1. Today is an Apple Store visit day! And maybe, just maybe, it's an iPad Pro day too! It's going to be an 11-inch, Space Black, 512GB model after all. I cannot justify the price difference between the 512GB and 1TB models.
2. I'm progressing in processing my travel photos. I've been using Finder tags to set the current stage of processing, and it works ok. I'm not sure whether I'll keep doing that forever, though. One reason being that on the iPad, I cannot create smart folders in Files.app.
3. There is a three-day weekend ahead, and I love those because usually I take advantage of the spare time for my creative activities.
4. Have a great day. 

1. I'm wondering if I should cancel my OpenAI subscription since the release of ChatGPT 4o. They made it hard for us to decide what is the difference with or without a subscription. It's just not obvious. Tell me if you know. 
2. Speaking of generative AI: it will be fascinating to see how Apple will play their cards at the upcoming WWDC conference. We're less than a month away to know it all. My guess is that they will play the same card they did with Google for Search by partnering with OpenAI for cloud-based prompts, but also by adopting smaller models for running on-device for some prompts.
3. I'm trying to figure out if I could or should use Apple Finder's tags to tag my photos in my workflow. I could use tags like "ToProcess", "Processed" and "Shared". I asked people on Micro.blog if this is something they do but got no response.
4. I'm about to share a short article about my previous iPad. It's the right time, just before getting a new one.
5. Have a great day! 👋🏻

What do Siri and iPadOS have in common? Both were full of promises that were never delivered.

I'm paid to do technical diagrams and write. I'm feeling lucky today because both are creative acts. 

1. Jet lag still in effect as I'm waking up way too early in the morning. It usually takes a week to return to normal. 😑
2. My latest video about Craft didn't get as much traction as I had hoped. I'm not sure why. I'm always wondering what I'm doing wrong, how I could improve things.
3. I like it when I share some thoughts about a topic and a discussion follows, like in this thread about iPadOS limitations.
4. Thought of the day: the Mac Finder is not a great photo browser. 
5. Another thought of the day: I'd like to learn Final Cut Pro on the iPad Pro. Just for fun.
6. Have a great day! 👋🏻

1. Craft 2.8 is out, my YouTube video came out a little bit too early. I'm the only guy who does videos about this app. I put a lot of energy into making those, but I like it. I couldn't do videos about anything else anyway. This is my niche. 🤖
2. I started processing my travel photos yesterday with Adobe Bridge. Out of 357 photos, 60 were selected to be processed. I'll probably end up with 30 really good images and shareable images, which represents the magic 10% of the total. 📷
3. I'm getting back to work this morning. Meh. I don't know what to expect. 👨🏻‍💼
4. Have a great day dear readers. 👋🏻

1. Thanks to jet lag, it's 5AM, and I'm writing this with my coffee.
2. From my dining table, where I'm writing every morning, I can see the sunset light slowly lighting up the base of the clouds. It's nice. I'm a morning guy.
3. Today it's a YouTube recording day. It's going to be about Craft v2.8.0 that should go out tomorrow or Tuesday.
4. Today, it's also a photo processing day. At least, I'm going to upload my photos and start the selection process. This will help me test and experience my updated photo-processing workflow. I didn't expect by leaving Adobe Lightroom that the catalog management was so critical. Now, I'm paying for it. 😑
5. Now that my frustration about having missed the opportunity to get the right iPad Pro before my next vacation this summer, I'm looking forward to visiting an Apple Store this week to see them in person. Who knows, maybe the nano-texture display is not worth it to me and I could settle on a standard display instead, in which case I could get it very soon. TBD.
6. Have a nice day!

1. I'm slowly returning to normal creative activities, like writing this daily post. I'm writing this from the Rome airport while waiting for the boarding.
2. Jet lag coming up for sure, which could impedes some of my plans this week.
3. I brought my 70-200mm lens, but never used it. What this tells me is that swapping lenses is a pain that I want to prevent at the cost of losing some great photo opportunities.
4. I was able to download a few videos about the iPad announcements, including the 38-min Apple keynote itself. This should keep me busy for a while on the plane.
5. I'll try to order my new iPad Pro tonight at Montreal's local time, unless the delivery date cannot be sure before June 25th which is when I'll be on vacation in Europe, Croatia.
6. Blogging while on vacation is not my thing. My schedule is often uncertain and in flux, and writing for me must happen on a regular basis.
7. It's great to be back. And yes, I had a superb cruise travel in French Riviera, in case you ask.

1. I'm writing right from my hotel in Barcelona! We're taking the cruise ship later today!
2. We spent the evening yesterday waling around in Barcelona, where I did some street photography!
3. On the plane, the guy right beside us spent 7 hours scrolling on his iPhone. Was it on TikTok? I couldn't see and was wondering if he was connected to the wireless service of the plane. Anyway, I'm mostly not judging, but man, 7 hours of scrolling on a tiny screen? Really?
4. I'm a city type of guy. I like it when it is busy, but not too busy, people walking around with bikes everywhere, scooters, etc.
5. We're going to explore so more of Barcelona this morning, with my camera. It's my third time here and I love this place. 
6. Have a great day, wherever you are with whatever are your plans!

I'm getting ready to load my iPhone with podcasts before going to the airport. I'm undecided between Pocket Cast and Apple Podcasts. So, I load some episodes in the former and some others in the latter. 🤷🏻‍♂️