1. Androidify: Did you expect me not to memorialize it?
By now, you should have read enough of my work to understand that I’m an annoying Android user who talks about what life was like back when the platform was for hardcore technologists, maaaaaaaaan. And nothing screams haughty geekery like a cartoon Android avatar for representing yourself in developer spaces.
Androidify was a big part of the Android identity when it debuted in 2014 as part of Google’s newly adopted “be together, not the same” marketing campaign. I’ve personally been “Androidified” several times over—it even used to be part of my podcast album art. The image you see above is the last piece I customized.
Androidify is no longer with us. Google officially took the project off the Play Store in 2020, and there’s been an Android-shaped hole in our hearts since then. If you get a hankering to walk down memory lane, the only way to properly revive Androidify is by finding the APK floating out there somewhere.
