by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 22, 2016 | Commentary, Featured
New, must read, from your’s truly, on Macworld.com. Even without a comprehensive policy, just enrolling the device in an MDM system would have been enough.
by Jeffery Battersby | May 12, 2015 | Asides, Commentary
Four men in four separate cities are dead over a shoplifted cigar, a single sold cigarette, a legal pocket knife and a domestic order for child support. Do any of us feel appreciably safer for the cost? Do any of us still want to talk about breaking a few eggs to make...
by Jeffery Battersby | May 6, 2015 | Commentary, Writing
I have no idea who Garth Stein is, although I have heard of (but have not read) his novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain. His take on how he writes (or doesn’t) squares with mine to a near perfect T. When and where do you write? I write like writing is a job. I...
by Jeffery Battersby | May 6, 2015 | Asides, Commentary, Macworld, Writing
Starting this week I will be taking over the weekly reigns of Working Mac at Macworld.com. This week I take a look at the Pomodoro Technique, something I use when my focus is at a minimum. Kicking off a timer will often help me get back on task. Working Mac: The power...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 5, 2014 | Commentary, Featured
Hours after coming out of the police academy, I was told something as a new rookie officer: You’d rather be tried by 12 jurors than carried by six pallbearers. In my impressionable first days, I saw officers leave the precinct every day touching the lockers of their...
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 11, 2014 | Commentary, Featured
Matt Honan as an interesting article on Wired that illustrates exactly why I left Facebook a few months back. He spent two days “liking” everything he saw and the end result was that his entire newsfeed became a giant clutter of garbage. While that should...