17NOV2024

Happy Sunday, everyone! This week, I’ve been relishing in  classic monster cinema, loving how good Michael Caputo’s new vintage Apple logo sticker looks on my iPad, and debating whether making 1–2 beats a year justifies the absurd cost of Teenage Engineering’s gorgeous new sequencer/sampler. (Dear reader: it does not.)

Lastly, like many others this week, I’ve been revisiting Bluesky and having fun exploring how it differs from Threads and Mastodon. If you’re over there as well, please say hi! Also, check out Joe’s awesome starter pack of indie developers to follow and Parker’s excellent starter pack of tech media/reporters.

On to the good stuff:

• ☕ Fellow Aiden* - After what felt like an eternity waiting for my pre-order, I finally got my thirsty, coffee-dependent hands on Fellow’s latest creation: the Aiden. This precision coffee brewer offers an insane level of control over your brewing process. Whether you’re using its quick brew mode for foolproof brewing or guided profiles to fine-tune temperatures, flow rates, and bloom times based off the roast of your beans, the results are incredible. I’m blown away by the brew coffee I’ve been getting from it… plus it’s rather handsome on the counter. *Amazon affiliate link to support the site.
  
• 🛰️ Sky Guide for iOS - With the sun setting earlier, we’re entering peak stargazing season. While there are plenty of excellent iOS apps for checking out astral bodies at night, my personal favorite is Sky Guide. It’s beautiful and packed with features: point your phone at the night sky to identify celestial objects, learn their mythological origins, or their scientific significance. I especially love its ability to identify passing satellites—though I’m consistently disappointed to discover they’re not UAPs as I secretly hope.
  
• 📚 Libro.fm - This one might be old news to some, but it’s new to me: Libro.fm is like Bookshop.org for audiobooks. A portion of every purchase supports the local bookstore of your choice. You can opt for a monthly subscription with credits or buy books à la carte. I plan to try it out… once I work through my mountain of Audible credits.
  
• 📝 Leaflet.pub - Leaflet is a delightfully simple web publishing platform reminiscent of the early indie internet. Just visit the site and you’re immediately presented with a blank document. You can then type or upload whatever you like, and publish it with a shareable link, or keep it private but collaborate with others via a secret link. No login, no ads, no subscriptions—just clean, minimalist web pages perfect for party invites, newsletters, zines, and more. Thanks to Ben for introducing me to it via his excellent coffee recipe list!
  
• 📝 Raycast Notes - Raycast, one of my all-time favorite Mac apps, recently added a fantastic notes feature. With a simple hotkey press (I use ⌥N), you can pull up a floating notes panel anywhere you are on your computer to capture thoughts, draft journal entries, or jot down reminders. It supports Markdown, is fully searchable, and lets you export notes in HTML, rich text, or plain text. (Interested in Raycast Pro? My invite link gets you 10% off.)

That’s it for this week—be well, everyone!

Hey, how was this issue?

• 👍🏽 Lots of good stuff!
• 🤙🏽 Nothing really new, but it was fun.
• 👎🏽 Not interesting to me.