Remote Work Tips/Tools

Recently my work has approved for me to go full-time remote. Prior to this I didn't give the topic of full-time remote working too much consideration because I assumed (we all know what that does...) that covid wasn't going to be as drawn out as it has become. Now that I've shifted to a full-time remote position, I've been giving a lot of thought to what tips or tools can make it easier to work with other remote coworkers or coworkers that are "on site."

I recognize that communication is probably the most important factor and is one of the biggest reasons that employers want employees on site. I mainly got permission to go remote because I've worked hard to develop good communication pipelines and habits while we're all working from home. A few ideas I've had with helping communication are:

- Using some form of digital whiteboard. I haven't found anything that satisfies me because I'd really like to be able to virtually collaborate with coworkers, just like I would on a physical whiteboard. Tablets or software might work well if you're not looking for that collaborative feature.

- Write a daily update on messaging channel shared by the team at the end of the day. There's no mandatory daily update and I head my own very small team (2 people) on an R&D project, but I give daily updates, just to be transparent about progress to management so they don't feel like they're out of the loop (I've got really good bosses so this hasn't been abused so far). This also serves as notes to other team members who might be out one day or people who just come in to help with something specific and want project context, they can look over daily updates.

I'm early in my tech career, so I probably don't have as much insight into what else could be beneficial to be a good remote worker. I'd be interested in other communication tools, technical tips, or any other advice people have to offer.