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title: Remote Working with Matrix
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pub_date: 2020-03-15
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author: ungleich
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twitter_handle: ungleich
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abstract:
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Workin from home or remote and using the Internet to stay in touch
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body:
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## TL;DR
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* Go to https://account.ungleich.ch, create an account, it's free
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* Verify your account by email
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* Go to https://matrix.ungleich.ch, login with your new account
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* Type **/join #covid-19:ungleich.ch** if you want to talk about
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topics related to the virus.
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* Talk to people. You are not alone.
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* Create your own rooms as needed (as in above channel if you need help)
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* Stay home
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## Coronavirus, remote working and how to not go crazy
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The covid-19 virus forces a lot of us to think differently, behave
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differently and work differently. Whether you have to work from home
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or whether you do it voluntarily, you might want to stay in touch with
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other people. With your teammates, colleagues or other people.
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## Isolate in real life, stay connected digitally
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One of the most important things to do at the moment is to not further
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spread the virus. Here in Switzerland, we try to reduce the risk by
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social distancing. No shaking hands, coughing and sneezing into your
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elbow and in general to stay away from other people.
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If you are not used to staying alone or isolated, this can be a tricky
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thing to do. Luckily, we do have the Internet that allows us to talk
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with each other, without causing a danger to each other.
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While there are a variety of tools out there to stay in touch with
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each other, we propose to use the **matrix** chat for a variety of
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reasons:
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## Matrix is federated. Federated = open to talk to others
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Matrix is federated. As opposed to Whatsapp, Telegram, Hangouts,
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Skype or Slack, Matrix is open to connect to others. Let me guide you through
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how it differs to other systems:
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If you create an account on https://account.ungleich.ch and then go to
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https://matrix.ungleich.ch afterwards, you can talk to anyone in the
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world, who is also using matrix. Not the one from ungleich, but maybe
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the one from https://matrix.org. Or from somebody completely
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different.
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Matrix is not a closed system. If you decide that you want to write to
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somebody on a different server, you can do so.
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Matrix also allows you to **call** other people or have **video
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conferences**.
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## A matrix channel dedicated to COVID-19
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So coronavirus. Social distancing. We created a channel dedicated to
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the coronavirus to discuss the topic. If you created an account above
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and joined https://matrix.ungleich.ch, you can join the channel by
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typing **/join #covid-19:ungleich.ch** or use the
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[matrix.to](https://matrix.to/#/#covid-19:ungleich.ch) service.
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The covid-19 channel is open for everyone. You can discuss how you
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feel, whether you are affected, infected, bored or ask questions about
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how to behave. Beware though, we are **not** a medical team. This is
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more the type of alcoholics anonymous style, not a digital hospital.
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## Your own matrix server
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If you are newly into remote work and you want or need your
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your own matrix server,
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this is something that we provide. You can checkout the
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[Hosted Matrix Chat](/u/products/hosted-matrix-chat/) for details. It
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allows you to manage your own chat rooms and to control whom to invite
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to what.
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If you just need a place to talk with your friends, you can
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do so freely on https://matrix.ungleich.ch.
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## Future of the coronavirus
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No one of us knows at the moment how things will continue with the
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covid-19 virus, but we wish everyone to stay safe. And hopefully above
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chat helps some of us to not stay too alone, even if we are alone at
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home.
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Stay safe!
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