Leaving Rabat 

Date:	June 18, 2023 at 7:28:55 AM GMT+1
Weather:	22°C Mostly Cloudy
Location:	Rue Jamaa Mourino, Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco

Great city. Many photo opportunities. Like this wall and door. Unprocessed image.

A row of potted plants is lined up against a white wall with a decorative blue door and small windows.

I’m really looking forward for this trip... 

Date:	June 16, 2023 at 8:05:30 PM EDT
Weather:	20°C Rain
Location:	Aéroport International de Montréal-Trudeau, Dorval, QC, Canada

From a photography experience perspective… My backpack 🎒 is so heavy with this camera and “only” two lenses. My hope is to use my big camera as much as my iPhone, so that I don’t think that I brought this with me for nothing. 😜

Well, Riccardo Mori doesn’t like Apple Vision Pro, visionOS, or many of what Apple is doing these days. I’ll reread his blog post because I think there is some good takes and also because there is so much to digest.

Neither I nor he saw or experienced the headset, yet we are so far apart in our takes on Apple’s current vision. 😒

Just finished configuring my WhatsApp account on my iPhone. What a weird user experience. I couldn’t get my verification code to be sent by SMS after many tries. Finally asked to be called. WhatsApp asked me if I wanted to restore data from a non-existent iCloud backup. My account is configured with my current phone number which I’m pretty sure won’t work once I’m in Morocco. I bet that changing this phone number will require me to access my SMS on my primary line, which won’t be possible because I’ll depend on an eSIM. I’m not sure what is my “WhatsApp handle” either if such a thing exists. What is I prefer to use my email address so people can find me? I should probably spend an hour googling to sort this out.

And WhatsApp is the de-facto standard in most parts of the world, except North America.

Day One creator Paul Wayne, on Apple’s foray into journaling app:

Rather than seeing this as competition, we embrace Apple’s entry into digital journaling as a testament to its growing importance. This evolution is not just beneficial for Day One, but also for our valued users. Source: Apple’s Journal App and Day One’s Evolution

I applaud the positive attitude here. There is one thing that is missing from Day One: the capability to share a journal entry as a web page.