David Imel
@davidimel.com
Guy who makes stuff sometimes Co-Host of the Waveform Podcast Temp Senior reviewer @Verge YouTube.com/davidimel Davidimel.com Prints: Davidimel.darkroom.com Old: Senior Reporter at Android Authority, Systems Engineer at Intel
I am perpetually jealous of @davidimel.com's amazing iPhone photos... and here he is making the case we can all take pics that are just as good
You could be taking way better photos on your phone
You could be taking way better photos on your phone — here’s how
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Little weekend writeup for @verge on how to get higher quality images out of your smartphone. Gift link: www.theverge.com/tech/973055/...
You could be taking way better photos on your phone
You could be taking way better photos on your phone — here’s how
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I know people don't watch our bonus game episodes nearly as much as the regular show, but today's Trivia Extravaganza was genuinely one of the most fun yet www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nofm...
That's a Totally Normal Thing to Say! (Trivia Extravaganza 2026)
YouTube video by WVFRM Podcast
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New feature for @verge ! My thoughts on why OnePlus and the US market were fundamentally incompatible. Hint: it's about carriers. Gift link! www.theverge.com/tech/966274/...
US carriers and OnePlus don’t mix.
Carriers and OnePlus were always incompatible.
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iOS 27 is finally out via public beta! I wrote on @verge about how much Siri has been impressing me, but why Apple needs to court developers (looking mostly @google) to truly make it work this time. For real on god. www.theverge.com/e/964714 h/t @matthewcassinelli.bsky.social for the interview!
New case for the Xteink just dropped. I love makers.
Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Xteink X4 is underpowered, flawed, has no backlight, and no touch screen. But it's tiny, cheap, magnetically snaps to your phone and has a devout community loves it. It has bloomed into something special thanks to open source firmware. For @aftermath.site aftermath.site/xteink-x4-ch...
Doing a Verge subscriber AMA today at 2pm! Come hang out!
The Verge@theverge.com · 4w agoOur friend, contributor, and co-host of the Waveform Podcast @davidimel.com is filling in as senior reviewer for a while this summer! Got any questions? We're holding a subscriber-exclusive AMA later today at 11AM PT / 2PM ET. Drop questions any time at this link and we'll see you all soon!
#TGIF, friends! Here's @davidimel.com's lovely #FilmFeed to take you into the weekend: filmfeed.surf.social
FilmFeed by David Imel on Surf
Surf - A collection of film photography artists, YouTube channels, and podcasts. Curated by David Imel.
filmfeed.surf.social
Anyone on here work in neuroscience and specialize in auditory scene analysis? I'd love to interview you for a story.
Doing a little 6-week residency at @theverge.com starting on Monday and for some reason it feels like going back to school after summer. Except this time it's the FUN school.
New article up on my site testing the new Leica SL3-P www.davidimel.com/newsletter/t...
My friend @panomicron made the first native M-Mount Anamorphic lens and I just got my copy. Little quick test but holy bananas I am so excited to play with this
I know Apple probably made notifications come in and out from the left like this in iOS 27 because of the new centered Siri touch target, but I really hope they change it before public release. It’s very awkward.
Here's what the floating Siri Orb looks like in VisionOS 27. It even casts its own environmental lighting!
Difficult to describe how amazing it is to work inside my own Panorama environments in the Vision Pro. What an update ❤️🔥
The battery life on my MacBook was SO bad on Tahoe and it's back to being incredible on the Golden Gate beta. Same for my iPhone. So happy rn.
2 weeks ago I played Melee with @riley.social for practically the first time since my 24/7 college days and I still have a loose skin patch on my thumb from the GameCube thumb stick
Just got given these custom lil’ Finder Guy 3D prints and they’re so cute 🥺 Thank you kindly whoever you were
HOLY SHIT. Apple just added spatial rendering of Panoramas AND you can now use your own panoramas as spatial scenes for Vision Pro!!!! My panorama wallpaper packs are gonna be so freakin cool now. Davidimel.com/store
Regretful to say I am transitioning from AirMaxxing to Pro Max-ing for WWDC week to test new potential camera features. Trying Whoop to get a good sense of the market / competition Keeping on my Fitbit Air because I’m on a streak with friends Still wearing an Apple Watch for new software week
Something I miss from Substack was the automatic Social Card exports, so I built a web hook for Ghost as well as a local Mac App you can use to automatically make nice shareable images for blog posts github.com/Davidimel/so...
GitHub - Davidimel/social-cards: Generate stylish, Substack-style social cards from your blog posts — a Mac app + automatic Ghost publishing integration
Generate stylish, Substack-style social cards from your blog posts — a Mac app + automatic Ghost publishing integration - Davidimel/social-cards
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Where do people who make art go for inspiration? Sometimes, it's Surf. Here are some feeds made by artists and photographers that showcase the things they love, starting with @davidimel.com's FilmFeed. filmfeed.surf.social
FilmFeed by David Imel on Surf
Surf - A collection of film photography artists, YouTube channels, and podcasts. Curated by David Imel.
filmfeed.surf.social
I've been using the FitBit Air for about a week and I'm working on some longer-form thoughts for later on, but my high-level thoughts right now are: ✅ Light and small form factor is ideal for long-term wear and sleep ✅ Battery life is wonderful. I'm 1-week in and still at 32%
I wrote about the smart glasses revolution, and how Google's new ecosystem is about to make these things blend in everywhere: www.davidimel.com/newsletter/w...
We're not ready for the smart glasses
Intelligent eyewear used to be recognizable. Not anymore.
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