====== Distributed Pair Programming ======

Distributed pair programming has come a long way since I first tried it ten years ago.  Even back then, it could work surprisingly well.  Now, there are a huge variety of choices for how to do it.

This afternoon I had a need to do it and here's what we did:

  - Created a Google Hangout that we used to share screens.
  - Dialed each other; one of us had a mobile phone + headset, the other was on a VOIP system.
  - Went to work!

It worked surprisingly well!

If you try this, here are a few things to be wary of:

  * Background noise coupled with headsets that don't do noise cancellation.
  * Any generally distracting environment.

For reference, here is a modern list of cross-platform ways to share screens.  The old standby, VNC, still works.  But these days there are almost always better alternatives.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/335158/share-desktop-via-web-browser