Chapter10: HowtoWorkinDifferentTimezones 109 The Couchsurfing team has a similar schedule to make sure everyone’s con- nected.“Wehaveabi-monthlyfullcompanymeetingtomakesureweallknow westill exist,” writes designer Ben Hanna. “You may not need to do this, but for us it is good to hear voices we may not interact with on a daily basis.” The Couchsurfing team also has “one-on-one meetings, conversations and project managementmeetingstokeepeveryoneontask,”justasourteamdoes. If you have a large distributed team, you might not need to try so hard to stay connected. Berkun found this out while working at Automattic. “Since there are people working from nearly every time zone in the world, there was alwayssomeoneonlinetohelpwithaproblemorjokearoundwithwhenyou’re working,” he wrote in his book. Evenstill,oddsareyou’llbeworkingwithsomeonewho’snotonlineatthesame timeasyou.Forthat,besuretotryabithardertostayintouch.It’sworthit. FaceTimeandSkypearegreatforquickone-to-onecalls,GoogleHangoutsare great for team meetings and broadcastedmeetings,andZoomisthebesttool we’ve found for getting a huge team on a call together. You might even want to get a Twilio number so your teammates can call you without racking up international charges. Whatever works best for your team, just put the effort into staying connected.