus Wermuth on Asynchronous work Marcus Wermuth, Andrej Fodor 00:32:05 This episode Marcus shares tips and tricks on how to start working asynchronously and what are the benefits of asynchronous remote work. This episode Marcus shares tips and tricks on how to start working asynchronously and what are the benefits of asynchronous remote work. remote companies, company, startups, marcus wermuth, buffer, remotely, digitalnomads, telecommute, remote work, business, andrej fodor, tech, startup, remotework, remote, telecommuting no full 11 537f1000-0af1-4429-97db-40f6eafe8762 Amir Salihefendic on Hard things about hard things Amir, founder and CEO of Doist is sharing with us lessons  he learned while he is building one of the more known remote first companies. Listen to what he has to say on the difficult topics. 

We talk about: 

  • How to hire 
  • How to fire
  • Managing yourself 
  •  

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  • Gramatik for music
]]> Thu, 6 Feb 2020 08:53:04 +0000 info@andrejfodor.com (Andrej Fodor, Amir Salihefendic) https://www.insideremote.io/episodes/amir-salihefendic-on-hard-things-about-hard-things-9vsrU0Gh Amir, founder and CEO of Doist is sharing with us lessons  he learned while he is building one of the more known remote first companies. Listen to what he has to say on the difficult topics. 

We talk about: 

  • How to hire 
  • How to fire
  • Managing yourself 
  •  

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  • Gramatik for music
]]> Amir Salihefendic on Hard things about hard things Andrej Fodor, Amir Salihefendic 00:57:53 On this special episode Andrej and Amir are diving deep in hard things about hard things. Inspired by Ben Horowitz's way of talking about hard things to learn on important lessons most of us don't talk about, Amir shared his story and difficult decisions he needed to make when building Doist and Twist app. On this special episode Andrej and Amir are diving deep in hard things about hard things. Inspired by Ben Horowitz's way of talking about hard things to learn on important lessons most of us don't talk about, Amir shared his story and difficult decisions he needed to make when building Doist and Twist app. remote companies, doist, twist, startups, digital nomads, remote work, companies, amir salihefendic, tech, todoist, remote, telecommuting no full 10 81de2344-07d1-4a29-8b61-7d43714cbda4 Simon Harrer on Mob Programming Links:

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]]> Tue, 21 Jan 2020 11:30:15 +0000 info@andrejfodor.com (Simon Harrer, Andrej Fodor) https://www.insideremote.io/episodes/simon-harrer-on-mob-programming-exeuTnPx Links:

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]]> Simon Harrer on Mob Programming Simon Harrer, Andrej Fodor 00:30:23 Simon Harrer is explaining the concept of Remote Mob Programming and how this concept they started positively impacts the speed of work. Simon Harrer is explaining the concept of Remote Mob Programming and how this concept they started positively impacts the speed of work. development, remote work, software, programming, work from home, remote, telecommuting, agile no full 9 4e66c059-3179-4ef5-bfea-411e48925993 Justin Mitchell on improving remote collaboration through audio This episode Andrej and Justin are going to talk about the start of Yac.chat and how they try to improve remote collaboration. Justin also shared few tips on hiring and what kind of structure their remote team has. 

Links:

 

Justin Mitchell:


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]]> Thu, 28 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0000 info@andrejfodor.com (Justin Mitchell, Andrej Fodor) https://www.insideremote.io/episodes/justin-mitchell-on-improving-remote-collaboration-0fAiOul_ This episode Andrej and Justin are going to talk about the start of Yac.chat and how they try to improve remote collaboration. Justin also shared few tips on hiring and what kind of structure their remote team has. 

Links:

 

Justin Mitchell:


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]]> Justin Mitchell on improving remote collaboration through audio Justin Mitchell, Andrej Fodor 00:40:47 Justin Mitchell will share with us his view on remote collaboration and how his team tries to improve remote communication with the new tool they are building - Yac.chat. Justin Mitchell will share with us his view on remote collaboration and how his team tries to improve remote communication with the new tool they are building - Yac.chat. productivity, yac.chat, work, remote work, communication, software, collaboration, justin mitchell, insideremote, remote no full 8 09a10b4a-2a9c-44e5-a35f-abcf5491f6a6 Episode 7: Ryan Singer on how Basecamp approaches building software This episode we are hosting Ryan Singer from Basecamp. Ryan is one of the earliest members of Basecamp. Along with Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hannson he built the first version of Basecamp. 15 years later he wrote a book on how Basecamp approaches building software. 

 

We talk about:

  • Techniques on Shape Up
  •  Why Agile doesn't work for most teams
  • How to approach building software
  • What you should be doing first when building software
  • Why do you need to learn betting 
  • How to communicate with team
  • How to plan work
  • Why Basecamp doesn't have product managers
  • What is Basecamp looking for  when hiring 
  • How to compensate in person time in remote teams

 

 

Links:

 

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  • Gramatik for music

 

]]> Wed, 6 Nov 2019 10:35:20 +0000 info@andrejfodor.com (Ryan Singer, Andrej Fodor) https://www.insideremote.io/episodes/episode-7-ryan-singer-on-how-basecamp-approaches-building-software-2tj_iDWQ This episode we are hosting Ryan Singer from Basecamp. Ryan is one of the earliest members of Basecamp. Along with Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hannson he built the first version of Basecamp. 15 years later he wrote a book on how Basecamp approaches building software. 

 

We talk about:

  • Techniques on Shape Up
  •  Why Agile doesn't work for most teams
  • How to approach building software
  • What you should be doing first when building software
  • Why do you need to learn betting 
  • How to communicate with team
  • How to plan work
  • Why Basecamp doesn't have product managers
  • What is Basecamp looking for  when hiring 
  • How to compensate in person time in remote teams

 

 

Links:

 

Credits:

  • Gramatik for music

 

]]> Episode 7: Ryan Singer on how Basecamp approaches building software Ryan Singer, Andrej Fodor 00:59:27 On this episode Ryan talks about the book he wrote recently Shape Up. Ryan talks about how we should be approaching building software through lessons he learned through years at Basecamp. On this episode Ryan talks about the book he wrote recently Shape Up. Ryan talks about how we should be approaching building software through lessons he learned through years at Basecamp. product management, shape up, remote work, 37signals, software, basecamp, building software, project management, remote, telecommuting, agile no full 7 64fbd8ba-2543-46e1-871f-c3ac8e58f30c Episode 6: Colin Nederkoorn on lessons building remote companies On this episode Colin Nederkoorn shares lessons on building remote company. Colin is a CEO of company called Customer.io where they help companies automated communication with customers. This week we cover lessons from building and running a remote team.

In this episode we cover following topics:

  • Lessons on building a remote company
  • Transformation into remote company
  • Difficulties explaining running remote back in the days
  • Getting people to socialize on remote teams
  • Issues when hiring remote talent
  • Diversity advantage in remote teams

Notes and links:

Colin Nederkoorn

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]]> Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:25:00 +0000 info@andrejfodor.com (Colin Nederkoorn, Andrej Fodor) https://www.insideremote.io/episodes/episode-6-coling-nederkoorn-on-lessons-building-remote-companies-YyWnHwq_ On this episode Colin Nederkoorn shares lessons on building remote company. Colin is a CEO of company called Customer.io where they help companies automated communication with customers. This week we cover lessons from building and running a remote team.

In this episode we cover following topics:

  • Lessons on building a remote company
  • Transformation into remote company
  • Difficulties explaining running remote back in the days
  • Getting people to socialize on remote teams
  • Issues when hiring remote talent
  • Diversity advantage in remote teams

Notes and links:

Colin Nederkoorn

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]]> Episode 6: Colin Nederkoorn on lessons building remote companies Colin Nederkoorn, Andrej Fodor 01:09:44 In this episode Colin shares his lessons on building and managing remote company and what he learned on his way to make Customer.io a remote company. In this episode Colin shares his lessons on building and managing remote company and what he learned on his way to make Customer.io a remote company. saas, startups, colin nederkoorn, digital nomads, remote work, business, remote jobs, customer.io, remote, telecommuting no full 6 d8f0f195-75e9-4d8c-8031-ae27f0f657e2 Episode 5: Darren Murph on how to build Remote Culture This week we had an interesting chat with Darren Murph from Gitlab.

Darren leads all-remote initiatives at GitLab, one of the world's largest 100% remote companies. He also holds a Guinness World Record in publishing.

Explorer at heart, he had travelled in over 50 countries and all 50 US states and worked as a digital nomad. He's passionate about enabling remote work for all and advocating for adoption. This episode is covering a lot of different topics. Darren is such all rounder I am sure we will be recording a new episode soon!

In this episode we talk about:

  • How to be a digital nomad
  • Rules for building remote culture
  • Rules for running teams with 900+ people
  • What onsite teams can learn from remote teams
  • Ways to create bonds in remote teams
  • Video calls vs Audio calls
  • How to operate efficiently
  • How transparency benefits to company
  • How did Darren set a World Record

Notes and links:

Darren Murph

Credits:

]]> Tue, 17 Sep 2019 07:46:23 +0000 info@andrejfodor.com (Darren Murph, Andrej Fodor) https://www.insideremote.io/episodes/episode-5-darren-murph-on-how-to-build-remote-culture-YmsRDl4b This week we had an interesting chat with Darren Murph from Gitlab.

Darren leads all-remote initiatives at GitLab, one of the world's largest 100% remote companies. He also holds a Guinness World Record in publishing.

Explorer at heart, he had travelled in over 50 countries and all 50 US states and worked as a digital nomad. He's passionate about enabling remote work for all and advocating for adoption. This episode is covering a lot of different topics. Darren is such all rounder I am sure we will be recording a new episode soon!

In this episode we talk about:

  • How to be a digital nomad
  • Rules for building remote culture
  • Rules for running teams with 900+ people
  • What onsite teams can learn from remote teams
  • Ways to create bonds in remote teams
  • Video calls vs Audio calls
  • How to operate efficiently
  • How transparency benefits to company
  • How did Darren set a World Record

Notes and links:

Darren Murph

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]]> Episode 5: Darren Murph on how to build Remote Culture Darren Murph, Andrej Fodor 01:05:53 Darren Murph shares tips and tricks on how to travel and work remotely as well as how Gitlab approaches building remote work culture. Darren Murph shares tips and tricks on how to travel and work remotely as well as how Gitlab approaches building remote work culture. culture, work, startups, gitlab, remote work, diversity, team culture, remote, documenting no full 5 c28600c5-f74f-4740-af23-64a1709a6a01 Episode 4: Matt Wondra on building new tools for distributed teams This time I was talking with Matt Wondra.

Matt is a Product Lead at Happy Tools, company of Automattic. Matt started his career in tech as a developer and after while switched to the role of Product Lead.
This episode Matt shares a lot of interesting things regarding remote work and how they are planning to help other companies operate in distributed way with new set of remote tools.

In this episode we talk about:

  • How Happy Tools started
  • How to discuss new work
  • Learning on how to operate remotely
  • What can onsite teams learn from remote teams
  • Optimizing remote work
  • How to approach hiring

Notes and links:

Matt Wondra

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]]> Wed, 21 Aug 2019 19:53:26 +0000 info@andrejfodor.com (Matt Wondra, Andrej Fodor) https://www.insideremote.io/episodes/episode-4-matt-wondra-on-building-new-tools-for-distributed-teams-nyS9c832 This time I was talking with Matt Wondra.

Matt is a Product Lead at Happy Tools, company of Automattic. Matt started his career in tech as a developer and after while switched to the role of Product Lead.
This episode Matt shares a lot of interesting things regarding remote work and how they are planning to help other companies operate in distributed way with new set of remote tools.

In this episode we talk about:

  • How Happy Tools started
  • How to discuss new work
  • Learning on how to operate remotely
  • What can onsite teams learn from remote teams
  • Optimizing remote work
  • How to approach hiring

Notes and links:

Matt Wondra

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]]> Episode 4: Matt Wondra on building new tools for distributed teams Matt Wondra, Andrej Fodor 00:57:25 Matt Wondra shares with us story on how Happy Tools was born and how tools they are building help remote teams operate more efficiently. Matt Wondra shares with us story on how Happy Tools was born and how tools they are building help remote teams operate more efficiently. distributed work, inside remote, company, automattic, remote work, andrej fodor, wordpress, matt wondra, tech, remote, telecommuting no full 4 c5743ee3-e3df-4fa4-a5eb-91f33409705f Episode 3: Radoslav Stankov on how to approach Remote Work This time I was talking with Radoslav Stankov.

Radoslav is Head of Engineering at Product Hunt. He is a true source of knowledge. From organizing conferences to travelling around Europe and working remotely, you will hear a lot of interesting advices from Rado.

If you want to meet him a person and learn more about React.js, you should definitely attend React Not a Conf he organizes every year in Sofia, Bulgaria.

In this episode we talk about:

  • Organizing conference
  • Breaking into remote work
  • Everyday habits
  • Leading remote teams
  • Optimizing remote work

Notes and links:

Radoslav Stankov

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]]> Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:10:00 +0000 info@andrejfodor.com (Radoslav Stankov, Andrej Fodor) https://www.insideremote.io/episodes/episode-3-radoslav-stankov-on-how-to-approach-remote-work-4VcXq16b This time I was talking with Radoslav Stankov.

Radoslav is Head of Engineering at Product Hunt. He is a true source of knowledge. From organizing conferences to travelling around Europe and working remotely, you will hear a lot of interesting advices from Rado.

If you want to meet him a person and learn more about React.js, you should definitely attend React Not a Conf he organizes every year in Sofia, Bulgaria.

In this episode we talk about:

  • Organizing conference
  • Breaking into remote work
  • Everyday habits
  • Leading remote teams
  • Optimizing remote work

Notes and links:

Radoslav Stankov

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]]> Episode 3: Radoslav Stankov on how to approach Remote Work Radoslav Stankov, Andrej Fodor 00:59:03 This episode Radoslav Stankov shares tips and tricks on remote work. How he started working his career of remote work, how to organize company to have few meetings per week and how he manages his team. This episode Radoslav Stankov shares tips and tricks on remote work. How he started working his career of remote work, how to organize company to have few meetings per week and how he manages his team. digital nomad, startups, remote work, react, remotework, remote no full 3 aea5d261-bada-4bc3-883d-aff53e6097f6 Episode 2: Power of Synchronous Communication with Rajiv Ayyangar Rajiv Ayyangar is a CEO of Tandem, app which is making remote collaboration easier. Being an avid climber and wine enthusiast coming from San Francisco, Rajiv has a rich background in startups. Recently he started solving a problem of communication for remote workers.

Notes and links:
Tandem
Amir Salihefendic

Asynchronous work

Slack
Discord
Loom
Synchronous vs asynchronous communication

Figma
Written Agenda
Meeting Notes

War Room

Tandem Remote OS stack:
Notion
Google Docs

Asana
Linear
Slack
Figma

Rajiv Ayyangar

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]]> Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:05:00 +0000 info@andrejfodor.com (Andrej Fodor, Rajiv Ayyangar) https://www.insideremote.io/episodes/episode-2-power-of-synchronous-communication-with-rajiv-ayyangar-3bEN5D8I Rajiv Ayyangar is a CEO of Tandem, app which is making remote collaboration easier. Being an avid climber and wine enthusiast coming from San Francisco, Rajiv has a rich background in startups. Recently he started solving a problem of communication for remote workers.

Notes and links:
Tandem
Amir Salihefendic

Asynchronous work

Slack
Discord
Loom
Synchronous vs asynchronous communication

Figma
Written Agenda
Meeting Notes

War Room

Tandem Remote OS stack:
Notion
Google Docs

Asana
Linear
Slack
Figma

Rajiv Ayyangar

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]]> Episode 2: Power of Synchronous Communication with Rajiv Ayyangar Andrej Fodor, Rajiv Ayyangar 00:45:08 On this second episode we are talking with Rajiv Ayyanger, Founder and CEO of Tandem. We are talking on why Rajiv started Tandem, when to use synchronous communication and when to go asynchronous and we discuss the future of remote work. On this second episode we are talking with Rajiv Ayyanger, Founder and CEO of Tandem. We are talking on why Rajiv started Tandem, when to use synchronous communication and when to go asynchronous and we discuss the future of remote work. tandem, digital nomad, startups, remote work, communication, remotework, work from home, remote no full 2 5ccbf3c2-491c-469b-a53f-ae8231889aec Episode 1: Miha Rekar on being an engineering lead in remote teams Miha Rekar joined Andrej on this very first episode of InsideRemote.

Miha is an engineer lead by profession with multiple hobbies on the side. When he is not working you will find him running marathons, orgainizing local Ruby events, being an event photographer and hosting his own podcast where he talks with other developers about their passions.
Being a long time remote worked his path went from faciliating many roles at Toptal to being an engineering lead in Silverfin.

In this episode we talk about:

  • Everyday life of remote manager
  • Importance of 1-1 communication
  • Why tools don't matter if you don't have processes
  • How stoicism can make you a better person

Notes and links:

Miha Rekar

]]> Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:00:00 +0000 info@andrejfodor.com (Andrej Fodor, Miha Rekar) https://www.insideremote.io/episodes/miha-rekar-on-being-an-engineering-lead-qFRZaw06 Miha Rekar joined Andrej on this very first episode of InsideRemote.

Miha is an engineer lead by profession with multiple hobbies on the side. When he is not working you will find him running marathons, orgainizing local Ruby events, being an event photographer and hosting his own podcast where he talks with other developers about their passions.
Being a long time remote worked his path went from faciliating many roles at Toptal to being an engineering lead in Silverfin.

In this episode we talk about:

  • Everyday life of remote manager
  • Importance of 1-1 communication
  • Why tools don't matter if you don't have processes
  • How stoicism can make you a better person

Notes and links:

Miha Rekar

]]> Episode 1: Miha Rekar on being an engineering lead in remote teams Andrej Fodor, Miha Rekar 00:57:22 In this premier episode we talk with Miha Rekar about being a lead in a remote company and what lessons can be learned from being a remote manager. In this premier episode we talk with Miha Rekar about being a lead in a remote company and what lessons can be learned from being a remote manager. inside remote, digital nomad, startups, remote work, tech lead, miha rekar, remotework, remote no full 1