1/ The key to distributed software teams is pair programming. More than anything else, this is the key that unlocks the potential of distributed.

2/ In a distributed team, pair programming is how you gain the feeling of camaraderie and cause knowledge to spread.

3/ Because of pairing I don't feel distant from my team even though we're hundreds of miles apart.

4/ We pair once or twice a day for 45 minutes a session. The rest of the day is total, absolute focus.