New app and community on the rise!! Keebuilder recently released their iOS app (Google Play coming soon)—I've been using it to browse keyboard builds, search vendors, and stay on top of upcoming Interest Checks! Great design, already active, growing quick, and can't wait to see what comes next!

An app that has brought me great joy this week has been Dockitty—a simple but adorable app that brings a small pixel pal to your Mac. Its free version includes all the main features and it keeps me both on task and just distracted enough from the work day!

Information overload after being internet-less on vacation for a week—felt good to step away and recuperate tho 🏖️

Having an absolute blast using new app—Cassette—to take a journey through old memories and videos. So glad to see many others enjoying and featuring it as well. Congrats on the incredible app and launch @justmedevin.bsky.social!!!

New keeb alert! The group buy for this magnificent new premium board—The Manta—by @alexotos.com and Bowl Keyboards is underway. It’s got a wavy, fin-like weight, precisely tuned acoustic internal ridging, high-quality metals/materials, and eye-catching colourways!

A new addition to my morning routine is using the new Yume Journal app—made by @dennush.bsky.social and @lorantcsonka.bsky.social—to jot down my sleepy dreams and ramblings. It’s loaded with sleek animations, a beautiful dark interface and is so simple to love and use!

During my switchover from Spotify to Apple Music, one of the most useful (and most stunning) apps I discovered was Denim—a playlist cover creation tool. Made by @ashwinsrihari.bsky.social, Demin transformed my dull default Apple covers into eye-catching, themed artwork!

I had a lot of fun this week rediscovering Clockology and designing some of my own watch faces. Here are a few modelled after the watches seen in the new Fantastic Four movie—since I missed the FF X Fossil drop a few weeks ago 😢

For those of you who are missing Pocket since it shut down—Folio is a fantastic alternative. Made by Nick Chapman (previously worked on Pocket), Folio is a modern spiritual successor to Mozilla’s read-it-later app loaded with some wonderful upgrades and easy-to-use features! Check it out below:

CannonKeys's huge Summer Sale is live for the next 48 hours!! Some pretty sweet and steep discounts on awesome keebs and some fun mystery packs to purchase. Check it out here - cannonkeys.com/collections/...

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Only a few days ago the newest issue of c ‘n c was released! I may be biased, but oh boy there are some fantastic features this time around: → @kinopio.club by @pketh.org → Indie App Sales by @matt1corey.bsky.social → and a shiny retro keyset by pbt.fans (just to name a few)

If you haven’t yet read it, @aresluna.org's newest essay, Frame of preference, detailing the deep history/design of the Mac control panel, is exceptional and I highly recommend checking it out—a longer read with some amazing emulation by @persistent.info's Infinite Mac aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...

Thank you for the shoutout Ross—glad you are enjoying the newsletter!! (also lots of great apps and recos in this write up 👍)

Looking forward to picking up Epoch dark from yuzukeycaps.com for my upcoming QK Alice Duo build. This modern retro set by @mvkb.com is my fave clack from the newsletter this week, it’s awesome to see all the amazing keysets created in Yuzu—they’ve come a long way since I featured them in Issue 01!

This week I’ve been exploring using Fullpack—made by signerlabs.com —it’s a powerful, local, private and fast luggage/packing companion app powered by Apple’s VisionKit! Lots of fun experimenting with scanning items and building outfits for future trips (my fave feature) ✈️ 🧳

Wanted to highlight @getsequel.app, and it’s 2.5 update, which was featured in Issue 30 of my newsletter! It’s long been my favourite tracking app, the new update brings some fancy new features 🆕 and speedy upgrades ⚡!! Read more in the issue here: newsletter.clicksnclacks.com/p/jun-28-202...

Fun app find this week is Octave—a free coffee pour-over teaching tool with a whole lot of personality 😼 ☕. Made by @laziestbarista.bsky.social, Octave’s got a cool retro interface and helps you build a better brew each time. I’m not a big pour-over guy, but I think this is a great place to start.

I’ve mentioned before in my ramblings that I never had a good solution for saving/bookmarking videos but I’ve found the missing piece! Play by @mactanaka.bsky.social is helping me watch-it-later, follow creators, search, tag, and filter any video I stumble upon! Couldn’t recommend it highly enough.

💻 Last call for the big event! NoahJacobus is building a one-of-a-kind custom Font Awesome keyboard from our friends at Mode LIVE on Twitch. Join in 5 minutes! 🎥 twitch.tv/font_awesome

Issue No. 27 of clicks ‘n clacks was chock-full of amazing features—from @andy.works colourful camera app, to an intriguing keyboard-less device from byok.io, and a shiny light meter from lit-systems.com —it’s got it all!! Check out the full issue here: newsletter.clicksnclacks.com/p/jun-07-202...

spent much of my time this week having fun with @puzzmo.com! so many puzzles to explore (especially the collaborative crosswords), and such a wholesome/great team running it!

One of my fave features in clicks ‘n clacks this week is the MW Dim Sum keycap set by nessasaurus!! It’s her first set, dedicated to the delicious traditional Cantonese meal—it’s got cute artisan collabs and matching mouse/desk pads. Definitely going to be picking this up for a future project.

Bookmarking/collections app Sortd (linktr.ee/thesortdapp) just released last week, and has already been super helpful for organizing all my random Reels. Some cool tech going on behind-the-scenes to extract info from your vids—even pinning locations on its built-in map!

artisan caps from frumpzkeys.com arrived today--they look so amazing!!

If you’re interested in a bit of keeb history, I would check out @sharktastica.co.uk's website—it’s an incredible source of knowledge for all things IBM-related, and there's much to discover and learn!

Lot’s of goodies included in issue 21— a stupidly simple note app by davidpfluegl.com, an all metal keeb by serene.industries, a new music prototype by @sleevenote.bsky.social, and much more!

Been using Folder Slice by hunterji.com a lot in my workflow lately—super useful to get access to files and folders without having an excess of Finder windows open. I featured Folder Slice in #20 of my newsletter, and #21 is dropping tomorrow which will have equally awesome clicks to explore!

Amazing to see Edit and Modify by @j-wrigley.bsky.social grow since I discovered it a few months back—the E : M app is simple and has many beautiful presets, ASCII/Dither editors are much fun, and I’ve been playing with the recently released Palette editor!! Check it out - editandmodify.xyz !!!

keyboard stand from Osume just arrived—couldn’t be happier!!!

Recently discovered How to Convert, an awesome file conversion app by @jakemanger.bsky.social. I love the 2000+ supported conversion types, it’s incredible for the newsletters workflow, and of course everything is super local and never sent off-device—miles ahead of sketchy online conversion tools.

@discord.com's April Fools joke (real game) accurately depicts my brain when I am attempting to organize all my thoughts and ideas for the newsletter (it's chaos)

This is no joke! The newest clicks ‘n clacks issue went live on the weekend—this time around it’s filled with retro-futuristic keebs from norbauer.co, Severance merch from @basicappleguy.com, heavy duty awekeys.com keycaps, and so much more to explore!

The @3-3.fyi newsletter goes out tomorrow morning, including announcing our next speaker and a link to @nickisnoble.posts.cv's last presentation. We don't yet have a newsletter archive so if you don't want to miss it, make sure you're on the mailing list: 3-3.fyi

New worklouder.cc caps just came in!! I think they look 🔥🔥 on the Nomad [E]

We now have a luma link, thanks for being patient while we figure this out yall 😅. (If you caught the snippet Nick shared of another presentation of his at the last event, you'll understand why I'm so excited for this) lu.ma/zqufxkj4

I am using the new AgBr.app by @heliographe.bsky.social and @nuevotokyo.bsky.social and I am loving it so far! The B&W emulations are beautiful and I can’t wait for more to release. Especially love the Ilford HP5, which I love emulating on my X100V and actually shooting the film with my Canon.

Got so many packages on the way for my new Dymium65 build it’s going to be like Christmas in Spring when they all arrive ⌨️🎄

Another #DaredevilBornAgain episode without Matt getting into the suit, but surprisingly I am truly loving it. Writing is top notch and Kamar de los Reyes’ performance is incredible

No. 14 was filled to the brim with incredible features from so many creators! We got @heyeaslo.bsky.social's new website 🌐, a case for pocket operators 🎶 from andrewkeung.com, an app for Fujifilm enthusiasts by @fujistyle.bsky.social 📸, and a video from @selig.bsky.social all about his dream keeb ⌨️

Feeling nostalgic? Miss sending your friends crudely drawn smiley faces and tiny pixelated emojis? Look no further because #PicoChat by @idreesinc.com is here! This iMessage app was featured in the latest issue (No. 13) of my newsletter! apps.apple.com/app/picochat...

One of the things that gets overlooked is just how great the Read newsletter was, a mix of great content and updates from the community itself. Hopefully @pedropeguerojr.com and I will be able to capture a fraction of that magic. 3-3.fyi

My favourite highlights from Issue No. 12 of clicks ‘n clacks have got to be @aresluna.org‘s love letter to the Gorton font, and @screenbite.bsky.social‘s new early-access app for Window’s handhelds, @winhanced.bsky.social!!

This past issue, No. 11, of clicks ‘n clacks was so much fun to create, and included highlights from amazing creators in awesome communities including dczglyph.com, frumpzkeys.com, and record.club just to name a few!

Gameboy keycap from nuphy.com finally arrived, looking good!! 🎮⌨️

Issue No. 10 of clicks ‘n clacks 🔗 ⌨️ just released yesterday!! One of the highlights from this issue was #Pieoneer, a brand new macOS app from @martinlexow.com. This app has been a pleasure to use and a game-changer for my productivity, I can’t wait to see what comes next from Martin! 1/2 🧵

Don’t forget to check out the 8th Issue of clicks ‘n clacks, which was released on Saturday! This time around, it’s a colourful Issue, featuring amazing totes from analogcompany.co 👜, a new keyboard from timothyachumba.com ⌨️, and an interesting new concept from nuphy.com 🤔.

Starting a new list of mechanical keyboard makers and enthusiasts, poke me if you think you should be on it! go.bsky.app/CUU2akC

The Hiro Lab 🧪 Returns!! Excited to have my first monthly column for Foofaraw out in the wild— This month I check out the DJI Neo, a fantastic $199 selfie drone that might(?) be spying on you, and could be banned later this year! Would you keep it or quarantine it? foofaraw.press/dji-neo/

I case you missed it, this past Saturday, I launched Issue #07 of clicks ‘n clacks 🔗⌨️ !! This week I have to share with you—an incredible new app from flooben.com/orbit, a wrap-up of an amazing year of #mechanicalkeyboards from @alexotos.com, more mini-computers, and two next-level custom keebs!