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Surprisingly useful during travel. This is Series 8 with watchOS 10 beta 4.
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If all goes well today, I should be able to make it to a site with many abandoned buildings. this could be a great photo opportunity. This would be the first site outside Canada where I practice urban exploration (aka “urbex”). Feeling excited. š
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The Post-COVID iPad Era
Apple’s services help other Apple lines of products soften their respective crashes. COVID and work-from-home, learn-from-home was a boon for the iPad and Apple will suffer the post-COVID for quite some time. Knowing the longer-than-usual replacement cycle of the iPad, recovery is not for tomorrow. Great summary by Six Colors.
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Musk reminds me of Trump when he says he wants to have a conversation with Tim Cook about the App Storeās 30% cut on whatever shit they allow to sell through X.com. Just like Trump walking to the room in Ukraine or Russia and solving the Ukraine war in a day. What a pair of clowns these guys can be.
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Apple Canāt Kill Siri Just Like That
And gone is Microsoft Cortana. What a weird name that was (Bard is not better in that respect). Some are suggesting Apple should do the same with Siri. I donāt think so because Apple has no apparent alternative to Siri, so they cannot just dump Siri because others are dumping their assistant. They do because they actively work on alternatives. Microsoft is clear in that respect and already shows what the alternatives are. Siri is a high-value brand name. Apple should build any next-generation AI-based tool to replace or complement the current back-end.
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Thought of the day: Tenerife beauties and greatness make me feel humbled as a living species.
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Tenerife, in many ways, reminds me of Hawaii. Vegetation, volcano, photography opportunities and the weather, all contribute to this feeling. I would say that it’s the European-style version of Hawaii.
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Yesterday, we went to visit the botanical garden of Puerto De La Cruz forgetting to bring my big camera with me, only with my iPhone. At first, I was wary that I would miss photo opportunities, but in the end, that wasnāt the case. Judging by the initial view of my photos, the iPhone wonderfully met the challenge. This garden was definitively a place for macro-photography! BTW, if you ever visite Tenerife, it’s a great place to visit and it is damn cheap.
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Thought of the day: if only we spent as much time on great rollouts (Apple) than we do on really bad ones (X)ā¦ oh wait, we do actually! Seriously, Iām tired of those comments about Xā¦
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Just finished glancing at my Micro.blog posts for the month of July, thanks to my newsletter. Man I do spend time on this blogging platform! Hope you enjoy reading my stuff as much as I love posting and blogging all this!
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Todayās plan: going to the beach and then visit Santa Cruz. Iām not a ābeach boyā but Iāll spend the time exploring the beach surroundings and do some photography while they relax under the sun.
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On The Refinement Game in Tech
I wonāt bother linking to the original piece, linking to Math Birchlerās link post instead will be enough. Is the iPhone refined enough? It depends on how you define Ā«Ā refinementĀ Ā». To me, the iPhone isnāt refined enough in a way that new tech can help make the iPhone even better. If this yearās rumors are true, this is exactly what will happen (faster processor, more power efficient, etc.). Craftmanship also is a big part of the refinement story (softer edges, etc.). I can’t wait for iPhone 15 Pro, coming from the 13 Pro, I’ll certainly enjoy all the refinements, big and small.
Oh and apparently, unlike Apple, other companies donāt bother keeping the refinement game going. Well, this is exactly why I love Apple, they care to refine and try to improve things, year after year.
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I started testing Safariās Profiles feature that comes with iOS 17. And judging from my initial experience, just like Focus modes, it takes a lot of management and understanding to make it work to my liking. I’ll make it work, but not today.
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In a few days, on August first to be exact, the next edition of my blog posts summary newsletter will be sent out to all my subscribers (millions of themā¦. not really, just a few people). Maybe itās the right time for you to subscribe too, especially if you are a new follower of mine, so you get a better view of what Iām up to! Link below.š You’re welcome. šš»
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Thoughts on Micro.blog Tags
Iāve been playing with Micro.blogās new bookmark tags. At first, I thought the feature was underwhelming. I don’t think there is a way to add more than one tag to a bookmark. This might be a good thing after all. Still undecided on this. Then, I discovered how you can select a tag to display associated bookmarks. Hoping for the iOS app to receive an update soon. I updated a few dozen bookmarks to add a tag. I’ll see if it makes a difference. My bookmarks are not that many and many are deleted after a while.
Update #1: someone pointed me that we can have more than one tag, simply by adding commas. Update #2: I can see Micro.blog bookmarks as a complement to Anybox, but focused on content originating from people I follow on Micro.blog / Mastodon. I donāt see that replacing Anybox anytime soon.
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My next MacBook Air will have 16 GB of RAM (up from 8 GB), 1 TB of storage (of from 512 GB), all this in a 15 inch configuration. I decided to give my previous 2020 M1 MacBook Air to Apple for a 580 CAN$ credit, plus the 200$ credit for the āback to schoolā promotion. Andā¦ 1500 CAN$ of Apple Store credit, thanks to my job bonuses! This could be the cheapest upgrade ever!
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Killing some time while waiting for diner time by processing and posting my photos on Pixelfed. Too bad they donāt seem to show up in my timeline here on Micrp.blog. Doing all this from my aging 2018 iPad Pro. Thatās my traveling device, leaving the MacBook Air behind. Speaking of which, I ordered my 15-inch MBA yesterday and it should be ready just in time when Iām back home! š
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Oh nice, we missed our connection flight to Tenerifeš«¤. We will have to spend the night in London. At the hotel. š
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Woah. Bad weather northern US causes inbound flight postponed. We wonāt make it to the next flight. Rebooked everything. Going to London instead of Newark. Then to Tenerife. All good now. š
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If you take more than two flights per year, Flighty becomes a must-have, IMO. What a great app. So many things could be said about it. Not cheap, though. Quality and craftsmanship have a price.
