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Hello friends,
How was your week? Mine went by blindingly fast, with plenty of behind-the-scenes work for the
Mystery AMA game. Thank you to everyone who asked a question and came out to
the live event! We hope you all enjoyed yourselves. Here were some of my favorite answers from Zack (aka
JerryRigEverything):
A bit of back story on the mystery AMA event. I dreamed up this game months ago but wasn’t sure if we could make it happen. Nothing like it had ever been done before, and people around me told me that most YouTubers would be insanely busy with their own projects around this time, why would they come by the Forums just to chat with our community, this concept was a bit unconventional etc etc. To my delight, Zack agreed to drop by the forums on his own dime and time; he was easy to work with, funny and a genuinely good guy in his AMA responses. I’ve always loved his teardown and testing videos, but this experience brought my respect for him to a new level. Anyways I’ll stop fangirling now XD but my point is that it was very cool of him to agree to do this, so please do leave a thank you on
his channel if you get the chance.
In other news,
@Manu J. released
a new OTA for the OnePlus 6. It’s estimated that the first open beta for
Android Pie may come as early as next week (woohoo!) In the meantime, if you’d like to learn how UI design came to be in OxygenOS 3.5,
@Gary C. released
a nice post sharing their team’s thought process.
What about the
Bullets Wireless? We hear you and are in the process of making more. The next estimated batch should come in mid-September. Subscribe to get updates for your region
here.
{Beginning of Family Meeting}
The community saw a few open letters this week. They’re not the first of their nature, and likely not the last either. I want to address these posts and some other sentiments that I know come from a very heartfelt place.
The community forums is such a complex gathering place. It’s an intersection of many cultures and people from different walks of life. As more people learn about OnePlus and our devices, this place will only get more diverse with time.
@David Y. and many other awesome community members work tirelessly every day to address and plan for these growing pains. Sometimes new efforts like Starting Point help, while others are a lesson learned.
Progress happens in spurts, with time in between. Things are moving forward, even when it seems nothing is happening. We have never forgotten that the forums are the heart of our community. Our team will continue to work hard to make our corner of the internet a great place to hang out at. Slowly but surely, things will get closer to our ideals.
And when you post a comment with sincere suggestions, it means a lot to us. It shows you care. Not every idea is instantly implementable, but your posts help us see your perspective and set the direction of our next steps. So please continue to share your opinions, even the harsh ones – they are helpful. To close, I want to give a shout out to everyone who has stuck around,to anyone who has ever made a helpful comment or funny joke. Thank you. Your presence here impacts other people’s lives in ways that you cannot measure.
{Family Meeting Adjourned.}
Quote of the Week
Guess who shouted at a cookie this week?
“ARGH IT’S CHOCOLATE. I hate chocolate. It tastes very bitter.”
Congratulations to
@Crystal Z. for making quote of the week
I also found out in her signature manner that she dislikes the smell of Earl Gray tea (I didn’t know before that such people exist). Her exclamations inject some fun to David/mine’s calm dynamic on the community team haha.
Tech Picks of the Week
Some lovely articles for your intellectual satiation:
(Fun fact: I learned what satiated meant from playing
Neopets back in the day. Neopets was probably the first online community I ever got involved in. Anyone else spend hours on that site?)
- The New York Times has been pushing out some great reflective pieces on Tech and modern American Politics. A specific look at how foreign influences manipulated Facebook groups to add to the chaos of political strife here. (If you’re behind on the whole “Facebook is changing the face of democracy” debate, I’d start with this piece from the Atlantic.) On a happier note, here’s an inspiring underdog story of how a Bay Area man fought for an important privacy bill and won against tech giants + their lobbyists.
- Our tech dystopian future is getting closer and closer Read how Google is planning the city of the future in Canada.
- If you love data visualizations like me, you’ll love reminiscing and learning from these tech news data charts.
That’s all from me this week, friends. Enjoy these last moments of summer before fall is upon us again.
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