by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 11, 2009 | Featured, Macworld, Reviews, Writing
My QuickBooks 2010 Review is now online Macworld.com. The latest version of QuickBooks adds some interesting, and in one case necessary, features, but still comes up short when compared to both its desktop and web-based competitors. Still missing? Feature and file...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 9, 2009 | Featured, Macworld, Reviews
My FreshBooks Review is now online at Macworld.com. FreshBooks being the second of several online estimate, invoice, and accounting applications that I’m in the process of reviewing. FreshBooks offers many several very good features, but is suited more toward...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 6, 2009 | Commentary, Featured, Writing
Motorola’s Droid review: It’s the best phone on Verizon | via Los Angeles Times Some notable paragraphs: After spending plenty of time with the iPhone and MyTouch, we realized just how much we don’t miss physical keyboards. Granted, the Droid’s...
by Jeffery Battersby | Oct 28, 2009 | Featured, Reviews, Writing
My first in a series of reviews of online billing and invoicing apps is now up at Macworld.com. MetaLab’s Ballpark is a slick little web application, and a great first effort, but it has a ways to go to before it’s ready to replace your existing desktop...
by Jeffery Battersby | Oct 23, 2009 | Featured, HousePosts, Reviews, Writing
My review of two paint selection applications for the iPhone and iPod touch are now up at Macworld.com While not perfect, both of these apps, one from Benjamin Moore and the other from Sherwin-Williams, are a pretty cool way to select the perfect paint color based on...
by Jeffery Battersby | Oct 3, 2009 | Featured, On miPod
I’m back in Alameda for a couple of days for my high school class reunion. One of the additional benefits of being here is being able to see my uncle perform an original piece he wrote for the Contra Costa Performing Arts Society’s composers group concert...