Robby Macdonell
@robbymacdonell
Product Design
UX Design
Web Developer
Life Long Learner
Web Design
User Research
Startup
Early Adopter
Figma Wizard
Mental Health
Remote Worker
Product Research
A11y
Seen Some Sh*t
Ruby on Rails
Dog Dad
Burnout Survivor
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Hi! I’m Robby Macdonell. I’ve worked in tech startups of all sizes for the better part of two decades. I’ve been a designer, developer, user researcher, product leader, and executive.
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I'm open to
writing,
advising companies,
full time roles,
mentoring,
speaking on podcasts,
brainstorming,
nft projects,
and joining daos.
Contact Me
Resume
Jun 2016 - Feb 2020
CEO, RescueTime
Nov 2011 - May 2016
VP of Product, RescueTime
Sep 2010 - Oct 2011
Front-end / User Experience developer, zulily
Portfolio
Became CEO at RescueTime.com
Started working at RescueTime.com as VP of Product.
Side projects
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 sinc...
Things I’ve built
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 th...
Articles and blogs
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...
