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When my boss Nilay Patel asked me to make stuff for hack week, a compilation of his best camera appearances was my first thought. In the past three years at The Verge, he’s done a lot: from honking horns at CES, to commandeering huge amphibious boats, and even getting ice dumped on his face.
None of these videos are designed to pad out this list to make it seem like I’m not just putting a story on The Verge about how this one time Nilay was in a band called The Heaven Seventies that made the sexiest music video I’ve ever seen. That’s definitely not what’s going on here.
Senator Al Franken has been one of the most vocal lawmakers on digital privacy as chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law. In 2011, Nilay sat down with the senator to talk about the crazy Carrier IQ scandal, which implicated smartphone manufacturers in a device tracking scheme.
What is net neutrality? Is it a place? Is it an idea? Is it a sandwich? Nilay Patel hits the streets of New York City to find out.
In a blast from 90 Seconds on The Verge and On The Verge past, Nilay demonstrated his electability for election night. Get patriotic.
CES 2014 was a blast for everyone at The Verge. But when we sat down to look at everything we did, nobody seemed more excited than Nilay. He got to honk the horn in the Nest fire truck.
Remember that time Nilay romanced whiskey with dubstep in upstate New York? Yeah, that happened.
And then there was the time Nilay commandered this insane amphibious vehicle. Is it a boat? Is it a truck? Yes.
Sadly this category only has one entry, but it's a good one. Watch Nilay get iced (is that a thing?) by a devilishly devious expat. At this point in the list, shit is about to get real.
Before he became editor in chief of The Verge, Mr. Patel was in a band. The band is called The Heaven Seventies. They made this video.
Rock that white suit and shades, Nilay. Rock it hard.
In addition to his musical background, Mr. Patel also dabbled in feature film. Thanks to Kyle Kramer at Vox Media, we're able to offer this exclusive stream of "Paper Covers Rock: The Rise and Fall of Woodstock Willy," a film about a rock paper scissors prodigy.
