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Written by Josh Ginter.

January 2023

⤷ App Subscriptions For the Coming Year ●

Great list of great subscriptions from Matt Birchler. My current list includes Fantastical, Sunsama, Day One, Ulysses, Tweetbot, Unread, and a few others. I might need to scale down a little.

December 2022

⤷ Plotter ●

Looks like I’ve found the next notebook system I’ll buy and ultimately not use. What a beautiful piece of analog stationery.

December 2022

⤷ The Leica x Hodinkee Q2 Ghost ●

This has to be the most beautiful camera ever made. It’s extraordinarily expensive, but I still think it might be within impulse splurge territory because of how beautiful it is.

December 2022

⤷ Apple Should Allow External Display and Stage Manager Work Without a Keyboard and Mouse ●

As the title suggests — iPadOS does now allow extended display mode without an external keyboard or mouse, but they should allow it. At least allow it without the external keyboard. The software keyboard on the iPad isn’t bad at all, especially on the larger 12.9-inch iPad. There could be some clever workflows operating between a touch keyboard and a non-touch external display.

December 2022

⤷ Chris Lawley’s Latest Look at iPad External Monitor Support ●

Nice, enthusiastic look at iPadOS 16.2’s latest Stage Manager and external monitor features. I learned a few extra tidbits from Chris in this one. Overall, there are hiccups, but I am starting to really like Stage Manager on my iPad Pro. I can see this sticking.

November 2022

⤷ Nuphy’s New Halo96 Mechanical Keyboard ●

This has to be the best looking 96% pre-built mechanical keyboard on the market, bar none.

November 2022

⤷ On DHH’s “Why Do They Talk Like That” Commentary ●

I love Heinemeier Hansson’s writing these days, but he’s off kilter here. Here he questions why someone would say “rising costs of capital” instead of “higher interest rates”. “Higher interest rates” are not the same as higher costs of capital. Costs of capital includes debt and equity financing. Interest rates have an impact, yes, but that’s not the whole story. I’d rather someone use bigger words with more fitting nuance than dumbed down language that can be misleading.

November 2022

⤷ Sunsama ●

Incredible new-to-me productivity and planning app with some of the most useful integrations and productivity workflows I’ve ever used. I’m going to have a lot more on this in the weeks and months to come.

November 2022

⤷ Perhaps the Most Insane Drone Shot You’ll Ever See ●

There are points in this sequence where you go, “OK, nice!”, then “Oh my gawsh!,” then “There’s no way!”, then “Nope, this is fake.”, then “This is the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen.” No matter what your thoughts though, I guarantee the last thing you’ll think is “Ah, bad shot.”

November 2022

⤷ Sports Alerts ●

Sports Alerts is the best new sports app of the year. Not even sure if it’s new. New to me. Live Activities and game-by-game alerts. So simple and so good. Free, though you do have to deal with a couple minor ads. (H/T Matt Birchler.)