by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 20, 2009 | Commentary, Featured
This fall my sister and brother-in-law are running the Disney Half Marathon in support of the Top of The Mountain Children’s Disease Foundation and their niece Audrey Orr. The impetus for the creation of Top Of The Mountain came out of a very personal experience...
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 4, 2009 | Commentary, Politics
NPR’s Planet Money Blog has an article today about mortgage modifications and bank’s reticence to make mods to bad loans. Frankly, this doesn’t surprise me at all, even though they’ve been given tons of cash for these modifications. I’m...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 15, 2009 | Commentary
I’m proud to say that once again I have managed to completely avoid seeing or hearing a single pitch of the All Star Game. Why, you ask? Because I think it’s utterly ridiculous to have the outcome of tonight’s game determine who has home field...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 3, 2009 | Commentary, X-Country
Mile 587… Following is Kristin’s commentary: … On the Battersby road trip extrordinare. Presented for your entertainment by the eldest daughter, Kristin Sierra, is a quick update on the cross country road trip that will undoubtedly drive it’s...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jun 29, 2009 | Commentary
Jim Dalrymple offers a critique of Bill Taylor’s recent piece about Steve Jobs in the Harvard Business Review. Bill Taylor complains that Jobs’ leadership style is outmoded and unfit for modern business: Jobs, for all of his virtues, clings to the Great...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jun 22, 2009 | Commentary
As you probably know, at least if you’ve been reading around here, I’m pretty impressed with the MLB At Bat app’s video quality. Which, by the way, was pretty stunning to watch while driving in the car. (No, not while I was behind the wheel!) Superb...
