David Imel

New 🎥 from me: Lately, I’ve noticed companies smashing onto every new feature they claim is “AI-powered”. I set out to find out why this is happening, and wound up in Japan How AI Stole the Sparkles Emoji Enjoy: youtu.be/g-pG79LOtMw

God the Fall light is so beautiful in New York

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@davidimel.com you actually nailed it!! youtube.com/shorts/I0PX9...

I am feeling nostalgic for when Zelda was like, my entire personality in high school

I loved @lopatto.bsky.social ‘s recent article so much I made her and @vicmsong.bsky.social do a podcast with me about it, and it turned into such a lovely conversation. Thank you both! youtu.be/f4KgyG-AuAo?...

Sat down with @davidimel.com and @lopatto.bsky.social to talk about all the things the Al oligarchs get wrong about living life. We get philosophical about inconvenience, effort, and why sometimes 3 hour text messages should actually be a podcast.

What's up nerds. I've got a Pixel 11 Pro series review for you. TLDR: I love Rambler, Camera Looks and Magic Capture. The other AI features work... sometimes... when you have a scenario that probably only happens to people that live in San Francisco. GIFT LINK: shorturl.at/r8mUd

A lot of consumers are carrying around old iPhones and cheap point-and-shoots from the early aughts to get a simpler, less processed, and (to their eye) better look for their photos. The Pixel 11’s new Camera Looks feature is Google’s response to this growing trend. Read more from @davidimel.com:

Very very good from @lopatto.bsky.social "They keep chasing more money and more power, because they think that will finally be enough — but as long as they do not experience things themselves, nothing will ever be enough." www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Why is my gym writing emails with AI 🫩

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

Little weekend writeup for @verge on how to get higher quality images out of your smartphone. Gift link: www.theverge.com/tech/973055/...

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...

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/...

Cracking face emoji is gonna be huge in the rotation

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.

Doing a Verge subscriber AMA today at 2pm! Come hang out!

I can finally make Siri talk like a 2x speed YouTube video 🤩🤩🤩

#TGIF, friends! Here's @davidimel.com's lovely #FilmFeed to take you into the weekend: 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

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

“Plant a seed” and “Seed a plant” mean the same thing

My full thoughts on the Fitbit Air: www.davidimel.com/newsletter/t...

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...

Ranked all the most hyped EDC cameras with @davidimel.com, how did we do? youtu.be/6nWNxC3v6gI

I think Google did a great job with The Android show this year. They’re clearly trying to add personality and style to their execs and they’re doing a great job with it. Additionally pretty much all of these updates are really great. Very big year for Android.

I have a theory that Instagram finally made a proper iPad app because the iPhone Fold/Ultra is going to switch to the iPad version when you open it and Apple requested consistency in experience.