Dave Crow
@davecrow.design
Director of Product + Design at Athletify
Midwesterner in Utah
davecrow.design
Midwesterner in Utah
davecrow.design
How old am I, you ask? Well, web design was in the multimedia department when I was in college.
July 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
How old am I, you ask? Well, web design was in the multimedia department when I was in college.
Spent some time prototyping with Firebase Studio this morning. There are many things I like about it.
But after a few iterations, it starts introducing regressions in functionality, and I end up going in circles.
Back to Cursor + Claude for now
But after a few iterations, it starts introducing regressions in functionality, and I end up going in circles.
Back to Cursor + Claude for now
April 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Spent some time prototyping with Firebase Studio this morning. There are many things I like about it.
But after a few iterations, it starts introducing regressions in functionality, and I end up going in circles.
Back to Cursor + Claude for now
But after a few iterations, it starts introducing regressions in functionality, and I end up going in circles.
Back to Cursor + Claude for now
We needed to add some descriptive text to this dialog. It's a simple change but one that is often difficult to prioritize because it doesn't seem worth distracting developers from larger tasks.
Cursor enables me to hop into the codebase and make small changes like this. #designsky
Cursor enables me to hop into the codebase and make small changes like this. #designsky
April 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We needed to add some descriptive text to this dialog. It's a simple change but one that is often difficult to prioritize because it doesn't seem worth distracting developers from larger tasks.
Cursor enables me to hop into the codebase and make small changes like this. #designsky
Cursor enables me to hop into the codebase and make small changes like this. #designsky
Current work soundtrack
music.youtube.com/watch?v=JRnD...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=JRnD...
Severance — Music To Refine To feat. ODESZA | Apple TV+
YouTube video by Apple TV
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March 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Current work soundtrack
music.youtube.com/watch?v=JRnD...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=JRnD...
Reminder: Thursday, the 13th is a day. #AppleIntelligence
March 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Reminder: Thursday, the 13th is a day. #AppleIntelligence
Been quite a while since I got to build a marketing page. But startup life means that I’m the product and marketing department.
Kinda fun to do something outside my usual type of work…
#designsky
www.athletify.com
Kinda fun to do something outside my usual type of work…
#designsky
www.athletify.com
Athletify
Modern staff scheduling for parks and rec departments
www.athletify.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Been quite a while since I got to build a marketing page. But startup life means that I’m the product and marketing department.
Kinda fun to do something outside my usual type of work…
#designsky
www.athletify.com
Kinda fun to do something outside my usual type of work…
#designsky
www.athletify.com
So many squabbles in the design industry are people talking past each other.
Companies at different sizes/stages need different approaches and level of process (duh).
Knowing what’s right for the context is the key to making an impact.
#designsky
Companies at different sizes/stages need different approaches and level of process (duh).
Knowing what’s right for the context is the key to making an impact.
#designsky
February 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
So many squabbles in the design industry are people talking past each other.
Companies at different sizes/stages need different approaches and level of process (duh).
Knowing what’s right for the context is the key to making an impact.
#designsky
Companies at different sizes/stages need different approaches and level of process (duh).
Knowing what’s right for the context is the key to making an impact.
#designsky
Cameron has been one of my favorite writers on design for 20+ years. And this one is an instant classic.
It’ll be required reading when I start building a team.
#designsky
It’ll be required reading when I start building a team.
#designsky
Really pleased with how this presentation came together for a group of UX students this week. And now I'm sharing it with all of you (including the colophon).
10 More Things I Wish Every Design Student Knew - Cameron Moll
Recently I gave a presentation to UX university students building on 10 Things shared years ago, and now I'm sharing it with you. You'll find most of these principles apply not only to students but al...
cameronmoll.com
February 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Cameron has been one of my favorite writers on design for 20+ years. And this one is an instant classic.
It’ll be required reading when I start building a team.
#designsky
It’ll be required reading when I start building a team.
#designsky
If the world is ending, I wanna be the last to know
February 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If the world is ending, I wanna be the last to know
My LiveJournal can legally drink now
February 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My LiveJournal can legally drink now
I've had many ideas I didn't pursue because the time needed to mock them up with enough fidelity to try them didn't seem worthwhile.
But, with AI tools, the cost of trying an idea drops closer to zero. This allows me to explore more options and pursue more creative solutions.
#designsky
But, with AI tools, the cost of trying an idea drops closer to zero. This allows me to explore more options and pursue more creative solutions.
#designsky
February 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I've had many ideas I didn't pursue because the time needed to mock them up with enough fidelity to try them didn't seem worthwhile.
But, with AI tools, the cost of trying an idea drops closer to zero. This allows me to explore more options and pursue more creative solutions.
#designsky
But, with AI tools, the cost of trying an idea drops closer to zero. This allows me to explore more options and pursue more creative solutions.
#designsky
I often have to remind myself that users won't ever see my Figma components in order to stop myself from over-optimizing them. #designsky
January 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I often have to remind myself that users won't ever see my Figma components in order to stop myself from over-optimizing them. #designsky
That sense of validation when AI likes your idea better than the one it came up with...
January 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
That sense of validation when AI likes your idea better than the one it came up with...
Dev: It's gonna be annoying to build it that way. It'd be a lot easier if we can have the user click a button so we know when to load the data.
Me: Well, I'd rather annoy you than every user that has to click that button.
Me: Well, I'd rather annoy you than every user that has to click that button.
January 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Dev: It's gonna be annoying to build it that way. It'd be a lot easier if we can have the user click a button so we know when to load the data.
Me: Well, I'd rather annoy you than every user that has to click that button.
Me: Well, I'd rather annoy you than every user that has to click that button.
WIP: Drop shift request details
So much data to display. Still refining and looking for ways to eliminate ink on the screen.
#designsky
So much data to display. Still refining and looking for ways to eliminate ink on the screen.
#designsky
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
WIP: Drop shift request details
So much data to display. Still refining and looking for ways to eliminate ink on the screen.
#designsky
So much data to display. Still refining and looking for ways to eliminate ink on the screen.
#designsky
Ok, I've seen all the happy birthday gifs. Someone please create a bunch of new ones 🙏
January 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Ok, I've seen all the happy birthday gifs. Someone please create a bunch of new ones 🙏
Trying to make Safari my default browser. But my company being on Google Workspace might make that unworkable.
I could easily be convinced that Google actively makes their products terrible in Safari.
I could easily be convinced that Google actively makes their products terrible in Safari.
January 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Trying to make Safari my default browser. But my company being on Google Workspace might make that unworkable.
I could easily be convinced that Google actively makes their products terrible in Safari.
I could easily be convinced that Google actively makes their products terrible in Safari.
Late to the party - but I'm coming around to Raycast. Since I moved back to Safari from Arc, Raycast gives me a way to search my tabs. It's slower than Arc was but it works.
Also finding Raycast notes pretty handy.
Also finding Raycast notes pretty handy.
January 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Late to the party - but I'm coming around to Raycast. Since I moved back to Safari from Arc, Raycast gives me a way to search my tabs. It's slower than Arc was but it works.
Also finding Raycast notes pretty handy.
Also finding Raycast notes pretty handy.
Glad I bought a stupidly expensive Studio Display so I have a stupidly expensive thunderbolt cable to run migration assistant to my reasonably expensive new MacBook Pro
January 7, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Glad I bought a stupidly expensive Studio Display so I have a stupidly expensive thunderbolt cable to run migration assistant to my reasonably expensive new MacBook Pro
Ditto. Also, I’ve rarely hired without some sort of referral.
Hiring practices are broken for our industry.
Hiring practices are broken for our industry.
January 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Ditto. Also, I’ve rarely hired without some sort of referral.
Hiring practices are broken for our industry.
Hiring practices are broken for our industry.
“The faster we get there, the less worth is the place of arrival.”
- Allan Watts
- Allan Watts
December 31, 2024 at 8:06 PM
“The faster we get there, the less worth is the place of arrival.”
- Allan Watts
- Allan Watts
Fed my avatar to Apple Image Playground and it gave me a full head of grey hair (too soon!).
So I added strawberry blonde hair as a description and, well…
So I added strawberry blonde hair as a description and, well…
December 31, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Fed my avatar to Apple Image Playground and it gave me a full head of grey hair (too soon!).
So I added strawberry blonde hair as a description and, well…
So I added strawberry blonde hair as a description and, well…
WIP: Program creation flow #designsky
December 20, 2024 at 11:34 PM
WIP: Program creation flow #designsky