I did not! Thank you!

Which qualities would you like to improve?

I use a regular Pixel 6 pro, but there are a few things I keep around to improve the q.o.l. for using android itself.

• Nova launcher to simplify things a bit and give me more search engine options

• Firefox as my default browser with ad blocking add-ons to maintain some sanity

• Solid Explorer to do file system stuff

Built in stuff:

• Bedtime mode is a nice reminder to stop and go to bed

• Focus mode is nice to stop casual social app usage according to a schedule

• Flip to Shhh is great for… shushing. When flipped.

• Do Not Disturb is my default mode. Only to be turned off when I’m actively awaiting interaction.

• Notifications turned off for almost everything, always.

I used the term ‘pursuant’ incorrectly for a long time. I thought it meant something like ‘things you do in order to achieve something’, like sweeping the floor is pursuant to getting the kitchen clean, vs the correct usage, which is either ‘in accordance with’, or ‘in a manner conformable to’. So a correct usage would be ‘sweeping the floor is pursuant to the procedure we set up to clean the kitchen’. Nice word, though. I like it.

Yeah, I usually use one for listening to news and podcasts in the morning. It’ll start with me in the bathroom, then follow me to the kitchen while I make coffee. It doesn’t live in the bathroom, but rather tag along with me. When showering I’ll hang it from a little hook up high. Sounds perfectly adequate for my purposes, though for listening to music as an activity unto itself I would choose a higher quality device.

The same fellow wrote the Wired article, btw!

I just wanna listen to my audiobooks while on my morning walk without carrying my phone.

I did the ‘remove ads’ payment option on the beta as a show of thanks, even though I wasn’t seeing any - didn’t see the rocket launching thing until later! I gotta say, so far so good.

implied Anakin & Padme meme 😆

I’m gonna tell my kids this was Burning Man.

Casmael’s Razor. Has a nice ring to it!

Looks great! Love the keycaps too :)

I live in one of those tall but small/narrow places with multiple sets of stairs - one thing I noticed within myself was a resistance to going up/down one or two flights of stairs just to put a thing in its right place. I put ‘drop zones’ at the base and top of stairs and I just grab whatever’s there on my next trip up or down. In between I completely forget about those things, but I see them again and pick 'em up when I’m headed up/down and then - well, I’ve got it in my hand so I might as well put it where it goes.

This works to put things in the right spot, but then I often forget the real reason I went up/down those stairs in the first place XD