Adrianne ushering in the comeback of answering machines. Image: author
Motherboard's editorial team has grown by one more: Adrianne Jeffries starts this week as managing editor for our English sites. As it stands, I'm proud to work with our killer team, and I'm positively stoked to have another techno-genius come aboard.If you're not aware (and how could you not be?) Adrianne is a stellar journalist, and her flexibility in covering a wide range of topics, including the crypto world, killer robots, and tech politics, is a perfect fit.Hell, let's be real: Over the past few years at The Verge and Betabeat, she wrote a ton of reports that I wish we had run. Now, instead of waving my hands and gnashing my teeth, I'm happy as a clam to have Adrianne join our ranks.Beyond reporting, Adrianne's new role involves helping develop and hone Motherboard's editorial coverage as we continue to grow. We've gotten a lot larger in the past couple years, and that growth presents a big question: Do we sustain it by plunging headlong into the maelstrom of traditional tech news or do we continue to explore the future by diving deeper into the weird, wild, and wonderful stories that are shaping the world as a whole?Motherboard's editorial team, which is made of a whole lot of rather smart people, is invested fully in the latter camp. Whether it's editorial, video, or a still-to-be-invented direct brain download, we're here to bring you portraits of the future that are as immersive as possible.Why? There's great tech reporting out there, and then there's everything else. As far as I'm concerned, attempting to break into the echo chamber of blathering about press releases, rumors, and tweets from semi-notable entities is a waste of time. And while she can put it far more eloquently than I, the fact that Adrianne holds a similar vision makes me rather excited for our future.