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Re:Full Distributed Teams: are they viable? by dwiel on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @11:52AM (#3977138)
Yeah, this has helped us a lot. I am one of a few remote and when I can, I skype into a big screen in the central office. The account there is set to auto answer calls from its list of contacts so I can call in whenever I want. I often leave it open all day on a spare computer.
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Re:Full Distributed Teams: are they viable? by GFischer on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @01:27PM (#3977620)
Startups with money to burn could buy one of those remote robots for telepresence :) like the Anybots QB

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robot...

or the texai

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-softwar...

Maybe one day this will become commonplace (when they become an order of magnitude cheaper, I suspect). Meanwhile, Skype is a good idea.

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Re:Full Distributed Teams: are they viable? by DeepDuh on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @04:43AM (#3981076)
"Startups with money to burn"

What is that sorcery you are speaking of? ;)

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