by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 18, 2009 | Asides
Saw this link first via John Gruber’s Daring Fireball and it just about sums up the Kindle 2 for me: The design has too many bells and whistles and not enough elegance to be a truly great device. So says Greg Raiz, who has some excellent ideas about how to make...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 18, 2009 | Commentary
 I gave it a try, but I’m over it. Evernote showed promise, but in the end it just wasn’t right for me. There’s no doubt that it’s a slick, maybe even cool idea for simplifying and centralizing the piles of information you have to handle on a...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 18, 2009 | Asides
I was listening to this week’s Moth Podcast last night, which was, as is often the case, excellent. For those of you unaware of The Moth, the tag line is “True Stories Told Live Without Notes,” and this week’s was a story by comedian Mike...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 18, 2009 | Commentary, Featured, Macworld, Writing
I just completed a preview of Intuit’s Quicken Financial Life, which is now online at Macworld.com. There have been some questions on the Macworld Forum and requests for screenshots of other parts of the program, so I’m going to provide shots that we...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 17, 2009 | Asides
I haven’t seen Frozen River yet, but I love Melissa Leo. Have ever since I first saw her in Homicide. Loved her in 21 Grams. Hands down, one of my favorite female actors. Thelma Adams: For Your Consideration: Melissa Leo for Best Actress in Frozen...
