David Murphy
@davidmurphy.bsky.social
🎉 Formerly @thedavidmurphy of Twitter fame.
👨💻 Lazy-tweeting product content strategist
✍️ Journalist for WSJ, CNN, Reviewed, Android Police, and you?
👨💻 Lazy-tweeting product content strategist
✍️ Journalist for WSJ, CNN, Reviewed, Android Police, and you?
Completely wild. I think even G/O Media would have been a better company to get latched to than Valnet, and that's saying something.
kotaku.com/polygon-sold...
kotaku.com/polygon-sold...
Polygon Sold To Valnet And Hit With Mass Layoffs
One of the biggest gaming sites around was just blown up
kotaku.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Completely wild. I think even G/O Media would have been a better company to get latched to than Valnet, and that's saying something.
kotaku.com/polygon-sold...
kotaku.com/polygon-sold...
Reposted by David Murphy
Shout out to everyone who told me Biden couldn’t fire DeJoy.
Breaking news: Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, potentially throwing the mail provider and trillions of dollars of ecommerce transactions into turmoil.
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in ecommerce business and the 250 year-old Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Shout out to everyone who told me Biden couldn’t fire DeJoy.
Reposted by David Murphy
This is easily—EASILY—the best thing to ever happen to me on Al Gore's internet.
Thank you Mr. @wdmbox.bsky.social for your encouragement. I will do my very best to keep going 💪
Thank you Mr. @wdmbox.bsky.social for your encouragement. I will do my very best to keep going 💪
January 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is easily—EASILY—the best thing to ever happen to me on Al Gore's internet.
Thank you Mr. @wdmbox.bsky.social for your encouragement. I will do my very best to keep going 💪
Thank you Mr. @wdmbox.bsky.social for your encouragement. I will do my very best to keep going 💪
Absolutely devastating. Gordon was an absolute force and an incredible influence for my decades-plus career in tech journalism.
Was literally about to start working on a new PC build the other day, and thought of him. :\
Was literally about to start working on a new PC build the other day, and thought of him. :\
With the heaviest of hearts, PCWorld pays tribute to Gordon Mah Ung, our hardware guru, host of The Full Nerd, exemplary tech journalist, and very good friend. www.pcworld.com/article/2564...
Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld editor and renowned hardware journalist, dies at 58
With the heaviest of hearts, PCWorld pays tribute to Gordon Mah Ung. He was our executive editor in charge of hardware coverage, host of The Full Nerd, an exemplary tech journalist, and a great friend...
www.pcworld.com
December 24, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Absolutely devastating. Gordon was an absolute force and an incredible influence for my decades-plus career in tech journalism.
Was literally about to start working on a new PC build the other day, and thought of him. :\
Was literally about to start working on a new PC build the other day, and thought of him. :\
Reposted by David Murphy
btw, g/o media decided kotaku writers wouldn’t be allowed to write their personal game of the year lists because despite them historically doing great traffic, the company doesn’t want you to see kotaku’s writers as people. so here’s what mine would have been:
December 19, 2024 at 12:36 AM
btw, g/o media decided kotaku writers wouldn’t be allowed to write their personal game of the year lists because despite them historically doing great traffic, the company doesn’t want you to see kotaku’s writers as people. so here’s what mine would have been:
Trying to find time to do that whole "how to find everyone you liked on X, but here" thing.
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November 11, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Trying to find time to do that whole "how to find everyone you liked on X, but here" thing.
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Looks like we're all going back here again!
Hope it sticks this time. :D
Hope it sticks this time. :D
October 18, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Looks like we're all going back here again!
Hope it sticks this time. :D
Hope it sticks this time. :D
Just published! My from-the-floor report of this year's BlizzCon, including some of my favorite cosplayers and planning advice, but not including a final count of how many steps I walked. 😱
www.pcmag.com/news/blizzco...
www.pcmag.com/news/blizzco...
BlizzCon 2023: Cosplay and Chaos From the Show Floor
Blizzard's first in-person convention after a four-year hiatus wasn't flawless, but you can still have a lot of fun. Here's what we saw, plus four tips for those looking to attend in 2024.
www.pcmag.com
November 8, 2023 at 8:38 PM
Just published! My from-the-floor report of this year's BlizzCon, including some of my favorite cosplayers and planning advice, but not including a final count of how many steps I walked. 😱
www.pcmag.com/news/blizzco...
www.pcmag.com/news/blizzco...
I forgot to post on here, not the other place, that G/O Media sucks.
Well. Uh. They suck. And the fact that they think they're a "leading technology company" makes me want to AI-generate an article with the topic "how far up your body can you stick your own head, via the ass"
Well. Uh. They suck. And the fact that they think they're a "leading technology company" makes me want to AI-generate an article with the topic "how far up your body can you stick your own head, via the ass"
July 5, 2023 at 10:07 PM
I forgot to post on here, not the other place, that G/O Media sucks.
Well. Uh. They suck. And the fact that they think they're a "leading technology company" makes me want to AI-generate an article with the topic "how far up your body can you stick your own head, via the ass"
Well. Uh. They suck. And the fact that they think they're a "leading technology company" makes me want to AI-generate an article with the topic "how far up your body can you stick your own head, via the ass"
Anyone have any recommendations for migrating Twitter follows over to here? I'm trying the Sky Follower Bridge extension, but it's going to take... some time. :D
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sky-follower-bridge/behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sky-follower-bridge/behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko
July 5, 2023 at 12:30 AM
Anyone have any recommendations for migrating Twitter follows over to here? I'm trying the Sky Follower Bridge extension, but it's going to take... some time. :D
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sky-follower-bridge/behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sky-follower-bridge/behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko
I have been bad about keeping up with Blue Sky because of this little ol' thing called a gigantic musical that opens in two weeks and totally not stressing about it and ahhh
June 21, 2023 at 11:04 PM
I have been bad about keeping up with Blue Sky because of this little ol' thing called a gigantic musical that opens in two weeks and totally not stressing about it and ahhh
PC-upgrading update: going back in to muck with cable management (and fix a fan). I might then post a picture of this power-sucking monstrosity, which has at least allowed me to eliminate rubber-banding in Diablo IV.
I had a dream the other night that I was building this in a cardboard-box case.
I had a dream the other night that I was building this in a cardboard-box case.
June 14, 2023 at 5:32 PM
PC-upgrading update: going back in to muck with cable management (and fix a fan). I might then post a picture of this power-sucking monstrosity, which has at least allowed me to eliminate rubber-banding in Diablo IV.
I had a dream the other night that I was building this in a cardboard-box case.
I had a dream the other night that I was building this in a cardboard-box case.
Never have I related to a phrase as strongly as, "Another day, another migraine."
June 14, 2023 at 5:28 PM
Never have I related to a phrase as strongly as, "Another day, another migraine."
Steroid eyedrops make me incredibly fatigued. Or at least, that's what I'm telling myself. It couldn't possibly be late-night tiktok.
June 13, 2023 at 11:30 PM
Steroid eyedrops make me incredibly fatigued. Or at least, that's what I'm telling myself. It couldn't possibly be late-night tiktok.
Reposted by David Murphy
People are learning a lot of things about accessibility as Reddit's disability communities, especially r/blind, protest the API changes. You can read my overview of what that actually means for users...
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759761/reddit-disability-accessibility-blackout-api-blind
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759761/reddit-disability-accessibility-blackout-api-blind
Why disabled users joined the Reddit blackout
Subreddits like r/blind are small, but their concerns loom large over the protest.
www.theverge.com
June 13, 2023 at 8:53 PM
People are learning a lot of things about accessibility as Reddit's disability communities, especially r/blind, protest the API changes. You can read my overview of what that actually means for users...
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759761/reddit-disability-accessibility-blackout-api-blind
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759761/reddit-disability-accessibility-blackout-api-blind
Build update: Need to buy an ARGB extension cable, since my case's built-in one will never, ever reach to the slot it needs to use on my motherboard.
Also need to adjust a CPU cooler fan. And mayyyybe deal with some cable management. Hurrrgghhh.
Also need to adjust a CPU cooler fan. And mayyyybe deal with some cable management. Hurrrgghhh.
June 13, 2023 at 7:03 PM
Build update: Need to buy an ARGB extension cable, since my case's built-in one will never, ever reach to the slot it needs to use on my motherboard.
Also need to adjust a CPU cooler fan. And mayyyybe deal with some cable management. Hurrrgghhh.
Also need to adjust a CPU cooler fan. And mayyyybe deal with some cable management. Hurrrgghhh.
Feeling very Maximum PC today.
And yes, once I forgot about this most-critical of plastic labels…
And yes, once I forgot about this most-critical of plastic labels…
June 13, 2023 at 2:24 AM
Feeling very Maximum PC today.
And yes, once I forgot about this most-critical of plastic labels…
And yes, once I forgot about this most-critical of plastic labels…
Now to. Uh. Find everyone on Twitter who is now here. While juggling a ton of work. 🫠
June 13, 2023 at 12:25 AM
Now to. Uh. Find everyone on Twitter who is now here. While juggling a ton of work. 🫠
Oh thank god. Finally in. 🥹
June 13, 2023 at 12:23 AM
Oh thank god. Finally in. 🥹