This is the first out of two parts dedicated to share my experience around weekly meetings in distributed and/or remote environments (DRE). Introduction As a manager I cannot tell you how many times I have listened colleagues of mine complaining about having too many meetings, but specially about too many unproductive meetings. Sadly, they are … Continue reading Working in distributed / remote environments 3: weekly meetings (I)
Working in distributed / remote environments 2: the calendar tool
One tool I think you should master as a manager in DRE (distributed or remote environments) is the calendar. It usually gets less attention that it deserves based on its significant impact in environments that promotes autonomy. Dealing with agendas in distributed or remote environments is so important that I recommend you to take the … Continue reading Working in distributed / remote environments 2: the calendar tool
Back from Akademy 2018. What an event!
A few days back I wrote about Akademy 2018 and my expectations and duties at the event. This is a report based on that previous post. Akademy 2018 in Vienna, Austria, has been the best one in I've attended to in recent years. We event got a record number of sponsors, Codethink among them, and … Continue reading Back from Akademy 2018. What an event!
Codethink is sponsoring Akademy 2018 and I am attending.
Back in July 2017 I wrote a blog post, published by Codethink, explaining why is a good business to support community driven FOSS events. This post is related to that one. I will be attending to Akademy 2018. It will take place in Vienna, Austria, from August 11th to 17th. I will be there representing … Continue reading Codethink is sponsoring Akademy 2018 and I am attending.
Consolidating my blogs in WordPress
I have imported all my post from Blogger into this site. There is a plug-in that do the import for you. It works well but obviously is not perfect. So if you end up reading a post published before I moved to WordPress, that is in 2016/2017, you might find little formatting issues or links … Continue reading Consolidating my blogs in WordPress
Working in distributed / remote environments 1: daily short meetings.
Agile establishes conversations as one key principle. The set up in those companies that follow agile methodologies are designed to maximise the interaction among developers and other people involved in product or service development. When working in distributed environments, the need to have those conversations does not change, but since the environment is significantly different, … Continue reading Working in distributed / remote environments 1: daily short meetings.
Working in distributed / remote environments 0: presentation.
I have been working in distributed or remote environments (DRE) since 2003 approximately. I started back in the Canary Islands using IRC, wikis, ticketing systems, mailing lists...all designed to work remotely, avoiding VPNs. A few years later I moved to the mainland of Spain and the situation in this regard became even more complex. I … Continue reading Working in distributed / remote environments 0: presentation.
Software events in Málaga
In May, there has been two interesting conferences in Málaga that I have attended to: J On The Beach OpenSouthCode J On The Beach Since I moved back to Málaga, I have been trying to attend to this conference and for one reason or another, I couldn't, until this 2018 edition. J On The Beach … Continue reading Software events in Málaga
A weekend at Akademy-es in Valencia
This past weekend I travelled to Valencia, the third biggest city in Spain, located by the Mediterranean sea, to attend to Akademy-es, the annual meeting of the KDE community in Spain. At this event we also hold the KDE Spain annual assembly. KDE España is the legal entity behind the KDE community in Spain and … Continue reading A weekend at Akademy-es in Valencia
Dear software manager, working in the open for the very first time? Face the challenges (II)
This post is the continuation of the previous one, titled Dear software manager, working in the open for the very first time? Face the challenges (I) Focus shift I understand the transition that a front line manager needs to go through when moving to work in the open as a personal journey, mostly because the … Continue reading Dear software manager, working in the open for the very first time? Face the challenges (II)
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