Hi, I'm David. I'm a user experience designer and front-end developer with more than two decades experience designing and building. I started in print, and that led to the digital world with design and UX for websites, apps, and hardware user interfaces. Several Cantina projects that stick out for me include a redesign of the website for Avid, the industry leader in audio and video production technology, and a redesign of the Proximity portal for Navisite, an international provider of enterprise-class, cloud-enabled IT hosting.

I built my first website in 1998 and went on to design and build multiple media websites, as well as cofound a news startup. Design is important to me. When the word "design" is mentioned, people think of something like Apple. But, in truth, everything is designed. Whenever I encounter a website or app or object — or even some sort of experience, such as a crowded restaurant with a chaotic ordering process — I'm always thinking, "Why isn't this better?" and my second thought is, "Why isn't someone making this better?" If someone feels that way about something I designed, then I haven’t done my job properly.

Tomorrow, there will be sun. And if not tomorrow, perhaps the day after.

My dream job is to work on special effects at Industrial Light & Magic during the "golden age" of practical effects – the mid-’80s to early 2000s. I am also an avid writer about pop culture, science fiction, and tech.