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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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New plan: do things I have been procrastinating to procrastinate other things I have been procrastinating.

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

Just in time for summer, Poolsuite is available as an Android app!! The vibes remain 🌝 immaculate 🌝 play.google.com/store/apps/d...

submitted 17 days ago • 4 comments

Hell yeah San Francisco

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

😅 youtu.be/MTaPRNtRtyQ?...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Got 'em! #AndroidXR www.youtube.com/live/o8NiE3X...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

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! 😎

submitted 33 days ago • 5 comments

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...

submitted 39 days ago • 3 comments

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

submitted 40 days ago • 4 comments

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...

submitted 54 days ago • 2 comments

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...

submitted 54 days ago • 2 comments

Wind Waker

submitted 81 days ago • 3 comments

This is self care

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

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.

submitted 93 days ago • 7 comments

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

submitted 131 days ago • 4 comments

Not made of sugar.

submitted 141 days ago • 4 comments

😎🤓😎🤓😎🤓😎 @mkbhd.com youtu.be/az5QL_NLBvg

submitted 145 days ago • 2 comments

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

submitted 147 days ago • 6 comments

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...

submitted 149 days ago • 21 comments

Soon! Samsung Galaxy Unpacked starts at 10am PT.

submitted 150 days ago • 23 comments

Okay this is my fault

submitted 154 days ago • 2 comments

Skol Lions

submitted 159 days ago • 1 comment

They viked.

submitted 159 days ago • 1 comment

CES was fun. Getting covid there less so.

submitted 160 days ago • 36 comments

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

submitted 162 days ago • 14 comments

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

submitted 166 days ago • 3 comments

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.

submitted 166 days ago • 8 comments

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

submitted 167 days ago • 2 comments

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

submitted 167 days ago • 1 comment

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

submitted 167 days ago • 1 comment

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

submitted 169 days ago • 0 comments

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? 🫠🫠🛻🛻 electrek.co/2025/01/01/s...

submitted 171 days ago • 8 comments

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. 🧵

submitted 173 days ago • 78 comments

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.

submitted 175 days ago • 1 comment

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.

submitted 177 days ago • 2 comments