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Written by Josh Ginter.

June 2026

⤷ Mode Designs’s Summer 2026 Update ●

We inch closer to the debut of the 98% Prologue. It appears to have the ultimate layout — a line of Pg Up/Pg Down/Home keys, a separated arrow key section, and a full-size zero-key in that keypad. It’s going to cost an arm and a leg when it comes out, but I think this is the closest thing to “insta-buy” I’ve seen in the keyboard market.

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June 2026

⤷ John Gruber on Om Malik ●

This was a really, really nice tribute to Malik. I remember Malik, Gruber, and Dalrymple being the original three Apple bloggers I read daily, with Malik being the most insightful of the bunch. Gruber’s line about a “lousy heart” — that’s a one-liner for the ages. These guys are magicians with the English language.

June 2026

⤷ Lettera for Mac ●

I’m curious how this will work with an Obsidian vault, and I’m curious to see when this comes to iPadOS. The beta is full right now, but I’m sure this is going to have the Bear team’s attention over the coming weeks.

June 2026

⤷ Cohort Size Matters When Measuring Wealth Across Generations ●

Great insight here. It’s so interesting how individuals can view wealth across generations and come to such different conclusions. I haven’t put my finger on it, but it seems to be a core issue. Where there are those who believe human progress is measured in wealth equality — that the existence of a trillionaire suggests a digression in progress — there are also those who view human progress across improvement in the human experience across time. These core differences end up as major assumptions, and thusly, as dividing lines, very quickly. I greatly prefer analysis that is OK with testing the validity of those core assumptions.

June 2026

⤷ Learning On The Shop Floor ●

It’s interesting that the most groundbreaking individuals in the world believe AI will improve human productivity, not replace it. That it will aid in human progress, not destroy us. Better start listening. Perhaps with one ear to start.

June 2026

⤷ Hold on to Your Hardware ●

And on cue, Apple will be raising prices soon.

June 2026

⤷ Seth Godin on Value Creation ●

“The person who pays for the job is the one who decides if it’s valuable. Calling it pointless from the outside is just substituting your judgment for theirs.” Write it down in your quote book or shout it from the rooftops — this is some gold from Seth Godin.

June 2026

⤷ The Patient Cash Bucket: AI Winners Watchlist & Deployment Tracker ●

Detailed. Refined. Dedicated to the plan. I would never suggest you follow this investing methodology, but it’s sometimes fun to see what an absolute dedication to this sort of mechanical investing.

In some ways, it reminds me of Ray Dalio’s machine discussions in Principles.

June 2026

⤷ Bay Street Titan and Astronaut Attempt to Hack Mortality ●

All this to fight Father Time and the Lord’s calling. It must be hard to come to your knees in acknowledgement that you’re simply not in control of what goes on around you.

June 2026

⤷ A Short and Quick One-Week Look at Claude’s Fable 5 ●

I tried Fable 5 today to work through an entire set of working papers and it took forever. I honestly thought everything had frozen. The output was verbose, but dense and to the point. Overall, I’ll be happy to stick with Opus 4.8, but Fable is fascinating.