# Encouraging a Culture of Written Communication – mcls - Host: [mcls.io](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/mcls.io/) - Saved: May 14, 2020 (2020-05-15T02:31:01Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/99d4c614e8cb/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/99d4c614e8cb.json ## What Jamie wrote Many of us have been thrown into distributed work over the last two months. It will take our cultures a while to transform around that. It is clear to me that the pervasive use of tools like Zoom to "lift and shift" meetings to a distributed environment is a stepping stone. This article highlights the things that develop after that. > More and more people are being exposed to working remotely. One of the key factors for success in a remote workplace is a culture of written communication. It’s not always obvious how to create such a culture, and it takes at least some level of discipline from the people involved to make it a habit. The analogy comes to mind of "lift & shift" software into the cloud, which foregoes many of the benefits of the cloud, versus developing "cloud native" solutions that are aligned with the natural capabilities. Written text is more aligned with distributed work, but it is a hard transition to make. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Appears in - [WT148: Weekly Thing #148 / What Day Is It?, Written Communication, Lisp](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/148/), Recommended Links ## Saved the same week - [Second-guessing the modern web - macwright.org](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ebaa216561b0/) (macwright.org, May 14, 2020) - [The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/42d15f39e224/) (erinbromage.com, May 14, 2020) - [Oragono](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f68248ea257b/) (oragono.io, May 14, 2020) - [Dave Grohl: The Irreplaceable Thrill of the Rock Show - The Atlantic](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/fc7b36af9145/) (theatlantic.com, May 14, 2020) - [AP source: MLB owners OK plan that could lead to July start](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/63180e4356e7/) (msn.com, May 14, 2020) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.mcls.io/blog/encouraging-a-culture-of-written-communication