by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 14, 2009 | Asides, Commentary
Interesting article in the NY Times today about what some people are doing to make work after they’ve been laid off or have otherwise lost their jobs. There are some very interesting and enterprising individuals in the piece and some interesting ideas for making...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 13, 2009 | Asides, Commentary, Featured
James Fallows maybe needs to give up the weed and check into a rehab facility. Jon Stewart is Edward R. Murrow? Riiiight! And Don Imus is Walter Winchell! Hey, can you pass the Doritos? No doubt, Stewart asked Cramer some excellent questions. But let’s face it,...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 27, 2009 | Asides, Commentary
The guys at Planet Money are frakking brilliant, and I say this because they make it possible for a complete financial moron like me to understand the nuances and complexities of the global financial crisis. This morning they had an especially interesting segment on...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 21, 2009 | Commentary
I’m sitting here in the parking lot of the Poughkeepsie Galleria waiting for my wife to come out of Macy’s. We’ve been shopping all over for the better part of the day and, an armload of opinions to the contrary, it does not appear to me that we are...
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 | 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...
