Why it’s important to run an office, even if you and the team can work from...
Why it’s important to run an office, even if you and the team can work from home? Back then after leaving the corporate and starting ClickDo Ltd. I’m the early days I believed, working from home would...
View ArticlePerspectives on the Future of Work: December 19
Upwork’s biweekly column brings you the latest news on the future of work, including trends, freelancing, and other shifts in the way we get things done. Freelancing in America, a study commissioned by...
View ArticleWhat I learnt from living without a smartphone for a year.
What I learnt from living without a smartphone for a year. Source. “Did you take that photo with a potato?” Not exactly, but close. It’s my Nokia 105, aka ‘the brick v.2’. Alternatively, How I became a...
View ArticleHuman Workplaces Are More Productive–Here’s Why
Human Workplaces Are More Productive–Here’s Why All human businesses have one thing in common: they integrate workers’ unique needs into day-to-day business. I once freelanced at a company–let’s call...
View ArticleAnnual Retreats for Distributed Teams — Worth Every Penny
Annual Retreats for Distributed Teams — Worth Every Penny Chromatic is fresh off our annual team retreat, and while we’re still feeling the tangible benefits of this last trip, I thought it would be...
View ArticlePatchwork Hobart, Australia
We hope you will join us and our friends at linux.conf.au as we host a Patchwork on the isle of Tasmania, in the city of Hobart. The event is open to all beginners to Git and GitHub, or mentors who...
View ArticleBrace yourself. Sunny 2017 is coming.
Brace yourself. Sunny 2017 is coming. Yeah, you can make 2017 pretty sunny. A recent Inc. Magazine article by Leonard Kim, “10 Business Trends That Will Grow in 2017”, talks about changes in...
View ArticleWhy No Vacation Policy Is The Best Vacation Policy
Why No Vacation Policy Is The Best Vacation Policy It’s easy to make fun of tech startups for having “unlimited vacation” policies. Next to the in-house masseuse and matcha bar, unlimited vacation...
View ArticleStories about Stayups
How not to go out of business is the hardest part about business. The Distance tells true stories about those who’ve figured it out. Startups dominate the news. What are the first three letters of...
View ArticleInside Crossover: a Q&A with Designer Viviane Gon
Inside Crossover: a Q&A with Designer Viviane Gon Meet Viviane. She’s a visual designer at Crossover. Viviane was looking for a job where she could combine work with travel and found the perfect...
View ArticleCurrently, I’m sitting here watching Captain America Civil War.
Currently, I’m sitting here watching Captain America Civil War. It’s a snowy, cold, but relaxing Friday night. I love the snow. It’s so peaceful. When I’m sitting inside, it’s quiet, and I look out my...
View ArticleWhy I only work remotely
Why I only work remotely Building software for startups is a huge challenge. Not because writing the software itself is that hard, but most startups have managed to create the least optimal places to...
View ArticleEntitlement complex
It’s popular for managers to bitch about how millennials have an entitlement complex. It’s always easy to pick on someone smaller and younger than you, isn’t it? I’ll tell you who has the entitlement...
View ArticleDesigning a conversational interface
High on the list of 2016’s tech buzzwords: conversational. Some heralded this year as “the year of conversational commerce,” while others wrote extensively on the power of conversational interfaces....
View ArticleThe Managerial Entitlement Complex
It’s popular for managers to bitch about how millennials have an entitlement complex. It’s always easy to pick on someone smaller and younger than you, isn’t it? I’ll tell you who has the entitlement...
View ArticleAn Itch We All Have
An Itch We All Have In my freshman year of college I entered the business school at Tulane University. In school I always had a strange itch. It was small at first, I felt it when I was required to...
View Article16 Important features to look for in remote teams
16 Important features to look for in remote teams Working trends have changed these days, with the increase of digitalisation. It is no more mandatory for all members of a team to be available within...
View ArticleValid points.
Valid points. I think you can find social and cultural fulfillment outside of work, but I do agree that work can be a source of those. And the introverts out there might disagree that’s it’s better to...
View ArticleMake hay while sun shines! Write code while sunsets ?
Make hay while sun shines! Write code while sunsets ? Let us rewind to 1975. Where did people go to work ? Who decided the schedule ? We have a lot of bias from what has worked for us in the past....
View ArticleHow To Successfully Run A Business With Employees You’ve Never Met
How To Successfully Run A Business With Employees You’ve Never Met Today, companies with remote workers are becoming more and more common. My company, for one, is 100% remote. This paradigm shift stems...
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