[dcaylor]

Different people communicate well in different ways. There's a tendency to think there's a right way to do these things. There isn't. You have to have a way for people to chat with each other informally that works for the real people on a real team, and a work environment and culture that encourage it. Whether that can be done remotely or not, or whether it actually works better remotely, depends on the specific people and the relational chemistry of the team.