Outlook plugin

People share AirDeck presentations by email, but sharing took about seven steps. They involved going through seven different tabs: selecting the deck, choosing the people to share it with, and more. The steps are part of how the product works, so they couldn't simply be removed.

Since the steps couldn't be cut inside AirDeck, I moved the sharing to where the email already is. I developed an Outlook plugin: a person signs in with their AirDeck account, sees their deck information in Outlook, and clicks the deck. The plugin adds the deck's link with its picture and description (Open Graph metadata) filled in automatically, so nothing has to be written or built by hand. Sharing went from about seven steps to two.

The plugin could only exist because of the OAuth 2.0 work: it reaches a person's protected decks on their behalf through the standard sign-in flow, with no passwords copied into Outlook.

None. The seven steps could not be cut because of the business logic, so the answer was to put sharing inside the email, which is why I chose Outlook.

Developed an Outlook plugin that allowed users to share AirDeck presentations directly as part of their email workflow.

The integration simplified the deck-sharing process from approximately seven steps to two, significantly reducing the interaction required for users to share AirDeck content through Outlook.

Impact: Reduced the AirDeck deck-sharing workflow from 7 steps to 2.

• It is another piece to keep working, because I have to track changes in Outlook.
• It covers Outlook only. A Gmail version is planned but not built.
• The plugin depends on AirDeck's sign-in working.

Sharing a deck takes two steps instead of seven. The integration pattern now works for other tools too, since any external tool can connect the same way.