A Japanese comedian said there are 3 types of work: solo work, pair work and 3+ works. I like this idea. Solo work is like a novel writer. Of course novel writers work with editors or so but they usually write novels alone. J.K. Rowling, the writer of Harry Potter series, sometimes stayed at a hotel in her living city in order to be al...

I'm a director that directs a small engineering team to improve products at some range. So planning and directing is my one of main work. And fortunately my company looks to appreciate my work. My boss said my planning is higher accuracy than others so he can leave things to me. I suppose it's because I usually make a plan by focusing ...

Last month I started to use products created by 37signals and decided to pay my money to those. (That's why I have my HEY World space here!) There are two main reasons. The first one is of course those products are good for me to improve my work or life. HEY changes my e-mailbox and resurrected my e-mail value. Basecamp also changed my...

At work, I try to be a nice guy. Of course it comes from my personal beliefs or philosophy, but there is also another calculated reason: Likability is an important factor for our productivity. It shouldn't be so surprising. You know everyone wants to work for people they like. However, many people forget that fact when they are working...

I started full-remote work several years ago and it has been successful so far. Our company's office is in Tokyo but I live in Nagano, about 4 hours away from Tokyo by car. Previously I lived in Tokyo and went to the office every day when the company didn't have a remote work rule. We started full remote work because Japanese governmen...

A few days ago, I talked with my company's HR (Human Resources) department about how we can expand my team. I'm the director of one small development team that resolves issues for our operations team from a developer's perspective. The team has only four members, and we are becoming overwhelmed as our product grows. We need more engine...

Hey everyone. I'm glad to be here, HEY World finally. First of all, I'd like to introduce myself quickly. I'm Iori Osada a.k.a Iorin0225 in the internet. I'm Japanese, totally living in Japan in a whole my life (except a few trips). I'm kind of a director and a programmer in a small Web-tech company in Japan. It's Japanese company but ...