Async updates instead of meetings

A five-minute recording replaces the meeting where you'd have shown the same thing live, and the people watching can do it at their own pace, in their own time zone.

The workflow

1. Record your screen with a camera bubble and walk through the work. Show the design, the PR, the dashboard, or the decision you need.
2. Trim it in the transcript. Delete the tangents; remove filler words in one click. A tight three minutes is more likely to be watched.
3. Share the iCloud link in Slack or the ticket. Teammates watch in the browser, with no account, no app, and no access requests.
4. Paste the transcript under the link for the people who skim instead of watch. They get every word without pressing play.

Compared to subscription async-video tools

Most async-video tools are subscription services that upload every recording to their cloud and meter you by video count or length. Screen Recording works the other way around.

• Recordings are yours. They live on your Mac; links go through your iCloud. There is no subscription to cancel and no library to lose access to.
• No per-video limits. No cap on count, length, or quality.
• Viewers are anonymous. No sign-in wall for your teammates, and no engagement tracking on them either.
• $29 once instead of a per-seat monthly bill. See Screen Recording vs. Loom.

Where it fits

• Standup updates when the team spans time zones
• PR walkthroughs that would take three rounds of comments to explain
• Design reviews where pointing at the screen is the explanation
• Handoffs before vacation

Video

This page's video shows the workflow end to end. The steps it records are written up in the async-updates video script.