Robby Macdonell

In 2021, I tried to build a product I thought I could grow into a company. It didn't work—but it was exactly what I needed. I just published some of the lessons I learned along the way.

I learned a lot about why the product failed, but the bigger lessons were about me, my relationship to work, and how I cope with doubt and insecurity.

https://mirror.xyz/robbymacdonell.eth/-ZRIctsRIlbHZNie_Cavx24FpQFagqRbno70omAQ1vc

Today (Nov. 22) I sent out a note to users that I'm shutting down Keep Posted. The deeper I went with it, the more I realized it wasn't solving the problem it was supposed to. It was fun, and (I think) a good attempt at fixing a real issue, but time to move on to something else.

I learned a lot from the project, both about the team-collaboration space and myself. Retrospective blog posts coming soon. 

Over the past couple months I've been working on a goofy little personal project that I didn't really think anyone would care about. Then my wife posted it on Reddit a couple days ago and it's since gotten over 50K visits and a ton of fun feedback. 

Also, I experienced the Reddit 'Hug of Death' for the first time and had to learn a LOT (at 4 in the morning!) about performance optimization!

https://www.moviesettingsdatabase.com/

Ended my journey as CEO at RescueTime!

Ended my journey as VP of Product at RescueTime!

Became CEO at RescueTime.com