53: Solving the Shout Problem (feat. Sahil Lavingia)

FromDesign Details

Start listening View podcast show

53: Solving the Shout Problem (feat. Sahil Lavingia)

FromDesign Details

ratings:

Length:

70 minutes

Released:

Aug 19, 2015

Format:

Podcast episode

Description

Today we caught up with Sahil Lavingia, the founder and CEO at Gumroad. We chat about building an audience online, the challenges of being a designer, engineer and founder, and what the hiring process looks like at Gumroad.

Released:

Aug 19, 2015

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A weekly conversation about design process and culture. Hosted by Marshall Bock and Brian Lovin.

Skip carousel

2: So Vanilla (feat. Nick Slater): Here we go, episode two of the Design Details Podcast! This week we caught up with Nick Slater, an insanely talented designer and illustrator doing wonderful work at Palantir. by Design Details
110 min listen
34: Second Shift (feat. Allison House): This week we hopped on a call with the one-and-only Allison House! Allison currently lives in Austin, exploring her way through 3D art and design - in this episode we chat about her background in design, her transition into 3D and what she's excited for i by Design Details
53 min listen
5: Squeeze in Some Meat with Your Candy (feat. Gabriel Valdivia): This week we had a chat with Gabriel Valdivia, a Product Designer at Facebook. He's a close friend and a remarkable designer best known for his work at Automatic. We had a great time chatting about a lot of Gabe's favorite things - from prototyping to Ser by Design Details
64 min listen
20: Soft Computer Hands (feat. Dustin Senos): This week we caught up with Dustin Senos, the lead designer at Medium for the past 3 years who has spent his professional career traversing the worlds of design and engineering. We dig into Dustin's background and how design has shaped Medium into the pro by Design Details
61 min listen
23: Brains are Stupid (feat. Christophe Tauziet, Jeremy Goldberg, and George Kedenburg): This was the most impromptu episode we've ever done. We were just out to dinner with these guys and we were having so much fun debating design things that we decided to record our first-ever 3-guest episode. We made a lot of references to George and Jerem by Design Details
84 min listen
6: Down the Stuffed Rabbit Hole (feat. Marissa Louie): This week we hung out with Marissa Louie - a rather prolific designer, activist, and creator who has worked on many of our favorite products at places like Apple, Yahoo, Ness Computing, and Wanelo, among others. We discussed everything from teddy bears to by Design Details
56 min listen
13: Eating Horse (feat. Maurice Woods): We had an amazing conversation this week with Maurice "Mo" Woods, a senior visual designer at Yahoo and founder of the Inneract Project. We chat about what he's doing in design education, diversity in design and how his background as a pro basketball play by Design Details
81 min listen
0: Design Details Teaser: This is a little teaser recording for us to test our equipment, set up our feeds and get the website up and running. You can subscribe to the podcast by heading to http://designdetails.fm and following on iTunes, RSS or email! The first Design Details epi by Design Details
1 min listen
11: Artisanal Fitness (feat. Erika Hall): This week we caught up with Erika Hall, co-founder of Mule Design and author of Just Enough Research. We dive deep into a handful of topics, from user research to gender in tech, from the Apple Watch to the evolution of San Francisco culture - we had a lo by Design Details
80 min listen
12: Topsoil Decisions (feat. Ryan Sims): This past week we sat down with Ryan Sims, the former head of design at Rdio. We caught up with him about his latest career change as he heads to Adobe, what it was like growing the design team at Rdio and what it means to have a design mentor. This was a by Design Details
77 min listen
36: 10x (feat. Meng To): For episode 36, we got to spend some time with Meng To discussing what makes a great product, how to get started with design and development, and what it takes to build a thing. Meng's an incredibly talented creator and we're grateful he was able to take by Design Details
69 min listen
Bonus Episode: Apple Watch Watch 2015: Today we're excited to release a special bonus episode of the Design Details Podcast! After today's Apple Watch event we grabbed Sam Soffes to chat about the implications for us as designers and what the watch means for app design going into the future. by Design Details
48 min listen
18: Kleenex Testers (feat. Stone Librande): This week we broke up our regular string of web designer guests to chat with Stone Librande, lead designer at Riot Games. Stone was also the lead designer of Diablo 3, SimCity and Spore; he's an incredibly talented creator who shared so much insight with by Design Details
78 min listen
1: How Nerdy of an Answer Do You Want? (feat. Sam Soffes): The first episode of Design Details has arrived! For our opening show, we sat down with designer and developer Sam Soffes to talk about his latest project (Whiskey), building in public, brag-driven development and his interest in working as a designer. by Design Details
59 min listen
8: Deathly Allergic to Avocado (feat. Chloe Park): Episode 8 everyone! This week we sat down with the lovely Chloe Park, an experience designer making things happen at OpenTable. We chat about everything from the design process at OpenTable to Chloe's biggest problems with relationships in tech. This was by Design Details
76 min listen
30: Rewarding Holding Experience (feat. Didi Medina): This episode, we geeked out with Didi Medina over photography and music - and we still found time to dig into his origin story a bit. by Design Details
65 min listen
4: Meatspace User Onboarding (feat. Kristy Tillman): This week we caught up with Kristy Tillman, a former designer at IDEO who now leads the design charge at Society of Grownups. We had a great time chatting across a huge range of topics, from diversity in tech to meatspace user onboarding! by Design Details
57 min listen
10: Tiny Nuggets of Delight (feat. Tim Van Damme): This week we caught up with Tim Van Damme, an amazing designer who has been a part of some of our favorite products including Instagram and Dropbox. For this hour we chat about Tim's past experience in design, working on Mailbox, Dribbble and the future o by Design Details
69 min listen
9: When Did the Marketing Department Get Here? (feat. Paul Stamatiou and Avi Cieplinski): For Episode 9, we had our first chat with two guests! This time we caught up with Paul Stamatiou and Avi Cieplinski, from the Photo and Video Team at Twitter. We covered a lot this week - chatting about prototyping, wearables, design process and what it's by Design Details
74 min listen
7: VP of Unnecessary Redesign (feat. Cap Watkins): This week we caught up with Cap Watkins, the recently-appointed VP of design at BuzzFeed. We picked Cap's brain about hiring designers, A/B testing, beard-growing, East Coast design and more. Oh, and robo-horses! by Design Details
77 min listen
33: The Rusty Theorem (feat. Marc Edwards & Russell Ivanovic): The epic conclusion of our first ever two-parter! Marc and Russell were kind enough to come back for round two to discuss Apple's WWDC Keynote, Marc's weird workflows, optical alignment, PDF assets and more! by Design Details
70 min listen
14: Unless You're Dumb (feat. Jared Erondu): This week we hung out with Jared Erondu for an hour or so. He has put out an extremely impressive body of work in a very short time - from his work at Lift, to Omada, to co-founding The Industry with Drew Wilson, to his current role as Creative Director a by Design Details
81 min listen
3: I'm Tired of Looking at Apps (feat. Wilson Miner): Another Monday means another episode of Design Details! This week we caught up with Wilson Miner, an insanely thoughtful and talented designer well-known for his work at Apple, Rdio and Facebook. In this episode we talked with Wilson about game design, hi by Design Details
63 min listen
21: Startup Lubricant (feat. Bin Chen): This episode, we talked tea with Boba Guys and Tea People co-founder Bin Chen! He's had one of the most unique design careers we've ever heard of and he tells a really great story - which made this episode especially fun for us. Hopefully, you'll dig it t by Design Details
74 min listen
15: Her Left Me (feat. Jeremy Goldberg and George Kedenburg): This is our first time to have a second episode scheduled for the week! We're excited to try out this new format, kicking things off with two guests: Jeremy Goldberg and George Kedenburg. We chat about design at Facebook, their journeys as designers and h by Design Details
63 min listen
40: Ace of Bass (feat. Gabe Valdivia and Kyle Ryan): Today we sat down with Gabe Valdivia and Kyle Ryan to talk about design at Facebook, the progress of their side project, Peek, and the value of obviousness in design. by Design Details
70 min listen
19: Super-Dinky Hodinkee (feat. Caleb Davenport and Jake Marsh): This episode, we dug into our concerns after all the Apple Watch reviews came out with a couple of our favorite iOS developers: Caleb Davenport and Jake Marsh. This episode was completely ridiculous and fun (even moreso if you caught the Periscope livestr by Design Details
52 min listen
70: Nothing's Sacred, Not Even Goats (feat. Ash Huang): For episode 70 we sat down with Ash Huang, an independent designer, illustrator and writer here in San Francisco. In the past Ash worked on brand design at Twitter, brand and product design at Pinterest, and has most recently published her own book, The by Design Details
63 min listen
22: Poor Man's Pokemon (feat. Cennydd Bowles): This week we caught up with Cennydd Bowles over Skype for a truly fascinating discussion about cross-OS design, the future of wearables, what it means to be a junior vs. senior designer, and why sound design will be the next big trend. by Design Details
67 min listen
32: Dethrone Marco (feat. Russell Ivanovic and Marc Edwards): It's WWDC week, and this time we're catching up with Russell Ivanovic and Marc Edwards, both founders of independent app development companies in Australia. We spent this hour chatting about Google I/O, iOS, Material Design and more. by Design Details
61 min listen

More Episodes from Design Details

Skip carousel

464: AI Grab Bag: This week, we talk about Open AI's GPTs-as-apps strategy, FigJam's AI tools, and our dreams for a future Jarvis-like experience. by Design Details
34 min listen
463: Design Medley, Vol. 1: This week, we talk about the delicate art of using animation in interface design, how to use button sizes, and managing margins in type styles. by Design Details
34 min listen
462: Refactoring a Design System: This week, Marshall breaks down his process, tips, and tricks to redesign a design system in Figma. by Design Details
48 min listen
461: Config and WWDC 2023: This week, we supply some cold (but thoughtful!) takes on everything released during last month's WWDC and Config 2023. by Design Details
68 min listen
460: Arc Boosts ft. Gabriel Valdivia: This week, we dissect the recently-launched Arc Boosts to try and understand what they're for and where they're going. by Design Details
61 min listen
459: What Is Humane? by Design Details
47 min listen
458: How Do You Simplify a UI?: This week, we share non-obvious tips and tricks for simplifying a UI. by Design Details
40 min listen
457: How to Find Focus: This week, we talk about finding focus when there are infinite things to learn to become a better designer. by Design Details
25 min listen
456: Should Designers Name Their Layers?: This week, we fight about whether designers should name their layers (without saying "it depends"). by Design Details
33 min listen
455: Shift Happens ft. Marcin Wichary: This week, we talked with Marcin Wichary about Shift Happens, a book about keyboards. We dive into the details of the book, its publication, website, and more. by Design Details
63 min listen
454: Is UI Design Actually That Important?: This week, we answer a crucial question: is UI design actually that important? Our answer may shock you ? by Design Details
30 min listen
453: Building a Type Stack: This week, we discuss strategies for building an excellent type stack in your designs. by Design Details
29 min listen
452: Design Trends for 2023: This week, we discuss current visual design trends and how the web will look in 2023. by Design Details
44 min listen
451: The Whole Twitter Thing: This week, we talk about the whole Twitter thing, and how we'd handle the verified badge design debacle. by Design Details
42 min listen
450: Designing Hefty Interfaces: This week, we talk about what gives software the feeling of heft and the effect of that feeling on how customers perceive the value of a tool. by Design Details
28 min listen
449: Google Pixel 7 Event: This week, we recap Google's Pixel 7 Event and dig into our favorite design details of the new Pixel phone, tablet, and watch. by Design Details
37 min listen
448: News Desk, Vol. 5: This week, we break down new Figma features, dissect the Live Activities HIG, and share our cool-takes on the Adobe + Figma acquisition. by Design Details
43 min listen
447: Stranded on Dynamic Island: This week, we share our hot takes and first impressions of the new Dynamic Island on the iPhone 14 Pro. by Design Details
40 min listen
446: Grab Bag, Vol. 3: This week, we share our preferred naming convention for design files and react to the new Gmail redesign. by Design Details
36 min listen
445: Designing the Perfect Desk: This week, we talk about a surprising new "smart desk" being shared online, and we talk about what our dream desk would look like. In the Sidebar, Marshall shares his tips and tricks for keeping his Figma files squeaky clean. by Design Details
31 min listen
444: Writing Effective Self-Reviews: This week, we share our tips for writing better self-reviews during performance review season. by Design Details
28 min listen
443: Design Systems Interviews: This week, we talk about interviewing for roles in design systems, what to prepare, and how many different kinds of skills are relevant in the field. by Design Details
36 min listen
442: It Doesn't Have to Be Right: This week, we share stories and lessons from some of our most memorable mentors. by Design Details
31 min listen
441: WWDC 2022: This week, we recap all of our favorite...design details...announced at this week's WWDC. by Design Details
54 min listen
440: Don’t Call It a Design Critique: This week, we talk about how to make design critiques more fun, and how to encourage teams to share their work-in-progress more often. by Design Details
29 min listen
439: Config 2022: This week, we cover all of the exciting new releases from Config 2022, and do a deep dive into the new version of Auto Layout. by Design Details
56 min listen
438: Dissecting Substack’s Podcast Player: This week, we dissect Substack’s new podcast player design, talking about both the pixels and the strategic advantage of sharing craft-specific content on Twitter. In the Sidebar, we talk about the nature and risks of critiquing software as podcasters and design practitioners. by Design Details
39 min listen
437: Scaling Design Critique: This week, we talk about methods to scale design critiques with a growing team. In the Sidebar, we dig into the...details...of Figma's latest UI changes which adds file type icons to file tabs. by Design Details
30 min listen
436: Reclaiming Your Focus: This week, we share our tips and strategies for reclaiming our focus to do deep design work. In the Sidebar, we revisit last week's conversation about the value of ideas and finding the right time to share an idea with the world. by Design Details
23 min listen
435: New Feature Launch Checklist: This week, we share the checklist that we use when launching new features to make sure we’re not missing certain states, flows, or edge cases. In the Sidebar, we talk about working in public and the risk of people stealing your ideas. by Design Details
29 min listen

Related podcast episodes

Skip carousel

Kyle Courtright, Logowave: Today on Feasting on Design, I’m talking with Kyle Courtright, Founder of Logowave. We chat about picking up and moving to Albuquerque shortly after college with no jo lined up, going to work in a non-design company while building his freelance business, by Feasting On Design
66 min listen
#185 David Singleton - CTO at Stripe: Today we are talking to David Singleton, the CTO … by Joel Beasley | Modern CTO
57 min listen
Sahil Lavingia: Pushing Forward Through Technical Debt After a Massive Layoff: Robby speaks with Sahil Lavingia, Founder and CEO of Gumroad. Sahil has been transparent about the challenges of building a company – speaking on VC investments, layoffs, and more. Sahil talks about why he built Gumroad, adjusting development processes when your staff shrinks, and the future of Gumroad, including potentially open sourcing the product. by Maintainable
45 min listen
#145 David King - CTO at Flywire: Today we are talking to David King, the CTO at Fl… by Joel Beasley | Modern CTO
37 min listen
126: Learn How Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan Quit Her Job to Launch One of America's Fastest-Growing Businesses: Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan heads one of the fastest-growing companies in the world and it doesn't seem like she'll be slowing down anytime soon by The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan
49 min listen
#12 | Michael DiTullo | Driving impact at Nike, Jordan, Frog, Sound United and more: In episode 12, I talk with Michael DiTullo, one day after he received his Personal Recognition Award by IDSA during IDC 2019 in Chicago. by Designdrives
20 min listen
52: Save the Prototype (feat. Malthe Sigurdsson): Today we sat down with Malthe Sigurdsson, the current Head of Design at Stripe. Before joining Stripe, Malthe was the VP of Product at Rdio, and before that he was the Creative Director at Skype. In this episode we dig into Malthe's journey through these by Design Details
59 min listen
#186 David Cramer CTO & Co-Founder at Sentry: Today we are talking to David Cramer, the CTO and… by Joel Beasley | Modern CTO
51 min listen
Episode 174 - Harry Clark: Mistake Millionaires Make by Becoming Your Best | The Principles of Highly Successful Leaders
27 min listen
115: Puppies, People, 'Puters (feat. Kelly Sutton): Today we caught up with Kelly Sutton, a software engineer currently leading product at imgix who is well-known in the design community for co-founding Designer News. In this episode we dig into Kelly's background, learn how to deal with a company shutdown by Design Details
61 min listen
The Man Behind the Sidemen's $100M Empire by The Colin and Samir Show
104 min listen
Common Room | Collective Intelligence: In recent years, there has been a seismic shift i… by Greymatter
35 min listen
We Are All Connected by Circle of Influence
34 min listen
#52 | Prof. Clive Grinyer | Driving service design leadership: Prof. Clive Grinyer is Head of Service Design at the Royal College of Art and former Co-Founder of Tangerine and Design Director at Orange, Samsung, Cisco and Barclays. by Designdrives
20 min listen
#64 - Sunil Singh CTO of GlobalLogic: Today we are talking to Sunil Singh, the CTO of G… by Joel Beasley | Modern CTO
60 min listen
1461 Does Your CS Team Carry a Quota? $8M in ARR on $2.5M Raised Roadmunk CEO Explains: Latif Nanji is the co-founder and CEO of Roadmunk, a product roadmapping platform that enables clients such as The Coca-Cola Company, Citibank, MasterCard and Adobe to visualize and collaborate on strategic plans. Latif’s entrepreneurial chops... by SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
23 min listen
96: Mackey Saturday: Today on the Creative South Podcast, I talk with Mackey Saturday. Mackey is the designer behind the logos of some of the biggest names in tech like Instagram and Oculus, as well as a principal at the world renowned Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv in New York by Feasting On Design
63 min listen
Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies with Reid Hoffman Co-Founder of LinkedIn, Partner @ Greylock & Sarah Guo, General Partner @ Greylock Partners #3: In an interview between Reid Hoffman and Sarah Guo, they discuss “Blitzscaling” and how companies achieve massive scale at incredible speed. Reid shares insights and lessons on how to prioritize speed and efficiency in an environment of uncertainty, the benefits of intense collaboration found in Silicon Valley, and non-obvious rules needed to succeed. by The Engineering Leadership Podcast
44 min listen
Conor Brady, CCO at Critical Mass: Today on Feasting on Design, I’m talking with Conor Brady, Chief Creative Officer for Critical Mass. We chat about working in the record industry and developing a reputation for being able to deal with difficult clients, how that skillset serves him now a by Feasting On Design
68 min listen
20VC: Gitlab Founder, Sid Sijbrandji on Lessons From Scaling from 400 to 1,000 People in 1 Year, Why You Have To Have A Low Level Of Shame On The Product You Release & The Secret To Making Remote Work So Effectively At Scale: is the Founder & CEO @ , a single application for the entire software development lifecycle. From project planning and source code management to CI/CD, monitoring, and security. To date, Sid has raised over $145m in funding for... by The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
26 min listen
Supercharging the Future of Mobility with Chris Helsel, CTO at Goodyear by Joel Beasley | Modern CTO
36 min listen
#161 TravelBank CTO - Reid Williams: Today we are talking to Reid Williams, the Co-Fou… by Joel Beasley | Modern CTO
62 min listen
Garima Sahai, Former Director, Engineering, Google Local at Google: What Google Was Like in the Early Days by The Blind Ambition with Jack Kelly
33 min listen
Siara Nazir, Head of Digital Marketing at Autodesk, on leveraging B2B partnerships and digitally transforming a brand by The Partnership Economy
28 min listen
Bringing Recruitment + Marketing Together, with Lori Sylvia: This week we're discussing how to bring recruitme… by Employer Branding Podcast
28 min listen
Path to Becoming a CFO | Steve Sordello, SVP and CFO at LinkedIn Emeritus by Path to Becoming a CFO presented by Airbase
61 min listen
#41 Chris Ridenour CTO of Cladwell: Today we are talking to Chris Ridenour, the CTO o… by Joel Beasley | Modern CTO
36 min listen
467: Strategic product planning – with Yaroslav Lazor: Unpacking the BRIDGeS framework for product managers Today we are talking about strategic product planning, which involves decision-making, problem-solving, feature prioritization, and product vision creation. Our guest is Yaroslav Lazor, by Product Mastery Now for Product Managers, Leaders, and Innovators
31 min listen
James Sommerville, ex VP Coca-Cola, speaks about setting up the agency Attik& designing the Love can and Known Unknown by UX Design Huddle
43 min listen
#68 | Samuel Northway | Empowering and managing design teams.: Episode 68 featuring Samuel Northway, Design Director with a broad background across industries in data-driven design systems, software/hardware development, and product/brand strategy. by Designdrives
20 min listen

Discover this podcast and so much more

53: Solving the Shout Problem (feat. Sahil Lavingia)

53: Solving the Shout Problem (feat. Sahil Lavingia)

Description

Titles in the series (100)

More Episodes from Design Details

Related podcast episodes