Working remotely and the tools that make it possible

I'd say its a requirement to have a VPN now as well. If you're not protecting your network transport, you're ignoring a lot of best practices.

These are some great tools. I would also like to recommend Scumr. It really helps our teams with our morning stand-up meetings. Notifies when we are the meeting starts, and when everyone is ready. Allows the meetings to be persistent too. Check it out: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scrumr.us&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scrumr.us&#x2F;</a><p>Full disclosure: I wrote the tool during a work hackathon. It has come a long way since then.

These are just a few of the tools that help us work together, even when we aren&#x27;t all in one location. Caveat, the apps, AFAIK, are Mac specific.

For pairing remotely, I use Screenhero. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;screenhero.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;screenhero.com&#x2F;</a>

Our team is split across the country and we&#x27;ve taken to doing a quick google hangout each day. Just a little face-to-face communication each day has helped immensely.

i used to use cloud app and slingshot, but since going retina on my mbp i use Droplr. And sometimes Dropbox&#x27;s new auto screenshot to clipboard link is great.