Loneliness is distracting
In this article, I discuss how loneliness distracted me and how I got over the hurdle of remaining productive while working remotely. I hope this can help others going through the same process today.…
The Pragli pitch
In this post, I explain the problem Pragli solves and Pragli's core features. I also explain how Pragli handles privacy / intrusiveness.…
The state of coronavirus and remote work
Coronavirus has shocked the world and will have enormous repercussions for how people work for the foreseeable future.…
Asynchronous communication is also distracting
In this article, I explain how asynchronous communication can actually distract workers by resulting in significant context switching, particularly for junior makers. Then, I explain how to balance synchronous and asynchronous communication.…
We worked remotely on top of a U-Haul
Doug and I built Pragli, a virtual office for remote teams. And last week, we did our first marketing stunt to promote the product. We worked remotely on a U-Haul in San Francisco.…
Social Signals #4: Using audio channels to signal status
In this Social Signals installment, I describe the issues with signaling availability and presence in text channels, and how we built voice channels into Pragli to help remote workers gain more social context into the conversations that are happening in their team.…
The 6 categories of remote teams
Teams vary on two key metrics: remoteness and working hour overlap. In this post, I highlight the unique strengths and challenges of each type of remote team and summarize keys for success with each one.…
Building a walkie-talkie for remote work
Pragli's A/V communication is inspired by a walkie-talkie, rather than a phone call. In this article, I'll explain why we chose a walkie-talkie, some hiccups we ran into when implementing a walkie-talkie, and how it ended up looking in Pragli.…
How we hired a part-time QA Tester for $40 / session
It was obvious that we needed to do something. Our users were getting increasingly annoyed at the bugs that were constantly popping up. We were moving fast and shipping a lot of features - but in the process, also breaking things.…
Firebase as a React Hook
In this post, I'll explain how to use and how I implemented useDbDatum / useDbData, two hooks for generically loading data from Firebase RTDB.…