Aaron Douglas
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Head of Desktop Engineering @Figma. Ex @Shopify, @Automattic. 🏳️🌈, ADHD, 🧙, remote work, runner. Occasional DJ.
Milwaukee, WI USA
Joined September 2007
The best team lead is one that coaches & trains up the team to obsolete themself. When the team is self-sustaining your mind opens to see what strategically is on the horizon that you should be focusing on next.
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I'm hiring an experienced Electron.js software engineer to come join the @figma Desktop app team. It's a niche role for a product that spans all of Figma's org and is the preferred experience for our designer community.
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San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
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I've been getting back in the groove of writing more regularly lately. Grief has been on my mind a lot, especially with the losses of my dad, grandfather, and aunt in the past five years. I see it as a big room, like an auditorium.
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Each grief has a voice. Sometimes they speak at once. Sometimes they’re quiet, just sitting there with you. And for a while, you just let them.
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Always on the cusp of something.
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That gap between the magic I know I can reach and how often it escapes me — that’s the hardest part of living in my brain.
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I've migrated over to @Ghost. I have to say, I'm really impressed. Conversion from WordPress was easy enough, and I got concierge help from the staff when I ran into an issue. I'm digging the concept of having a newsletter as well!.
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Sh*t my brain says and forgets about
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"A girl in a flowing white dress floating gracefully into a dreamy sky filled with stars and colorful clouds at sunset.". Try Grok Imagine, free for a limited time:.
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First time Amazon's canceled an order on my account saying it was fraud from someone trying to log in as me. Three books on management being shipped to my home address that hasn't changed in 5+ years. When I said their algorithm was wrong, the CS rep said I was incorrect. OKSURE.
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Is it me or do most smart devices still act pretty dumb?.
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So I had an annual subscription to @udemy that failed because of an issue with the card I had on file. Subscription automatically canceled. When I go back to fix the card, my only option is to re-subscribe at at 25% price increase. Support said I'm out of luck.
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I spent the last three days with my @figma Figmates looking toward the future and figuring out what’s next. It was the first time planning meetings felt energizing and I left with way more clarity.
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RT @RobertJBye: The desktop team dropped 🔥 with these updates, and the crispy icons from @maxvoltar are incredible. Was a lot of fun worki….
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And that sweet sweet UI3-refreshed Desktop app looks :chef-kiss: 🫶 #Config2024.
There’s no way you caught everything. Here’s what we launched at #Config2024. → UI3, a redesigned Figma.→ Figma AI (Make Design, Make Prototype, Visual Search, Replace Content, Rename Layers).→ Figma Slides.→ Dev Mode updates (Ready for Dev View, Focus View, More Statuses).→
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RT @lindadong: Two big Apple Design x Figma announcements. 🎨 We just landed new iOS + iPadOS 18 design kits AND they’re available directly….
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RT @kodecodev: We had an amazing podcast last week on the subject of making room at the table in tech, featuring @_mandafrederick , @astral….
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Check out Kodeco Inc.’s video.
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RT @zoink: A lot of people in the Figma community are confused about a change we are making (not yet rolled out to everyone) that requires….
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Why is it always a battle telling someone working remotely doesn’t mean work from anywhere? Tourist visas aren’t valid for actual day to day work, taxes are hard, export restrictions are a thing, and lying to your employer about your legal work status is just dumb.
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RT @DeepDishSwift: 🍕 Two week alert! Two week alert!. Deep Dish Swift 2024 is happening in two weeks 😱. It’s not too late to get your ticke….
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I bought an @ArloSmartHome LTE/solar camera to monitor my aunt’s house while I work on the estate. Their software is terrible and the service super unreliable. It’s still my best option, sadly. Losing recordings for a 12+ hour period seems it should be breaking an SLA?.
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