Validate your idea through customer development and rapid prototyping
Keep tight feedback loops, measure customer behavior, and build the right product
Grow your product and sustain your business
Challenge the way you've always done it
A show where we go behind the scenes on what it really takes to bring a new product to market.
A podcast about the craft of creating software and effective development teams.
A podcast about building successful software. We provide actionable advice around product validation, execution, and promotion.
Insights & perspectives to help you navigate the ever changing seas.
6:00 pm
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Bring co-workers, friends, and anyone else you think would benefit from the community.
Hear what it's like to work as a remote developer and the remote tools and resources you can use to improve your remote work experience.
In this discussion, members of the development and design team at Headway shared their personal experiences of working remotely. They share how they got started, how tools have improved, and advice on setting yourself up for success as an essential remote team member.
The development team shared some of their favorite tools and methods for tackling project management and remote collaboration. We gathered those resources for you below.
Start - 00:00
Panelist Intros & Personal Stories - 1:41
Q&A Session
• Tracking Productivity with a Remote Team - 35:05
• Productivity at an Office vs at Home - 37:56
• What Time Do You Work From Home? 9-5? Weekends? - 42:42
• Is Productivity Faster with a Remote Team? - 44:14
• Finding a Remote Work Job - 46:46
• How to Deal with Distractions When Working at Home - 48:13
• Working From Home with Kids and Spouse - 55:55
• Collaboration Tools for Remote Product Teams and Designers - 58:21
• Collaboration Tools for Remote Developers - 1:01:50
• Remote Project Management and Project Managers - 1:05:40
• How Do You Get Your Team to Turn Their Camera On for Video Calls? - 1:07:03
• Brainstorming Activities Together in an Office vs Digitally - 01:11:15
• Managing Your Time, Routine, and Prepping to Work for the Day - 1:13:15
• Communicating Better in Slack, Email, Video Calls - 1:19:36
• What We Look For When Hiring a Remote Employee - 1:22:21
• Panel Audience Introductions and Feedback - 1:29:13
Wemux is a script that simplifies the management of shared tmux sessions
Communicate visually at the speed of thought – collaborative flowcharts, wireframes, sticky notes, and mind maps.
Lucidchart is a visual workspace that combines diagramming, data visualization, and collaboration to accelerate understanding and drive innovation.
Level up your pair programming and mentorship skills. Jess shares the benefits of pair programming, the pros and cons of different styles, and techniques to get better results.
These tools below allow you to send short video recordings of your feedback on projects, including screen recording to your contacts, adding a more personal touch to your email or slack response. All are google chrome extensions.
Task and project management
Write, plan, collaborate, and get organized with this powerful, yet minimal tool.
User Story Mapping tool for agile product management. Real-time, two-way Trello, JIRA, GitHub, Pivotal Tracker integration.
Organize conversations, share files, and get answers faster. Keep your whole team in the loop by messaging in open spaces called channels.
These tools will help automate time tracking, PTO calculation, paydays and your weekly check-ins!
Track time your way! Start & stop timers as you work.
Encourages engagement with your employees by sending you five questions to discuss during your 1-on-1 each week.
Helps you in leave management, attendance tracking, and automates PTO calculation.
Provides a cloud-based payroll, benefits, and human resource management software for businesses based in the United States.
Kelsey Leftwich, Developer at Headway, Shreveport, Louisiana
Jessica Stodola, Developer at Headway, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Jordan Burke, Senior Developer at Headway, Athens, Georgia
Andrew Stuntz, Senior Developer at Headway, Bellingham, Washington
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