by Jeffery Battersby | Oct 6, 2010 | Commentary, Featured
Good, interesting, and important piece at Macworld.com by Kirk McElhearn about a much-needed, centralized iTunes server. I just want to add one more point. iTunes Home Sharing, in my opinion, fails in one very significant way, and that has to do with how it works with...
by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 28, 2010 | Asides, HousePosts
Gizmodo today posted exclusive plans for Steve Jobs’ new house. In a quote from the article by architect Christopher Travis on the simplicity of the house: “This kind of thing only happens when the client gives the architect specific instructions to be...
by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 28, 2010 | Asides
…of Dennis Lehane’s new novel Moonlight Mile. Yum…
by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 28, 2010 | Featured, Macworld, Reviews, Writing
My Word for Mac 2011 review posted this morning on Macworld.com. In a word? Impressed. This is the first time in many years that I’ve come away from a Word review and felt like Microsoft wasn’t treating the Mac like some kind of second class citizen. The...
by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 24, 2010 | Asides
Fantastic video of a gig Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers played in Philly. A kid named Griffin Black from Virginia built a Red Dog Telecaster and Mike Campbell ended up playing during the Philly concert. Absolutely delightful unscripted moment when Campbell asks...