Working together The ‘work self’ vs the other self Do you ever think of your ‘work self’ as a different person? I try not to, but it happens. Lately I’ve been trying to bring these two people closer together. Written by Jess Allison May 29, 2021July 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Communication Using emoji: In Life and On Slack Taking a break? Working from home? Do not disturb? Which emoji says it in one tidy character? Should we use emoji at all?! (tl;dr: yes) Written by Jess Allison October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Inspo Monthly(ish) favourites — MARCH, June… what month is it AGAIN? (2020) It's been... quite a year. In amongst all the doom and darkness, here are a couple of things Jess has been digging that you might too. Written by Jess Allison July 14, 2020September 13, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Organisation How I prepare my personal tax return On the topic of ‘how a producer-type manages their finances’ I thought it would be useful to share my process for preparing a tax return in Australia and —spoiler alert— how I prepare little parts through the year, so at tax time it’s just a matter of compiling them all. Written by Jess Allison July 11, 2020October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Community Black Lives Matter We've been prompted to examine our place in the systemic racism that exists, and to seek out actions we can take to make meaningful change. Written by Jess Allison June 11, 2020October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Inspo Monthly favourites — November 2019 How is it almost Christmas? Did November even happen? Just a tidy two tidbits for you today... Written by Jess Allison December 13, 2019June 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Inspo Monthly favourites — October 2019 We're midway through Spring. It finally feels like winter is almost a distant memory and summer is right around the corner. Here are some things that we've been enjoying during this seasonal transition. Written by Jess Allison November 16, 2019October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Communication Organisation Email management principles I've found an approach to email management that works for me, which might help you too. Written by Jess Allison November 5, 2019October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Inspo Monthly favourites — September 2019 September swept by, spring sprung in and here are a few things that caught our attention. Written by Jess Allison October 5, 2019November 16, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Communication Producing our branding The process we followed to develop our branding and how it played out, including a free creative brief template for your next branding project. Written by Jess Allison September 15, 2019October 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Health What we’ve learned about taking lunch breaks If you have the luxury of choosing when to take your lunch break each day, you might sometimes find it appealing to cut it short to “get more done”, or worse… just work through. We set out to take our full lunch break every day to see what would happen. So what did happen? Read on… Written by Jess Allison September 8, 2019October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Inspo Monthly(ish) favourites — July & August 2019 Life happened in July, as it does. We took the pressure off by combining our favourites for the last two months (and we're giving Lil a break for a while, as life continues to happen!). Written by Jess Allison September 4, 2019October 29, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Inspo Monthly favourites — June 2019 The end of the financial year, the start of winter, and a quiet time around these parts. Written by Jess Allison July 14, 2019September 1, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Inspo Monthly favourites — May 2019 Game of Thrones ended, the weather got cold, Lil had a birthday, and Aimee went on holidays! Here's what else stole our attention in May. Written by Jess Allison June 16, 2019August 3, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tools How we use: WordPress for this blog Why did we choose WordPress.org for this blog and why is it different to WordPress.com? Here's our take, along with the steps we took to set up this blog. Written by Jess Allison June 9, 2019October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Inspo Monthly favourites — April 2019 April was filled with Easter Eggs and Anzac Cookies, among some of these other things! Written by Jess Allison May 31, 2019July 14, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life (outside work) What happened when I had an untouchable day In this era of uber-connection, it’s not often that you’re completely unreachable by anyone. So I gave it a go. Written by Jess Allison May 19, 2019October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Career Reflections on starting a side project Let’s just call them projects, because “side” or otherwise, we’ve learned that to do well takes a lot of work! Written by Jess Allison May 10, 2019October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tools How I use: Dropbox for iPhone photo storage and backup Or in other words: how to stop clogging up your phone storage with photos, by taking them off your phone and putting them in Dropbox (cloud file hosting). Written by Jess Allison May 5, 2019May 5, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Inspo Monthly favourites — March 2019 Here's what we got stuck into in March: what we listened to, watched, read and learned. Our monthly favourites, if you will! Written by Jess Allison April 28, 2019June 1, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environment Welcome to Jess Co Imagine if you were a company: what are your brand pillars? What's on your personal charter? What are the non-negotiable rules your "employees" must follow? Here Jess ponders how thinking of herself as a company might make some decisions much easier, and shares a free template for creating your own personal charter. Written by Jess Allison April 7, 2019October 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Inspo Monthly favourites — February 2019 February went by fast, but we managed to stop and smell the roses / watch TV / use apps / read. Here are a few of our favourite things! Written by Jess Allison March 26, 2019October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Health What we’ve learned about turning off notifications on our phone We changed the notification settings on our iPhones to see what would happen and —spoiler alert— it can only do good! (Needless to say, we’re keeping them off.) Written by Jess Allison February 20, 2019October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tools How to choose a website platform There are a zillion platform options, but they’re not one size fits all. Here’s how we chose the platform for our website, and the questions we asked ourselves. Written by Jess Allison February 13, 2019October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tools Forwarding to multiple addresses in Gmail Gmail offers forwarding to one email at a time by default. Here’s how we got around it using forwarding addresses and filters. Written by Jess Allison February 13, 2019October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Communication Kind regards: why authenticity is queen You are a special snowflake. Don't let that disappear when it comes to writing emails! Written by Jess Allison February 3, 2019October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Inspo Monthly favourites — January 2019 Our monthly favourites for January 2019. Things we've liked that you might too. (Also how is it 2019 already?!) Written by Jess Allison February 2, 2019March 25, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Health Hey, I’m walking here! The benefits of walking meetings, and why you should consider taking some meetings outside. At least promise you'll try it once. Written by Jess Allison January 15, 2019March 25, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Health Crumbs (and other reasons not to eat at your desk) Crumbs are a very good reason not to eat at your desk. Here we give you a few more! Have a little read and see if you agree. Written by Jess Allison January 15, 2019May 19, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Inspo Monthly favourites — December 2018 Our monthly favourites for December 2018. Things we've been doing, reading, listening to, and learning lately. Written by Jess Allison January 14, 2019March 25, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tools How we use: Trello for to do lists If you’re asking yourself ‘what on earth is a Trello?’ then this is the post for you. Written by Jess Allison December 22, 2018October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Communication Just write it! A statement of intention to become a better writer. Written by Jess Allison December 22, 2018March 25, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Organisation Inbox zero I’m feeling pretty smug right now — I’ve achieved 21st century zen: the elusive Inbox Zero. I did it and you can too, let me explain... Written by Jess Allison December 22, 2018October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Career What does a Digital Producer do? You know, we like, produce things... digitally. Written by Jess Allison December 22, 2018October 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Community Welcome to Producing Paradise A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Written by Jess Allison December 22, 2018April 7, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Inspo Monthly favourites — November 2018 Our monthly favourites for November 2018. These are the things we thought were pretty spesh, or worth sharing. Written by Jess Allison December 1, 2018March 25, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
