How to declutter YouTube and enjoy watching videos without distractions. — Obviously, you should have YouTube Premium (referral link) by now — who has time to watch all those ads? With that out of the way, let’s look at two Chrome add-ons or extensions that can make life even easier when using YouTube on your computer. Unhook A great browser extension to…

Collection of the apps I use on a daily basis to improve my productivity. — Let’s admit it — it can get pretty messy on your Mac after a while. Here are the tools I use to declutter my computer, hide distracting stuff, and optimise my workflows. Quitter Quitter is a Mac app that automatically hides or quits apps after periods of inactivity. …

A guide and overview on how to write an article for the internet. — If this is your first time writing an article, you might be wondering: How long should my article be? What topics should I write about? Will a lot of people read what I’m writing? Don’t worry, I’ll tackle everything one step at a time. How to find the best topics to write about Finding the best topics to write…

A Zoom meeting should not put you and your passengers in harm’s way. — It always alarms me when people at my company join Zoom calls while driving. I know why they are doing it — they have to drop off the kids, are running late from an appointment, or are out in the field and don’t come close to a desk or an…

How you can create 1:1 check-ins with your team member or manager that are productive and meaningful. — Before we start, it’s important to note that this structure can be applied by all attendees — it’s not up to one side only to organise and shape these periodical sessions. If you’re currently not having 1:1s with your manager, organise one! Put in a 15–25 minute meeting every one…

Thanks to their renter profile, people can apply on the go. Everything is saved for later — or for subsequent applications. — Challenge Most tenants find their new rental via realestate.com.au app. Before this project, users had to leave the app to apply on the third-party website 1form. This handover to a website was confusing and did not offer a great user experience.

My work as a UX and product designer requires heavy collaboration between other designers, product managers, and developers. I recently changed job and therefore moved from Figma (back) to Sketch. I already miss it. — Simultaneous collaboration in one file Sketch is still file-based — even in Cloud-mode. When viewing a file on Cloud, you first have to download it (or open it in Sketch via file browser). But there is no logical link between the two platforms. Figma empowers a business to collaborate on designs without the need of…

This project delivered a fully integrated application process for rental properties within the realestate.com.au ecosystem. — Challenge REA Group bought the rental applications platform 1Form in 2014. Because of latent user experience (mobile-unfriendly, more than 120 questions) and security concerns, REA decided to reimagine 1Form from the ground up and to integrate it into the realestate.com.au site.

This example was part of the HESTA website relaunch project. The review reused existing insights for the website and helped the client understand that more research is necessary. — Challenge The client already had conducted several research activities and was able to provide relevant reports. For the project, we wanted to identify existing insights that could guide us through the replatform project. Our aim was to avoid questions via research that were already answered.