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  • May 20, 2025 5:27am
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    Location check in 🗺 — The VIP lounge of the Barcelona Airport is the best that I’ve ever seen. So much space, quiet, lots of food with variety. Impressive.

  • May 19, 2025 9:24am
    Photography Travels
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    Couldn’t make the city walk I had hoped for but managed to get that one done. Not bad. I always liked symmetry that can be found in cathedrals.

  • May 19, 2025 6:23am
    Travels Newsletter
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    Travel update: I’m currently in Valencia, Spain, still figuring out if we will go off the ship today for a walk in a city that we already visited back in 2017. One idea would be to revisit some places but with this idea of trying different photo takes with more modern photo gear (was using an iPhone 7, Nikon D80 back then if I remember correctly).

  • May 15, 2025 7:48am
    Photography Travels Newsletter
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    Currently in Catalina, Sicile. Rainy day. Brought my camera with me but got no inspiration to take photos, except that one which is in line with the current weather.

  • May 13, 2025 5:42am
    Travels Newsletter
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    It’s 2025 and I’m still fascinated by the lack of efficiency of barcode or QRcode reading equipments at airports or train stations which greatly reduce the flow of people trying to catch their flight or train.

  • May 13, 2025 3:19am
    Photography Travels
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    I love those courtyards which are everywhere in Europe, especially in bigger and denser cities like Rome. Always something interesting or intriguing to see and catch.

  • May 11, 2025 12:53pm
    Photography Travels
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    Back on the train after a day in Pompeii, Italy 🇮🇹 . We can see the Vesuvius volcano in the backdrop. What a beautiful and fascinating place. If you go there, spend the whole day. Don’t miss a pizza at the Pizzeria de la gare. 😋

  • May 10, 2025 10:26am
    Photography Travels
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    Finally made it to Rome Italy 🇮🇹 . The first day is always the hardest one, thanks to the jet lag 😵😵‍💫🥱. But I always try to keep my photography eye on alert.

  • May 9, 2025 8:43am
    Apple & Tech Newsletter
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    I simply don’t understand the value proposition of the rumoured Apple homeOS. I mean, most people got a smartphone in their hands which is always connected. If you happen to have HomeKit devices in your home, everything is close at hand with the Home app. We don’t need a specialized tablet to change lights and look at the doorbell camera, right? Are we?

  • May 9, 2025 7:32am
    Travels Newsletter
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    Last day of work before a two-weeks vacation where I’ll spend some time visiting Rome, Pompeii, Ibiza, Valencia, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Taormina, Valletta and Palma; places that I’m eagerly waiting to visit! 😀

  • May 8, 2025 6:42am
    Apple & Tech Newsletter
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    Apparently, Microsoft released updated Surface devices. Not much buzz about them, even with this questionable CoPilot+ moniker and branding. I don’t see them a lot in my professional life either.

  • May 7, 2025 10:00pm
    Food for thought Apps & Services Newsletter
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    Here’s an interesting idea from Parker Ortolani: portable memory format so that we can move our ChatGPT memory across generative AI service providers. THAT would be innovative. I think generative AI is so profound that preventing lock in would be seen as a positive sign of good will from the tech world, something we are missing these days.

  • Ten Years of... Bad Watch Faces?

    May 7, 2025 9:52pm
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    David Sparks from MacSparky expresses his disappointment with the usability of Apple Watch faces since the original model was released in 2015. This resonates with me a lot. Using the Series 10 and I use essentially the same watch face, all the time: utility, because it’s the most readable. A possible solution to this conundrum? David Sparks’ suggestion:

    Even better would be an Apple Watch Face Store, where classic watch makers and indie designers can sell digital versions of their iconic dials. Apple could take a cut, we’d get endless variety, and everyone would win.

    I think this could help move the needle with sales of the Apple Watch while taking a cut, something Apple is well-known for… 😒

  • On Managing Digital Good Purchases

    May 7, 2025 9:21pm
    Apple & Tech Longer posts Apps & Services Newsletter
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    I just spent some time trying to find the payment provider for a specific app that charged me the wrong amount (paddle.net, which I won’t name). I realized I used different emails for different apps, so my purchases are scattered across those addresses. It’s a mess and hard to manage. The Apple App Store has many questionable rules, but having one place to manage purchases and subscriptions is invaluable.

  • May 7, 2025 9:15pm
    Apple & Tech Newsletter
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    Apple App Store rules are challenged in the US and so many other places around the world, except in Canada. Will we keep the original version of the App Store with all the constraints forever?

  • May 7, 2025 1:40pm
    Apple & Tech Newsletter
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    Apple, Safari and AI: Eddy Cue is the guy who convinced Steve Jobs to do an iPad mini. AI replacing Search seems a nobrainer to me in the near term. It’s already happening for me.

  • May 6, 2025 9:26pm
    Apple & Tech Newsletter
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    Astute comment by @mattbirchler on iPad multitasking. Having to keep an app open like Final Cut Pro to export a long video doesn’t make sense in today’s world. We need to be able to switch to other apps while this export is happening and doing its magic. An addition to the Entitlements.plist to allow long-running tasks won’t cut the deal.

  • Five Years Ago - Confinement

    May 6, 2025 4:49pm
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    Five years ago. COVID was hitting hard after two months of confinement. Distant memories already. Hard to believe. I still wear emotional injuries from that time. It wasn’t easy, and nothing really returned to normal since then. With current geopolitical events, things seems different and somewhat worse to some degree. Difficult times, indeed.

  • May 6, 2025 7:51am
    Apple & Tech Photography Apps & Services Newsletter
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    Since Apple bought Pixelmator, here’s what happened so far: No new features. No new subscription. No more release notes. Enjoy the silence. Couldn’t be more excited about the future of Photomator and Pixelmator. 😒

  • May 4, 2025 11:45am
    Misc Newsletter
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    You know your country is in deep turmoil and trouble when the president isn’t sure if it has to respect the constitution. Lawers are working on it, he says. Think about it. WTF is this clown?

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