Dominic Preston is a London-based news editor responsible for maintaining news coverage during UK mornings before the US team starts. He curates the Verge Daily newsletter and covers Android phones, particularly models that do not launch in the US. He runs a newsletter called Braise where he reviews London restaurants and cookbooks and occasionally writes recipes. He spends much of his free time cooking, eating, and thinking about food, and balances that with gym time. He shares a converted office with his partner, both using standing desks and large self-healing cutting mats; the chair is a secondhand Herman Miller.
Not all of The Verge 's staff live in the US. For example, news editor Dominic Preston is based in London and is, as he says, "responsible for keeping our news coverage ticking over in UK mornings before the US team comes online." He also curates our new Verge Daily newsletter and covers Android phones, especially all the models that don't launch in the US.
And outside of work? "I'm a bit of a food obsessive," he says, "and run a Where is your workspace located? newsletter called Braise Could you tell us about your desk(s)? where I review London restaurants and cookbooks, and occasionally try my own hand at recipe writing. That means I spend most of my free time cooking, eating, or thinking about food, and so also a decent amount of time in the gym trying to make up for that."
We both have standing desks. Mine is an Autonomous SmartDesk 2 that's electronic and automatic, hers an old pneumatic model by Bakker Elkhuizen that they don't make anymore, which annoys her because it requires a bit of effort to shift up and down. They're both decorated with self-healing cutting mats, which are still occasionally used for arts and crafts (or as the backdrop for my product photos) but mostly double as giant mouse mats.
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