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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · 3d

Since I do user testing I'm usually the last one to touch tickets before they're approved to ship. The canoe and the water were the sprint, the wave was all the tickets hitting me at the very end, and the skull and crossbones is where I died.

Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · 3d

"An emoji drawing is worth a thousand words". #JIRA, #Atlassian #Agile #retro #retrospective #agileceremonies #amidoingthisright

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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · 17d

My youngest kid brought this back from their school "store" the other day. I can't say that I had "mammary bat" on my bingo card for Spooky Season fidgets '25 but here we are. 😂 #fidgets #pop-its #fidgettoys #questionabledesign

A small silicone fidget toy in the shape of a bat. It is magenta with black wings. It's face looks like a cartoon dog with a little black nose and little white dots on its cheeks as if its blushing. There are two pop-its on the bat's chest, which makes the operation of this toy look like you are playing with its breasts. Target audience is unclear.

Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Aug 4

Unintended marketing side-effect: I shall henceforth be calling the men's tour "sans-Zwift" so Zwift will be getting free mentions when I talk about the tour regardless of the edition.

Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Aug 4

Tour de France hangover week. On the upside: It's now safe to be back on social media and the newsfeeds as there are no more spoilers! That was an exciting month of full-gas racing every single day. Chapeau to the organizers and racers! #bikesky #tourdefrance @gozwift.bsky.social #gozwift

Photo montage of Steve Carell looking forlorn in a park. Imagery alternates between sitting on a swing and a park bench, alone. The caption reads: "How life feels when the Tour de France Hommes sans Zwift and the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift are over"

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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Jul 16

@shadewhawk.bsky.social : Right? I love having just a single cable reach up onto my desk to my laptop.

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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Jun 16

If you're on #bikesky and like #worldtour racing here are 3 reasons to follow Lantern Rouge: (1) His insightful summaries always catch things that the Big Networks miss and have compelling, easy to follow narratives (2) Great women's coverage (3) Thumbnails like this www.youtube.com/@LanterneRou...

Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Jun 11

This is ironic because the new OS theme is "liquid glass" which I presume is a fingerprint magnet. 😂

Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Jun 11

I don't give any conscious brain power to the cursor icon until I do, and then I find it so funny that it looks like Mickey Mouse giving the "white glove" treatment to your computer so you don't get any fingerprints on your monitor.

Anyway, Apple is killing that whimsy in macOS 26 this year.

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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · May 29

Just because I was curious: You have to BYO hardware (rent or own) and "stake" $46,000 worth of their AVAX tokens and pay a monthly fee to be a validator node to stake a claim in an ever-more-diluted share of profits from fees.

And obviously you're "paid" in monopoly money I mean tokens.

Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · May 29

My county being added to the #blockchain. How many people are behind ava1lanche's 1,369 total staking validators? 🤔 If only a few rich investors then this isn't much more than a different, expensive database. You have to pay $$$ to join the network as a node.

cointelegraph.com/news/new-jer...

New Jersey county to tokenize $240B property deeds

Baloncy, a land record management firm that uses blockchain tech, signed a five-year deal with New Jersey’s Bergen County to tokenize 370,000 property deeds on Avalanche.

cointelegraph.com

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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · May 21

The blending of idioms or cliches is called a malaphor. My personal favorite is "We'll burn that bridge when we get to it"

Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · May 16

Anesthetize: [To] administer an anesthetic to (a person or animal), especially so as to induce a loss of consciousness.

Ennui: A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.

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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · May 16

Sometimes a song jolts me to attention due to a really creative word. Two recent favorites:

• Anesthetize - "Games" by The Birthday Massacre

• Ennui - "I Can't Remember The Dream" by They Might Be Giants

I feel like @merriam-webster.com would have some fire favs.

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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · May 15

P.S. You got my click just on principle.

Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Mar 27

For years I have kept a physical sketchbook at my desk and use it like external RAM, jotting down fleeting thoughts and puzzling out problems. Great to see some studies confirming the cognitive benefits and I'll add that it's also good to shift focus away from screens regularly as well!

Psychology Today @psychologytoday.com · Mar 23

Writing things down may take longer than typing, but there are some significant benefits, research shows—primary among them a lowered risk of cognitive decline. Here's what we've learned.

Why Writing by Hand Is Better for Your Brain

Don't throw out your keyboards, but adding some writing by hand into our daily routines can increase insight, aid recall, and may protect against cognitive decline.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Mar 18

I think you might be in peril.

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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Mar 18

Since I've been touring Instagram replacements recently I gave Flickr another look. It still lacks the "flow" and "life" of Insta, but I do appreciate some of the groups, such as "Stick Figures in Peril". 😂

Stick Figures in Peril

For photos of real warning signs showing stick figures in dangerous, often life-threatening, situations. Group guidelines. The following are acceptable: (1) close-ups of the pictogram with the stick ...

www.flickr.com

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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Mar 17

Does the mister come with it or is that extra?

Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Mar 15

As I was reflecting on more cycling communicators like Phil Gaimon, my friends who ride, and myself, I realized that for better or worse, a common trait amongst cyclists is that we look at the world through cynical, stone-cold sober eyes and wield the deepest of sarcasm in our humor. 😂

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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Mar 15

Are you by any chance related to BikeSnobNYC? I'm getting very similar vibes (which are just fine vibes in my book).

Bike Snob NYC Seal of Disapproval in which a Canadian goose holds a ribbon with the words Omnes Malefici Sugete Meos Testes over the image of a literal seal wearing a cap with BSNYC across the visor. The seal resides within a seal with the words Bike Snob NYC Seal of Disapproval.

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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Mar 14

I'll go ahead and join the choir of folks saying the analysts are smoking crack. As a PS5 and Switch owner the Switch is fine and has an enormous game library. If there is a compelling game that requires the Switch 2 it can wait until the 2025 holiday season.

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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Mar 7

5 min PhotoChop: Sometimes you know where you're going and don't need navigation but still would like a map up for alerts, street names, speed limits and a compass. I'd love to see #Apple create a quiet "just drive" mode for maps that looks something like this. #appdesign #ux #uxdesign #applemaps

Apple Maps in "just drive" mode which looks like navigation, but without the turn-by-turn or ETA interfaces. Drivers can get a lay of the land at-a-glance as well as see the current speed limit, direction of travel, traffic alerts, and upcoming street names.

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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Mar 6

#Tesla single-handedly dragged the auto industry into the electric age so it is a shame that its figurehead is no longer fit to lead it. If I owned a Tesla I thought I might consider flipping the logo upside-down to show distress but then I saw the correct upbadge: www.reddit.com/r/TeslaLoung...

From the TeslaLounge community on Reddit: Tesla Rebadge

Explore this post and more from the TeslaLounge community

www.reddit.com

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Aaron Deutsch @aarondeutsch.com · Mar 4

A while back I had a chance to design a few screens for one of my favorite indoor bike platforms Grand Theft Auto V. GTA???, you ask. Yes!

You can plug your bike into your computer and get abused indoors just like outdoors #ux #ui #uxdesign #gamedesign #bikesky

aarondeutsch.com/2025/03/work...

A bike rider in Grand Theft Auto V looks over their shoulders and waves to a group of cyclists and cars as they lay a trail of fire down on the road with their wheels.

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