This document discusses the challenges and opportunities of remote work. It provides tips for managing time, communication, productivity, content, and personal life as a remote worker. Tools are suggested for maintaining schedules across time zones, communicating effectively with teammates, staying focused and productive, accessing and sharing content remotely, finding good workspaces, and separating work and personal life while working from home. The overall message is that remote work requires new strategies but can provide benefits like flexibility, reduced costs, and more family time if managed properly.

1. YAY I’M
WORKING
REMOTELY!
….now what?

2. HI, I’M JAMIE
SCHMID
DEVELOPER, DESIGNER
SITELOCK EVANGELIST
CONTENT ENTHUSIAST
REMOTE WORKER
@JAMIESCHMID
@SITELOCK

3. WORKING REMOTELY PRESENTS NEW CHALLENGES NOT
PRESENT IN ONSITE WORKING, AND IT’S EASY TO
UNDERESTIMATE YOUR NEW LIFESTYLE
THERE ARE MANY TOOLS TO MANAGE YOUR TIME,
COMMUNICATION, PRODUCTIVITY AND PERSONAL LIFE

4. TRADITIONAL
ONSITE WORKING

5. •COMMUTE
•MEETINGS
•DISTRACTIONS
•SET SCHEDULE
•BREAKFAST/LUNCH COSTS
•NOT ENOUGH TIME AT HOME
THE OBVIOUS BAD

6. •SOCIAL INTERACTION
•LEAVING WORK BEHIND AT EOD
•WORKING SET HOURS
•EASY COMMUNICATION
•ALL COSTS ON THE COMPANY
THE NOT-SO-OBVIOUS
GOOD

7. REMOTE WORKING

8. REMOTE WORKING

9. REMOTE WORKING

10. •WORKING TOO MUCH
•NO SEPARATION OF
WORK AND LIFE SPACES
•LIFE DISTRACTIONS
•DIFFICULT
COMMUNICATION
•OUT-OF-THE-LOOP
THE NOT-SO-OBVIOUS
BAD
• COLLABORATION IS
DIFFICULT
• TIMEZONE DIFFERENCES
• LAZY HEALTH HABITS
• NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE
• EXPENSES ARE ON YOU

11. •FREEDOM TO
WORK ANYPLACE
•MEETINGS IN
YOUR PAJAMAS
•NO PANTS
•MORE FAMILY TIME
THE GOOD
• FREEDOM TO TRAVEL
• NO COMMUTE
• NO COWORKER
DISTRACTIONS
• HOMEMADE LUNCHES

12. THINGS WE
NEED HELP ON
•Managing Time
•Managing
Communication
•Maintaining Productivity
•Managing Content
•Logistics
•Managing Real Life

13. MANAGING YOUR TIME
Everyone on the Team Is in a Different Timezone:
Every Time Zone, World Time Buddy
How Do You Know I’m Working?
You’ll Need To Report Differently Than Onsite Workers
Time Management: RescueTime, Time Doctor, IDoneThis, Trello
Daily/Weekly Scrums

14. MANAGING YOUR TIME
EVERYONE ON THE TEAM IS IN A DIFFERENT
TIMEZONE
•Every Time Zone, World Time Buddy
HOW DO YOU KNOW I’M WORKING?
•You’ll Need To Report Differently Than Onsite
Workers
TIME MANAGEMENT
•RescueTime, Time Doctor, IDoneThis, Trello
•Daily/Weekly Scrums

15. MANAGING
COMMUNICATION
Remote workers have to be better at communication than their office brethren. Communication
plays a vital role in work, and when team members are apart, it’s vital to put communication front
and center.
Hipchat - hubot notifications
Slack - Integrations
Jabber - Messenger-style chats
Hangouts video chat
Camtasia - Record meetings, demos, tutorials
CloudApp & Nimbus Chrome Extension - Take screen shots
RedPen - sharing and commenting on documents, with version control
MANAGING COMMUNICATION

16. PUT COMMUNICATION FRONT AND
CENTER IN REMOTE WORK.

17. COMMUNICATION TOOLS
•Hipchat & Slack, Jabber
•Hangouts video chat
•Camtasia - Record meetings, demos,
tutorials
•CloudApp & Nimbus Chrome Extension -
Take screen shots
•RedPen - sharing & commenting on docs,
version control

18. MAINTAINING PRODUCTIVITY

19. MAINTAINING
PRODUCTIVITY
DO NOT DISTURB MODE

20. TRELLO
WUNDER
LIST

21. QUIP
HOOTSUITE

22. MAINTAINING
PRODUCTIVITY
TO-DON’T LIST
MAKE A

23. MAINTAINING
PRODUCTIVITY
BONUS BLOG
POST!
https://wpdistrict.sitelock.com/blog/3-steps-to-
increased-productivity-when-working-remote/

24. MANAGING CONTENT

25. ACCESS - FIND - SHARE CONTENT IN
THE CLOUD.
VERSION CONTROL IS YOUR FRIEND!

26. ASANA
LASTPASS

27. GOOGLE
APPS
DROPBOX

28. YOU NEED A WIKI!

29. LOGISTICS

30. WORKFROM
SPOTTED BY
LOCALS

31. MANAGING REAL LIFE

32. A GOOD
WORKSPACE
SCHEDULE
YOUR DAY

33. •Set Up an Area That
Is Dedicated to Your
Job, With no
Distractions.
•Avoid Working From
Bed: Coffeeshop,
Library, Outdoors,
Coworking Space,
Meetups
•Get Dressed!!!!!

34. GET OUT OF
THE HOUSE!
STAY VISIBLE

35. •Wired Headset With
Microphone
•Take Frequent Breaks
•Get Out of the House -
No Becoming a Hermit!
•In Person Interaction -
Coworking Spaces,
Meetups, Conferences
•Work/Life Balance: Put
Away Your Work
Laptop at EOD

36. YAY I’M
WORKING
REMOTELY
AND IT’S
AWESOME!

37. THANK YOU!
@JAMIESCHMID
@SITELOCK