by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 19, 2012 | Asides, Featured
CNET News reported yesterday that Apple is giving away Snow Leopard to boost iCloud migration, which is true of you’re a MobileMe user who hasn’t taken the Lion plunge or haven’t yet upgraded to iCloud. Note the screenshot below. All you have to do...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 18, 2012 | Asides, Featured
From Ann Patchett’s Op-Ed piece on her disappointment over the Pulitzer Board’s announcement that there will be no prize for fiction this year and why the Pulitzer matters for fiction: Let me underscore the obvious here: Reading fiction is important. It is...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 6, 2012 | Featured, HousePosts
It’s been several months since we had damage to our property because a large flow of water was diverted off of a road behind our house and through our backyard. Thursday the repair work finally began. Everything should be completed by the end of the month, but...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 22, 2012 | Featured, Macworld, Reviews, Writing
I’m still a huge fan of the OmniGroup’s OmniPlan project management application, but sometimes you’ve just gotta go with what’s great. My review of Merlin 2, the ProjectWizards’ excellent project management application, is now up at...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 21, 2012 | Commentary, Featured
Jim Dalrymple has a great idea: Apple should sue Mike Daisey and give the money to Chinese workers. It should be noted that what Daisey did, and, unfortunately by association, what This American Life did, could be construed as libel: libel (for written, broadcast, or...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 16, 2012 | Commentary, Featured, Writing
So… there’s going to be an update on This American Life tonight about a story they ran in January based on a stage play by Mike Daisey. To put it bluntly, as Ira Glass did on the TAL blog: Daisey lied to me and to This American Life producer Brian Reed during...
