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How I organize my day with TickTick

by David Romeroin Remote WorkLeave a Comment on How I organize my day with TickTick

How I organize my day with TickTick

It’s not a secret: I’m a mess. I always relied on my memory to remember when I have to do something, go somewhere, meet a deadline or provide malt to the cat. If you have little things to take care of, this kind of works, but when you’re adding up tasks (both work and personal related), you need to start noting down and tracking all the things you need to do. I used many apps to achieve this: Simplenote, Google Calendar, Todoist, Things, etc., but in the end, I decided to go with TickTick, and I will explain why.

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How to organize a Team Meetup

by David Romeroin Remote WorkLeave a Comment on How to organize a Team Meetup

How to organize a Team Meetup

When you’re working from home, you’re losing an important part that it’s normally born when your setup is in an office or any other working space: the human touch. Connecting with your team, knowing them better, what they like, dislike, what kind of jokes they make, how they react when they’re frustrated, anxious, happy, etc. Some people may prefer (or like) to work alone without distractions, but knowing the people you’re working with defines the line of success and motivation within your team. What to do when your whole team setup is remote? The answer is Team Meetups.

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How to work remotely in Japan for 3 months

by David Romeroin Lifestyle, Remote Work2 Comments on How to work remotely in Japan for 3 months

How to work remotely in Japan for 3 months

If there’s a constant in my life, that’s Japan. 90% of the things I like come from that country, and I’m completely in love with their culture, cities, nature, and religion. How would it be living and working there for a while? A question that was always floating around my head but that I never had the chance to figure out. The answer to that question was finally presented to me in 2019 when I decided to take a step forward and move all the necessary threads to spend some time there.

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Doing things, but remotely

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Doing things, but remotely

I spent almost 7 years of my life working from an office. Most of my job was done by just sitting on a chair in front of a desk, monitoring telecommunication towers, radio systems, network status, creating new services for the Installation Team, and of course, speaking with customers via phone. But not everything was just sitting in there – when you work in an office you also have your colleagues to speak to, you have your watercooler, lunch breaks, and that juicy gossip about someone who got into a fight with the boss last afternoon.

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