GoKawiilis editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired.
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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 123, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, which Artemis photo did you make your wallpaper, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)
I also have for you new seasons of a couple of great shows, a deep dive into space photos, a book about our gadget brains, and much more.
Also, I want to try something new here. I get a lot of people pitching stuff they’ve made, and I almost never include it here — I much prefer people talking about stuff they like rather than stuff they’ve made, you know? But for once, and maybe only ever once, I want to do an issue full of ruthless self-promotion. (I’ll still vet everything I include, to the best of my ability.)
So, for the first time ever: Tell me about the thing you made! Apps, games, podcasts, weird tchotchkes, anything you think we in the Installerverse might be into. I’ll check out as many as I can, and feature my favorites in a couple of weeks. And I’ll tell you about the thing I’ve been building, too.
All right, fun week of stuff! Let’s do it.
(As always, the best part of Installer is your ideas and tips. What are you watching / reading / listening to / piling up on the dining room table this week? Tell me everything: [email protected]. And if you know someone else who might enjoy Installer, forward it to them and tell them to subscribe here.)
The Drop
The Audacity . I fear this show, like Silicon Valley and Mountainhead, might turn out to be so prescient it becomes hard to watch over time. But I love a good tech bro satire, I love this cast, and I find it deeply hilarious that you’ll be able to watch the whole pilot I fear this show, like Silicon Valley and Mountainhead, might turn out to be so prescient it becomes hard to watch over time. But I love a good tech bro satire, I love this cast, and I find it deeply hilarious that you’ll be able to watch the whole pilot in three-minute increments on TikTok when it drops on Sunday.
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