A tip for remote teams of 2-10 people. Create a personal “ramblings” channel for each teammate in your team’s chat app of choice.
Ramblings channels let everyone share what’s on their mind without cluttering group channels. Think of them as personal journals or microblogs inside your team’s chat app, a lightweight way to add ambient social cohesion.
People typically post short updates 1-3 times per week. Common topics include:
- ideas related to current projects
- musings about blog posts, articles, user feedback
- “what if” suggestions
- photos from recent trips or hobbies
- rubber ducking a problem
This is really cool and we probably should do this at work.