Journalist at Android Authority. Crappy puns. Bluesky: https://xitter.cf/t.co/uKYUdOEEE2
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined July 2009
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Booked an appointment for the dentist this week. And it's literally at 2:30 (tooth hurty). Nice.
So, I spent a few days testing various games and emulators on an Intel-powered Googlebook. The good news is that @Dolphin_Emu works! But there's bad news if you wanna run Genshin Impact, GameNative, or PS2 emulators.
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🚨Personal news🚨
After nearly 6 years, my time at @androidcentral has come to an end. Incredibly grateful for every moment and I will miss working with this incredible team ❤️
For now, I am officially open to new opportunities, particularly in PR and Communications!
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Today, I got laid off from @androidcentral, along with the rest of the staff. I've enjoyed 7 absolutely amazing years there (5 of which were full time), and am beyond thankful for the opportunity to wake up and be a tech journalist every day.
If you're hiring, my DMs are open!
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Well, this is one update I didn't think I would make.
After 12.5 years, my time at Android Central is at an end. I learned a lot, met so many amazing folks, and generally had a lot of fun.
I now need to figure out where to go next. Let me know if anyone is looking to hire.
Please @asana, let me drag my task around without the "add as subtask" option following it everywhere. Can't tell you how much the AA team has lost its shit. 😅
Gonna start a rumour that Apple is bringing back the microSD card slot, so Samsung can beat them to the punch lol
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I was excited to go to IFA, but I had my visa rejected. I submitted 60 pages of documents, IFA media badge, and travel history of the last 15 months (to 12 countries).
The embassy said I didn't share justification as to why I wanted to visit Berlin, and that's just ridiculous.
No IFA for me. Visa application denied. Man, it's getting real fucking tiring to do visa apps each year (and sometimes twice a year) for Europe. Even when I ask for a longer visa.
The irony of Google getting someone from South Africa to host their Pixel launch when its phones aren't even available on the continent.
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This is like being a meth head and asking someone who's never done meth how they're going to get through their day without meth
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RIP Brooklyn Vegan. Absolutely bewildering. Thinking of all the great people there and the unparalleled music coverage they’ve done over the years. Utterly unceremonious and moronic actions by Veeps.
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5-6 years ago, i refused to do the "shock face" youtube thumbnails even though people tell me "it's better for engagement"
now, i refuse to *hand hold* a mic up to my mouth that can be clipped onto my shirt even though people tell me "it's better for engagement"
.@Google is far from the only 1 responsible for news websites seeing traffic declines. But the previous site I worked for was bought by crypto types and they're now churning out AI-written copy with stolen photos that constantly rank on page 1 in search.
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