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🧵 1/ If the past 2 years have taught us anything, it’s that business as usual is broken. Remote work promised a revolution, but meetings simply morphed into Zooms. Shoulder taps multiplied into relentless DMs. Long office hours became a constant presence on Slack.

Here are @doist's 10 communication standards that have helped our remote team build the world's #1 productivity tool: @todoist ✅ - 100 teammates in 35 countries - Averaging <2 hrs/wk of meetings - Serving 40M+ customers in 19 languages #AsyncNotASAP forbes.com/sites/forbesbu…

There is too much focus on doing many things at once. The real leverage comes out of extreme focus. A single app, one window, and only focusing on one task at a time. There are also many studies on the harm of multi-tasking. It can take as much as 40% of your productive time (source will be linked below)...

@Eckardt_ Back up and running— what a relief! Thanks so much for your patience, Eckardt. twitter.com/TwistStatus/st…

@TwistWork Thanks a mil!

@TwistWork 🚨 seems you're suffering an outage? We're not able to send or receive messages for the past 2-4hrs. 😱

@amix3k Look Pa, we finally made it! Our name's up in lights, in the big city!😎 Big shout out to our friends @tryramp for helping bring the voice of real users like @thisismahir to the masses!

@teddyferrin Should be back up as of about 15 minutes ago, just in case you hadn't seen our other tweet. Thanks for your patience!

@TwistWork mayday mayday. You're down. When can you be back up? Nobody able to send messages.

@JUnderwood_1 @CircuitApp Should be back up as of about 15 minutes ago, just in case you hadn't seen our other tweet. Thanks for your patience!

@TwistWork Twist is currently down for the @CircuitApp can you look into it and let us know what's going on?

@LauraHenze24 Should be back up as of about 15 minutes ago, just in case you hadn't seen our other tweet. Thanks for your patience!

@TwistWork Any updates on when your site will be up again?

@SwissInHKG @TwistStatus We've been back up for a few minutes now, just in case you hadn't seen that. 😊

@TwistWork @TwistStatus No problem 😌

@TwistStatus do you have problems with the servers? @TwistWork

@teddyferrin Hi Ted, We're very sorry for the serious inconvenience. 🙏 Our engineers are working right now to address the outage, which is affecting us too! For updates, see status.twist.io or follow @TwistStatus on Twitter. We apologize again, and thank you for your patience.

@JUnderwood_1 @CircuitApp Hi Jack, We're very sorry for the inconvenience. 🙏 Our engineers are working right now to address the outage, which is affecting us too! For updates, see status.twist.io or follow @TwistStatus on Twitter. We apologize again, and thank you for your patience.

@LauraHenze24 We're very sorry for the inconvenience. 🙏 Our engineers are working right now to address the outage, which is affecting us too! For updates, see status.twist.io or follow @TwistStatus on Twitter. We apologize again, and thank you for your patience.

For those interested in escaping the tyranny of "workism," may we humbly recommend this fantastic new book by @SimoneStolzoff, The Good Enough Job. Support the movement towards a healthier relationship with work: bookshop.org/p/books/the-go… amzn.com/059353896X

@TheRemoteManagr One day, Matt, one day... 🤗

7️⃣ Twist - @TwistWork If my org wasn't 70 people that have Slack stockholm syndrome, we'd be on Twist. Mindful threaded communication. No anxiety red dots. No typing indicators. Closure by marking threads as complete and messaging inbox zero. Bliss.

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Great demo on our latest improvements from the @amix3k! Step-by-step, we're building the tools to make the future of work you deserve. 😊

@reflectnotes @todoist @Cron @UseTwist Thanks for the mention! Please note our updated handle though—@TwistWork— and keep up the great work!

What are some unique digital tools Francesco uses? • @todoist – for task management • @Cron – for calendar events and scheduling meetings • @UseTwist – for team communication

What kind of tools does a productivity YouTuber use in their work environment? @FrancescoD_Ales walks us through his office setup, some favorite software tools and the regular habits he practices.

@todoist @krighaar @FlotFyr86 @WorkJoyHQ @amix3k We've got lots of async resources indeed, Hans-Kristian, please do take a look... and feel free to ask us any other questions you may have! #AsyncNotASAP A few to get you started 😉: async.twist.com/when-to-take-r… async.twist.com/how-to-move-yo… async.twist.com/how-to-make-de…

@krighaar @FlotFyr86 @WorkJoyHQ @amix3k Thanks for the shout, Peter! Our aforementioned sister app, @TwistWork has a whole site devoted to async work practices. Check it out at async.twist.com!

Who has experience running async meetings? I have just started doing this regularly (via @WorkJoyHQ) and it clearly beats Slack / brainstorm meetings 🤘 But I want to learn from the best so who has any great insights or experiences on async meetings?

@minimumstudio @linear @loom @GrainHQ Thanks so much for the kind words! ❤️ So happy to be a small force in favor of more sanity! 😊

Tools that keep us sane as a remote team: @TwistWork for mindful, async communication 🧠 @linear for a great workflow @loom & @GrainHQ for context Team retreats every few months to get to know each other 🌞

@balance_wtf @NotionHQ @SlackHQ Thanks for the kind words, Alex! It's strange how some psychologically sophisticated companies prioritize engagement over focus, even when it's detrimental to the well-being of their users. But with growing awareness, change is definitely possible!