Chapter10: HowtoWorkinDifferentTimezones 113 goals we actually accomplished. Each of those live in Async—an in-house tool that gives everyone a set place to write anything they need to share with the entire team and forces us to “work in public.” “You have to force yourself to be explicit in communication.” - David Fullerton Sometimesyouneedsomeonetoholdyouaccountableorjusttoworkalong- sideyou.JeffAtwoodfoundthatwhenhestartedStackOverflowprogramming onhisownturnedintoalonelyjob. “I was coding alone,” he says. “Really alone. One guy working all by yourself alone. This didn’t work at all for me. I was unmoored, directionless, suffering fromanalysisparalysis,andbarelyabletogetmotivatedenoughtowriteeven afewlinesofcode.” His solution was to have a coding partner, someone he’d bounce ideas off of andcheckinwithaboutprojectprogress.Worktogether,evenifthereisatime gap, and you’ll find that the old adage “two are better than one” is still true.