Product Manager's Notes

Product Notes September 10, 2026 By Michael Donohoe Issue #80 IN THIS ISSUE Adding a registration wall: updated metrics and hypotheses #Ask & Give: Hackathon sign-up, October Community Call Jobs from NPA Slack Hi, Damon! I’m Michael Donohoe, Chief Product Officer at Rest of World. In June, I co-wrote a post explaining why Rest of World was introducing reader accounts and, shortly after, a registration wall. Now, 3 months later, we have the receipts.

Product Manager's Notes · Follow 4 min read · -- wigs I wanted to share a brief overview of a goal-setting methodology that’s been gaining traction in business circles lately: WIGs (Wildly Important Goals). It stands for “wildly important goals” — and let’s admit, it sounds impressive already. But what’s the core idea? Imagine you’ve decided to get six-pack abs by summer. You could set a bunch of goals: morning runs, crunches, eating broccoli with protein shakes, and so on.