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# ⚡ 01NOV2026: The looks I've been getting
- URL: https://www.hiro.report/01nov2026-the-looks-ive-been-getting/
- Published: 2026-11-02T01:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-02T01:00:00.000Z
- Description: A new Kindle and Goodreads replacement, off the books Apple products, a gorgeous new fountain pen, a filmmaker's camera app, and more...
- Author: Hiro

Happy Sunday, everyone!

I hope everybody enjoyed a fun and spooky Halloween. I dressed as a middle-aged suburban Dungeon Crawler Carl, and impressively, I only ran into one person who knew who that was! This week I've been learning that the Space Shuttle Discovery has a [typographical error](https://www.theautopian.com/a-typography-geek-pointed-out-something-about-the-space-shuttle-discovery-and-now-i-cant-unsee-it/?ref=hiro.report) on its livery, playing a borderline concerning amount of [Dungeon Clawler](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6752933732?ref=hiro.report) on Apple Arcade, rooting for this project that aims to put a [modern motherboard](https://certainthings.studio/sprout/?ref=hiro.report) inside old iPods, and loving this website that looks at what year you graduated high school and tells you all [the things you were taught that have since been proven wrong](https://theretrocodex.com/?ref=hiro.report).

*Note that some of the links in this issue of the Hiro Report are affiliate links and may earn me a small commission at no additional cost to you.*

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Building for the web is hard! There are about a million different browser window shapes and sizes you need to plan for. Views helps out by turning your Mac, iPhone, or iPad into a responsive-design workspace that shows your site at a bunch of phone, tablet, foldable, and desktop sizes side by side (including the new iPhone Duo screen sizes). Beyond just viewing, you can tap into any one of them to click links and test menus at the desired size. The part that I really appreciate is the support for Shortcuts and the built-in CLI: hook it up on your Mac or PC and the previews reload every time you or your agent of choice saves. 

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**On to the good stuff!**

📖 [**Readwise Books**](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/readwise-books/id6502848368?ref=hiro.report) \- The Readwise team, who already make some of my favorite highlights and read-later apps, have been building what they're calling "the Strava of reading": one app where you can buy, read, and track every book you own, whether it's an ebook, a paperback, or an audiobook. I've been beta testing it for a bit (thanks [Sterling](https://sterlingsmith.fyi/?ref=hiro.report)!), and really enjoying it. Every page you read/listen to gets logged automatically and adds up into fun stats on your pace, focus, and how immersed you were. If you're reading a print book, you can take photos with your camera to capture and OCR your highlights, AND to track how many pages/words you read. If you import a DRM-free ebook, it can also do some fun AI-powered stuff like turning it into a really great sounding audiobook. Notably, the app never trains AI with the books you load into it, nor your reading data. It's also got a light social feed like Strava, so you and your friends can track each other's progress and reviews. It's invite-only for now unless you already have a Readwise subscription, but I have a small handful of invites I can share with anyone interested. (Works great on the iPhone Duo as well!)

🖊️ [**Mark Four: Custom Machined Fountain Pen**](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danprovost/mark-four-a-minimal-durable-custom-machined-fountain-pen?ref=hiro.report) \- Studio Neat (the Austin-based team behind several of my favorite desk products) is back on Kickstarter with its first fountain pen: machined stainless steel, with a great looking matte Cerakote finish, a JoWo #6 Fine/Medium/Broad nib, and a cap that magnetically snaps on in a super satisfying way. It's already blown past its $50K goal, and these guys have a track record of overdelivering on Kickstarters. If I hadn't just gotten a new fountain pen a few weeks ago, I'd be all over this one. Their [Mark One](https://www.studioneat.com/products/markone?variant=17522303008833&ref=hiro.report) and [Mark Two](https://www.studioneat.com/products/marktwo?ref=hiro.report) are two of my all-time favorite pens.

⌨️ [**Raycast Primary Keyboard for iOS**](https://www.raycast.com/ios?ref=hiro.report) \- Raycast remains my favorite macOS launcher, and not too long ago they launched an iOS app with some handy features, but nothing that I found myself using super often. This week they launched a full iOS keyboard within their app that has blown my mind and instantly become the default keyboard on my phone. It's got built-in voice dictation at the press of a button (à la Wispr Flow and Monologue), but offers a way, way better typing experience than the others by including predictive text and swipe typing like the default iOS keyboard. It's also customizable, so you can add buttons for quickly accessing your commonly used text snippets, run custom AI commands on your text, GIF and emoji search… all right from the keyboard. If you really want to nerd out, you can tweak the theme of the keyboard and adjust how much of a haptic response it gives as well. I'm loving it.

 [**AppleUnsold**](https://appleunsold.com/?ref=hiro.report) \- I can't believe I only just learned about this site this week. AppleUnsold is a shop for the Apple gear that Apple doesn't sell or offer to the public. Things like internal Apple t-shirts, hats, bags, and pins, as well as Apple store display hardware like the beautiful Apple Vision Pro display tray, various custom MagSafe charging stands, and even a $2,000 Apple Watch demo unit/display. I think a lot of this stuff is going on my Christmas list this year.

📷 [**Chromagraph Camera for iOS**](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chromagraph-camera/id6803329435?ref=hiro.report) \- Getting a new iPhone always gets me tinkering with new photography apps, and Chromagraph is a really fun recent find (courtesy of [David Pierce](https://www.theverge.com/installer-newsletter?ref=hiro.report)'s excellent newsletter). Chromagraph was built as a collaboration between Rian Johnson and his cinematographer, Steve Yedlin, who shot the Knives Out films. Instead of laying a filter over Apple's processing, it starts from the raw sensor data and builds the image its own way, using their opinionated color science. It works sorta like a film camera in that you frame the shot, then don't see the finished look until you check it in the gallery afterward, where the raw originals are kept and you can adjust color, tone, and texture. I really like the looks I've been getting from it, very cinematic tones and colors. I love that it's a one-time purchase.

That's it for this week! May you catch just the perfect breeze. My thanks again to [Hypercode](https://hypercode.de/views?ref=hiro.report) for sponsoring this week's issue!