Kevin Herrera

An easy going software engineer that casually enjoys programming, playing guitar, and playing MMORPG games. Yadda yadda yadda, my opinions are my own, etc.

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Cake day: May 31st, 2023

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  • I am going to watch the VOD later, but I get the feeling I will disappointed. Not sure what others are looking forward to, but there are somethings I really want to see but feel that I won’t (maybe ever):

    1. macOS Touch on iPad
    2. Desktop mode for iOS (e.g. Samsung Dex, not full blown macOS)
    3. Foldable iPhone
    4. Round Watch
    5. Dock to support multiple MacBooks

    This will also likely be the last year I am on the iPhone Upgrade Program for a while unless they announce a foldable.









  • From everything I have observed, businesses are hunkering down for a recession in the next fiscal year. It explains the lay offs, the penny pinching, and puzzling decisions that look like business suicide.

    For services that are free for users, advertising revenue and investment fund raisers are the only thing keeping them afloat. With banks like SVB getting seized by the FDIC, it’s starting to scare investors. Advertisers are seeing the writing on the wall that people will stop spending as much as they used to. We are also probably seeing jacked up pricing across the board because businesses are taking what they can before it’s gone.

    So what’s left? Squeeze users for money. Additionally, shed users that actually cost them money and these tend to be power users. The question, which everyone seems to be assuming is a foregone conclusion, is if this shedding strategy will end up killing the service. In reality, we don’t know but the idealists would sure feel good if someone else ate their market share.

    I’m just glad that federation is picking up steam in the social media space.