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Currently working at Google. Formerly Verge, Android Central, PreCentral, iMore, etc. Posts about bikes, tech, and whether or not today is Friday.
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Got 'em! #AndroidXR www.youtube.com/live/o8NiE3X...

It's Google I/O day! We've got a lot to show you today. Can't wait for everybody to see what's new! 😎

It’s time! #TheAndroidShow: I/O Edition is live! Come check out some of the big changes to Android. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3yD...

S O O N www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3yD...

Lights. Camera. Android! Tune in May 13th at 10am PT for the Android Show, IO Edition. Very excited to show you everything the team has been working on! www.android.com/io25 www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKbH...

Lights. Camera. Android! Tune in May 13th at 10am PT for the Android Show, IO Edition. Very excited to show you everything the team has been working on! www.android.com/io25 www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKbH...

Wind Waker

This is self care

You're maybe wondering why I haven't been as online as I used to be lately and the honest answer is that I have a new rule to help with my attention: I only let myself post on Fridays now, like today.

The time to enact my clever plan to get to the top of your quiet posters feed has finally come.

Not made of sugar.

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Just converted the Midnight Special to Flat Bars and went back to the 650B wheels. It's fun!

Android 16 Beta! Personally very excited for the changes coming for Android apps on larger screen sizes like tablets and foldables. :) android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/01/firs...

Soon! Samsung Galaxy Unpacked starts at 10am PT.

Okay this is my fault

Skol Lions

They viked.

CES was fun. Getting covid there less so.

Happy five year anniversary to the hardest I've ever been owned on social media. x.com/GabrielBrang...

Workshopping a Sudafed joke about congestion pricing. May use the word "phlegmatic" to describe the discourse. Going to be so good.

I'm going to CES and my number one goal is to find out if they've fixed the lint traps on combo heat pump washer dryers.

Good morning happy Monday welcome back now do you see why I told you to close all those tabs before the holidays? What even are they? Why did you think you needed them? new year new you new tabs new year new you new tabs new year new you new tabs new year new you new tabs new year new you new tabs

Vikings gonna Vike, but this is not that. It comes only when there is no further hope, when it is truly the last chance for redemption and joy. Then and only then shall ye be abased before the cruel and inevitable failure you should never have believed you could avoid. This is not yet the true Vike

Vikings having iffy kicking at the end of the season when it really matters, you say?

Gutted that I didn't think to watch this with the niece and nephew over Christmas. youtu.be/guE0Qd8BRw0?...

I am grumbly about some aspects of this regulation but on the whole it's better than nothing. I mean could you imagine allowing heavy, potentially dangerous vehicles on city streets without laws regulating their maximum speed and throttle capabilities? πŸ« πŸ« πŸ›»πŸ›» electrek.co/2025/01/01/s...

Americans are ~2.5x more likely to die in a crash than a Canadian, ~3.5x more likely than a Spaniard, and ~5x more likely than a Japanese person. Here are a few of the articles I wrote in 2024 trying to understand why the US is uniquely terrible at road safety. 🧡

Gonna bring this "I don't know what day it is and I don't think there's any way to find out" energy into all of 2025.

You can see the Big Dipper from Hyrule. Is it the same Big Dipper as ours? Is Hyrule on Earth? Tell me @zeltik.bsky.social has done a full investigation please.

Do it. @lopatto.bsky.social is right. www.theverge.com/2023/7/7/237...

FYI if you have open tabs you have to go to work next week.