Pontifications

Glitch is recommended always even if you aren’t working from home (WFH)!
Glitch’s guide: Glitch for remote work is also highly recommended
I’ve worked from home on and off over the last 15 years (usually only for 1 or 2 early or late meetings) but mostly at an office.
Zoom is fantastic and so is slack and matrix, much better than irc and skype
Whatever the toolset is, I can add the following (but others like Scott Hanselman, Andy Abramson and many others have far more comprehensive WFH advice):
- Assume positive intent!!!!
- Get a great microphone (USB wired headset from Plantronics or Logitech is my recommendation since they are rock solid or if you must wireless than fancy bluetooth like AirPods; I don’t use AirPods but many colleagues do and their audio quality is much better than the cheapie bluetooth headsets
- Don’t use the wired headset that comes with your iPhone or Android phone (if you do test it weekly because they fail silently!)!!!!!!
- Get into an “office” routine: e.g. shower, change, put on your office badge, and go into “office” mode.