Colocated Mowser
Russ and I sat down in the same room to work on Mowser stuff for pretty much the first time yesterday. Between the holidays and just stuff that had piled up and needed to be done, it was just the first real chunk of time we had to get work done. Both of us have worked remotely or virtual office or whatever you want to call it. I spend a few years actually working with a group of folks I hadn’t met in person till about 2 years into the project.
Still it was amazingly effective to be in the same room working on stuff for a chunk of time. We found a bunch of little bugs, brainstormed how to fix a few issues that were kicking around, and implemented big chunks of a new feature. In a few days we’ll have stuff synced up well and we won’t need to be in the same place. Right now though it’s having a tremendous impact. Much more drastic than I had expected.
