For the Twelve South team, a vacation is never just a vacation. It’s a time to try out new prototypes on the road, visit far away lands for new inspiration, and for our in-house photographer Steven Jones, a perfect chance to shoot some beautiful new dual-screen desktop backgrounds.   

There’s no doubt it’s summer here in our home of Charleston, SC (100 degrees on average for the last few weeks). But that doesn’t stop us! Here are the 12 things keeping our minds inspired and off the heat.  

There’s no need to wait for Nightstand Mode to arrive on Apple Watch this fall – we’ve provided a simplistic how-to guide for a more flexible bedside alarm right here. If you’re already using your Apple Watch as an alarm via a vertically-oriented stand, there’s plenty more functionality to tap into.  

In celebration of Apple Music last week, three lucky Twelve South fans won a BassJump during our #nowonrepeat giveaway! To keep showing the love, we’ve created an Apple Music playlist compiled of our favorite responses!  

Apple’s developer gala, WWDC, stirred up all sorts of buzz surrounding the second major iteration of watchOS — the software that makes your Apple Watch tick. In particular, Apple plans to add Nightstand Mode, which will allow the Watch to show the current time and an upcoming alarm when it’s sat horizontally and affixed to its charging pad. It’s a lovely idea, but we’re a bit too impatient to wait until fall. And, as it turns out, you don’t have to wait either.  

The Twelve is at bat again, and this time we are thinking all about Dad. Check out the Father’s Day Gift Guide to see our favorite Twelve South gifts for Dad. And just for fun, here are some gifts we are thinking about for our own Dads! Some of us are a bit biased.  

The pollen is flying, the sun is shining. Here, then, are 12 things we’re digging right now (when we’re not working or digging weeds).