I'm Dave. I'm a SaaS product designer who specializes in startups, open source, and user onboarding. I'm currently a principal designer at Automattic and I tinker with Howdy and User League on the side.
Japan, April 2019 Everything I Wish I knew About Stock Options 15 Years Ago Hold Regular Negativity Audits Handy Tip for Creating Full Length Screenshots Clever Onboarding Video It’s not about me Principles, People, Product, Profit The Resistance is Real Interesting Alternative to Freemium Pricing Designing a Great “Close My Account” Experience What can Cookbooks Teach Us About Design Systems? Ways for Designers to Learn JavaScript Making it easy for users to proactively give you feedback The key ingredient to successful trigger emails Duolingo’s Dynamic Homepage Content Gating Example Code (HTML, CSS, JS) Let’s Talk About Content Gating Test Every Assumption Complete Novice to Full-time Product Designer in 1-2 Years The Startup Playbook – Book Notes Test Your Designs Embrace Process, Avoid Ego “Creativity Inc.” notes Avoid Bandwagon Wisdom I’m a Mormon Don’t “Growth Hack” Tenacity Intentionally Tiny Side Projects Finding Balance Appearances Be Gut Driven, But Data Informed First Iterations Always Suck Always Work on Side Projects Start Each Design from Scratch Reducing Time to Clarity with Your Designs Don’t Pay for Design School I No Longer Want to Start a Startup My Origin Story