Brought to you by Virtual Not Distant (https://virtualnotdistant.com) in London, in today's "what's going on?" series Pilar Orti and Maya Middlemiss discuss:

02:08 The state of remote work right now

•  Pandemic working is not remote working
•  But this wasn’t what I meant, when I said working from home was great!
• Older employees are adapting to remote work better than younger workers

17.10 Location independent lifestyle

• Hawaii's Remote Work Program Comes With Free Flights
• Repeople (Nomad City) 

23.38 New tech for remote

• ‘Moodbeam’: A wristband that tells your boss if you are unhappy. The Future Of Trello Is On The Horizon: Take a Sneak Peek and Going Beyond The Board: A Whole New Trello Is Here.
• Healthy Happy Homeworking mailing list: Don't be a Zoom Zombie!)
• The launch of Microsoft Viva - the 'employee experience platform'. 

45.37 Virtual not Distant news

• A LinkedIn discussion which became  a blog post, 
• Making the Most of Virtual Facilitation: Using the Asynchronous Space
• Maya's community for homeworkers: Healthy Happy Homeworking Facebook group,
• Richard MacKinnon's WorkLifePsych.club 

These are not Virtual Not Distant communities, but we’re always listening to you too.