October 22, 2018 — Web media paysite development with WP REST API and React

WordPress で運用されているとある大手出版社の有料 Web メディアに副業エンジニアとして参画し、リモートで開発を続ける様子を、WP REST API + React の事例を含め、リモート開発に使用しているツールや運用改善などをご紹介しようと思います。

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October 20, 2018 — Hire Globally, Work Remotely – You can do, too. How to organize global team and co-work with them.

WordPress 関連の制作会社やスタートアップ、そしてフリーランスの方には、求人や協業相手を探すことにお悩みの方も少なくないのではないでしょうか？

世界に目を向ければ、言語やフレームワークなど、必要とする技術要素に合致したスキルセットの人は数多くいます。そして、その人達と意外とカンタンに出会えるのです。

グローバルチームのメリットは少なくありません。例えば物価差がある国なら、こちらにとっては割安な人件費でも相手にとっては高給で、お互いハッピーになれる可能性があったり。自分も、否が応でも英語を利用するので英語力がついたり。単純に、海または大陸の向こうのひとと一緒に働くのは、とってもタノシイ！

このセッションでは、自社サービス立ち上げにあたってグローバルチームを結成した方法や、実際に働いてみて思うことなどを共有してみたいと思います。

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October 9, 2018 — De plus en plus d’entreprises permettent ou sont 100% en télétravail, tout comme chaque année des dizaines de WordCamps sont organisés à distance. Cette nouvelle façon de collaborer offre de nombreuses opportunités et bénéfices pour les salariés mais entraînent également une remise en question des outils et du management.

September 24, 2018 — Pracujesz z domu. Twoja mama myśli, że cały czas siedzisz na komputerze, Twoi znajomi sądzą, że zawsze masz czas, Ty masz wrażenie, że ani nie pracujesz, ani nie mieszkasz. Jak wycisnąć więcej z pracy z domu? Jak wykorzystać przewagę domowego biura nad wychodzeniem do miasta? Kasia podzieli się swoimi sprawdzonymi sposobami na podniesienie efektywności pracy z domu. Dowiesz się jak przyspieszyć pracę z WordPressem, jakich narzędzi użyć, żeby skuteczniej skupiać się przy komputerze i które sprzęty w domu pozwolą Ci od niego odejść, kiedy trzeba. Zdradzimy, w jaki sposób udaje mi się wyraźnie wyznaczyć czas na pracę, czas na domowe obowiązki i czas zupełnie wolny.

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August 9, 2018 — Remote working often conjures images of beaches, laptops and cocktails, but for some – remote working can be as simple as swapping the office, for a space at home.

Stuart and Tarei discuss some of changes, challenges and benefits when working from home as WordPress engineers for a distributed WordPress agency.

These discussions are for the freelancers, remote workers, digital nomads, misfits and those who are interested in potentially making the move to remote working.

July 10, 2018 — Are you looking to hire remote workers to scale your business? Want to find cream-of-the-crop developers, support reps, or others?

Ben is the Senior Support Technician at WordImpress and was their first full-time remote hire. Come to this talk to hear from the employee’s perspective how the team at WordImpress has gone above and beyond to support him and make him not just feel like a part of the team — actually make him a part of it.

This talk, geared toward WordPress agency owners and HR folks, will cover the following topics:

– The fastest way to burn out remote workers and how to avoid it.
– The one non-negotiable quality to look for in a remote worker.
– Tools to effectively manage remote employees without micromanaging them.

Plus come for the one key thing you are forgetting to look for in applicants to work remotely.

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May 31, 2018 — Trabalho remoto, código aberto e ótimas pessoas!

Conheça mais sobre como é trabalhar na empresa que recebe 183 milhões de acessos mensais só nos USA.

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December 12, 2017 — Remote work has been called the future of work. While many WordPress based companies both large and small work remotely, it’s not always easy, there might not be options for co-working spaces in your area, you may not be able to work effectively from home, etc. How do you stay focused, how do you communicate effectively with your team, your boss? This talk will cover why remote work matters, whether or not it works, real life stories, and resources for finding remote work.

December 10, 2017 — Those of us who collaborate on websites work with coworkers, employees, and freelancers who often aren’t in our office, our city, or even in our country. When work is remote, new challenges arise: people can find it harder to stay motivated, to communicate goals and accomplishments, and to check in effectively. This talk is about how to lead others from a distance toward a common goal. How do you build and maintain working relationships and get things done correctly and on time when you aren’t in the same physical location as your colleagues? Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, is fully distributed, which means all of our communication is entirely online. If we can do it, so can you!

December 10, 2017 — Growing up I was that kid always taking appliances apart trying to figure out how they worked. I was also that kid that only tended to focus on things that were sciency and nerdy. I missed a lot of details growing up frequently feeling out of place when clearly other children knew what was going on and I again wasn’t listening.

Entering adulthood I discovered this uniqueness had its challenges but I learned to cope and was successful at school and work. I also started developing health problems that cropped up slowly over the years – mostly attributed to weight gain and being less active physically.

Four years ago I started working 100% remote. Within a couple months I realized my brain and my ways of dealing with the focus & attention issues weren’t compatible with remote work. I struggled a lot and finally talked to my doctor. Discovering I did in fact have ADHD helped me understand a lot. Working with a professional counselor I developed a set of tools to help with attention and focus issues working remote. A side effect of all of those efforts was a drastic improvement to my physical health.

You’ll find out what tools have been successful for me and more importantly how to implement the changes in a way to set yourself up to succeed.