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Schedule a co-working session online.
I’ve been doing daily sessions with friends and my Patreon supporters, where I set up a Zoom video call. People log in at the appointed time, and the size varies, but is usually around a half dozen or so. They don’t need to have a webcam or even a microphone, since there’s a chat window. They do need a decent (as opposed to weak or unreliable) Internet connection.
Our format is pretty simple. We take the first 5–10 minutes to say what we’re working on and what we’d like to get accomplished, along with any other important news. Then everyone mutes, I set a thirty minute timer, and we work. Sometimes people get interrupted by children with homework or housemates with a question. That’s okay. Since people are muted, that’s generally not too distracting.
At the end of the first sprint, we check in and go around to say how everyone is doing. Then we repeat this two more times. This gets us through somewhere between an hour and forty-five minutes to two hours, depending on how long we converse. If people need to communicate something, they use the chat window, which I tend to monitor. It may be good to appoint someone the facilitator, though that’s additional work for someone; perhaps rotate the responsibility.
