Our Blog
Our free-range thinking.
Carefully sourced from all corners of the world, our team brings with them unparalleled international experience in business, technology and design. Despite our different backgrounds, experiences and skill sets, we share an unbridled passion for all things digital. From time to time this passion will spill out here as opinion pieces, comprehensive explainers and the occasional rant or rave.
Read MoreDesign
Hatchd at UX Camp '24
18/09/2024
Last Friday, our design team attended UX Camp ‘24. We were blown away by the quality of talent within Perth’s design comm...
Read MoreTech
Learning Go
27/08/2024
Our team has recently been getting into the world of Go. We have worked with ...
Read MoreTech
The Great Debate: PWA vs Native Apps - who won?
29/05/2024
Our sister company Adapptor kindly invited us along to the Perth Mobile App Developers meetup to argue the case for Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) and how they differ from Native Mobile Apps. Find out who won!
Read MoreProduct Management
What is a digital roadmap and why does your team need one?
27/12/2023
At Hatchd, we collaborate with clients daily to strategise, design, and deliver their digital products and platforms. Find out how to help your team get your digital ducks in a row and get aligned on a digital approach for the future.
Read MoreTech
How to connect a bluetooth device to your own web application
07/02/2023
Bluetooth technology has been around now for over 20 years, becoming faster, more efficient and more accessible during that time. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology was created as a low energy option for a device that could last a long period of time with a single battery.
Read MoreDesign
Heading in the right direction
22/11/2022
Every artist wants to make work that people care about and it’s kind of hard not to care if it’s a painting of you...
Read MoreTech
Oops, I forgot my business card!
10/11/2022
Whilst trying to think of possible internal projects that we could work on to level up the team's skills, we had the idea to create a digital business card. We live in a world where everything is going digital, everybody is more eco-conscious and mobile phones are our constant companions.
Read MorePeople, Product
Success reimagined at work
08/09/2022
What does it mean to be successful? This elusive concept of success in one’s career is an age-old question that differs from person to person, spanning across working generations.
Read MoreTech
The Holy Grail of UI Libraries
28/07/2022
Within the Tech world there has always been this insatiable quest for the holy grail of UI libraries. One that works across ALL platforms. Android, iPhone AND Web. Imagine having only one code base to maintain / bugfix / update. Think of the time you could save when testing or doing design reviews.
Read MorePeople
I was an old dog and this was a new trick (sort of)!
28/06/2022
I retired in 2018 after almost 45 years in the finance industry. I wasn’t going to be bored. I was going to ride my bicycle, swim down the beach and do all the jobs around the house that I had been putting off until I retired. I also wanted to do some volunteer work.
Read MoreProduct Management
My adventures in leading great product teams
03/05/2022
Ten years ago I graduated in Journalism and Public Relations having been discouraged from pursuing STEM subjects by my country high school. However, a decade on, I am up to my neck in STEM and leading teams packed full of specialists delivering products for our clients, including some start-ups that have gone on to list on the ASX.
Read MoreProduct, Design
How to play your job like a video game
08/04/2022
Video games are great, they delight us, they challenge us and they reward us, but most of all, games are fun. In this piece, we talk about how to develop your skills whilst gamifying your job at the same time. Channel your inner nerd and start playing.