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Remote: Office Not Required Paperback – 31 Oct. 2013

by David Heinemeier Hansson (Author), Jason Fried (Author)

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For too long our lives have been dominated by the 'under one roof' Industrial Revolution model of work. That era is now over. As remote working is becoming increasingly more flexible, there is no longer a reason for the daily roll call, of the need to be seen with your butt on your seat in the office. The technology and necessity to work remotely and to avoid the daily grind of commuting and meetings has finally come of age. Bestselling authors Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson are the masters of making it work at tech company 37signals.

Remote: Office Not Required combines eye-opening ideas with entertaining narrative. With its almost prescient content, the book will convince you that working remotely increases productivity and innovation, and it will also teach you how to get it right - whether you are a manager, working solo or one of a team. Chapters include: 'Talent isn't bound by the hubs', 'It's the technology, stupid', 'When to type, when to talk', 'Stop managing the chairs' and 'The virtual water cooler'.

Brilliantly simple and refreshingly illuminating this is a call to action to end the tyranny of being shackled to the office.

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DAVID HEINEMEIER HANSSON is the creator of Ruby on Rails, an open-source web framework on which hundreds of thousands of web applications have been built – including Twitter. He is also Fried’s business partner at 37signals and co-author of Rework.
37 SIGNALS is internationally renowned for its innovative web products, including Basecamp, Highrise and Campfire. Founded in 1999, 37signals has grown into a multi-million dollar company with over three million loyal customers. The company, based in Chicago, has been profiled in the Guardian, Time, Wired and Business Week.

JASON FRIED is the founder of 37signals, a privately held web-based software development company and the co-author of the international bestseller Rework. His motto is, ‘It's simple until you make it complicated’.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0091954673
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vermilion (31 Oct. 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780091954673
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0091954673
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.5 x 1.9 x 21.6 cm

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Jason Fried
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Jason Fried is the co-founder and President of 37signals, a privately-held Chicago-based company committed to building the best web-based tools possible with the least number of features necessary.
37signals' products include Basecamp, Highrise, Backpack, Campfire, Ta-da List, and Writeboard. 37signals also developed and open-sourced the Ruby on Rails programming framework. 37signals' products do less than the competition -- intentionally.
37signals weblog, Signal vs. Noise, is read by over 100,000 people every day.
Jason believes there's real value and beauty in the basics. Elegance, respect for people's desire to simply get stuff done, and honest ease of use are the hallmarks of 37signals products.
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David Heinemeier Hansson
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David Heinemeier Hansson is the cofounder of Basecamp and NYT bestselling coauthor of REWORK and REMOTE. He's also the creator of the software toolkit Ruby on Rails, which has been used to launch and power Twitter, Shopify, GitHub, Airbnb, Square, and over a million other web applications. Originally from Denmark, he moved to Chicago in 2005, and now lives between the US and Spain with his wife and two sons. In his spare time, he enjoys 200-mph race cars in international competition, taking cliche pictures of sunsets and kids, and ranting far too much on Twitter.
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Rob

The book was good, here's what I didn't like:

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2013

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- My expectations were set really high (thanks to everything else they have produced)
- It felt a bit like a long moan
- It didn't feel like a book I could return to and dip into (though I will), especially in comparison to REWORK
- It's far from disruptive, and it does feel stale

I liked the book, I love 37Signals, but I was really expecting something better. I hope they write another book, they have a good format and I love their ethos/approach. I'm excited by 37Signals and the impact they are having - and it makes me excited about the way the teams I'm a part of work

It would have been great to see more content on how they work remotely - whereas I actually think Lean UX is a better indication of how to work remotely, and still be productive and collaborative when designing, or planning sprints etc.

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Jon

Instant Messenger the elephant in the corner of the interruption factory

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 February 2017

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A useful book, to the point that I will order a copy myself after reading a chunk of a borrowed one. However, my main gripe with the tools presented is the inclusion of messenger apps such as Jabber. These, from my own numerous experiences, are a major source of the "interruption factory" old-school culture that prevents people from working effectively and deeply in a modern office. They are equivalent to people walking up to your desk, shouting across the office or having a conversation next to you, and a primary source of interruption for anyone who thinks for a living. Messenger apps have their place, but they are just a text version of the telephone, and equally distracting. Great if you talk for a living, abysmal if you think for your salary. This major criticism aside (and it's a big one as I generally respect Fried's work), this is a useful book for those considering taking the leap or improving their current remote working.

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J. Marsh

An easy read and a modern take on the people who build your business

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 November 2013

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I've worked remotely in the past, and in-house more recently, as an employee and manager, so I certainly didn't need convincing that remote work offers a lot of positives for employees and businesses willing to let go of some traditional staples. What I enjoyed most about Remote was how inspired I felt while reading it, I kept thinking "Yes, they GET it." It's not an in-depth instruction manual, nor an overly analytic case study. Rather, I found it a relatively and refreshingly easy read with some solid examples covering key areas of consideration. I went away feeling hopeful, not just about the state of remote working, because as the authors mention, it's not a new fad and it's not going away. No, I went away feeling hopeful about how 37signals talk about their team and talent, how they view the business value of employees being able to live how and where they want, while still contributing to a driven team. Want to travel? No problem, grab your laptop and go. Want to work in the office, sure thing. Afternoons with your children, easy. You don't/shouldn't have to give up what you love in life just to make a living. It's an ethos I really believe in, and I think this book serves as a great positive introduction.

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A Customer

Easy, concise, engaging, informative, but only one perspective on the matter

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 November 2016

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I think the best advice regarding remote work these days can come from someone who is already doing it. And the authors of this book certainly fit that description. This book is mainly intended for those considering remote work, or those in the early stages (like me) looking for a broader perspective. It's a very light read with short and concise chapters and simple language. It is clearly in favour of remote work so one would have to look at a different book or one's own experience for the downsides of remote work depending on how different one's situation is from that described in the book.

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chelsey

Great insights on the world of remote workers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 September 2021

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Very enlightening and eye opening. Full of useful information that will help relieve remote work concerns, as it provides clarity on the subject in a clear and concise way.

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TIMOTHY J THORNHAM

Maybe the way forward?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 December 2013

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After reading Rework and recognising some real breakthrough ideas in that book, I was eager to hear about remote working.

The book does put the case well for remote working, but don't expect the same 'aha' moments that came with Rework.

The book focuses on this single topic and puts a balanced argument forward for how and when it can be made to work. Its not a 'silver bullet' solution and I can see that applying these ideas in a mid/large size organization will need significant effort and determination - and needs to be weighed up against the other day to day challenges that face everyone in a 'normal' office.

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Reformed Geek

Far too broad to be of much use.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 July 2014

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When I was hired for a role that required me to work from home I was concerned about coping with such a change and so turned to the internet for advice. This book was recommended to me a few times and so I decided buy it.

It covered the subject of remote working very broadly. It covers the subject from both the side of the employee, the manager and the company so only maybe 3 chapters were of much use and those chapters but a few short pages long with most of the advice offered being pretty much common sense rather than anything groundbreaking.

There was also quite a bit of self-promoting trumpet blowing about how amazing the writers company is that was rather off-putting.

It did have a few useful pointers which is why it is getting 3 stars, but I was underwhelmed and disappointed.

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Nick

As simple to digest as the message itself

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 December 2013

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By complete fluke I came across a video of Jason Fried and have been since hooked on his finding out more about his collaborative products at 37signals and it's work culture.

Great book for this insight.

I work for a large multinational in a global IT solution delivery role and when I compare the tools we use for collaborating on our global projects to what is out there in the market and explained here I can see incredible opportunities to speed up our solution life cycle and implementations. Better tools and 2013 thinking (not 1913) can radically change this.

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