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Written by Josh Ginter.

September 2026

→ Mode Design’s Debuts 98% Prologue Keyboard ●

I expected this board to come in north of $1,000 CAD ($700 USD or so). I got lucky. The Dark Mushroom theme looks so good, but so do those Monterrey keycaps. I’m so excited to have a near full-size Mode keyboard — my Envoy continues to be my favourite keyboard ever, and I’m convinced the comfort (both ergonomic and personal) result in longer, more accurate typing sessions.

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September 2026

→ Harvous ●

Harvous may be the most beautiful Bible study note-taking app I’ve ever seen. It combines great typography with great in-line note-taking features, and has some of my favourite “verse pill” designs ever. What an app! Best of all, it seems like it can fit alongside your regular Bible reading or Bible study app (be it Logos, Olive Tree, or YouVersion) and not supplant anything. I might give it a shot, though I’m concerned right now about long-term development.

September 2026

→ Ordinary Abundance ●

I’d say 99 times out of 100, when people complain about the way things are in the current world and discover the way things were just 50 or so years ago, the resulting about face is worth its weight in gold. Every. Single. Time. Complaining about something is fun. It makes us feel good. It makes us feel superior! But complainers nearly always lack perspective. Here’s that perspective. Don’t let it hit you too hard.

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.

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. read the Baji guide

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.