by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 13, 2007 | Macworld, Writing
Looks good… Apple has released the latest version of iWork, which, along with the presentation program Keynote and the page layout program Pages, now includes the spreadsheet program Numbers. I just wrote a First Look at Pages which you’ll find on the...
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 6, 2007 | Commentary, Wanders, Writing
Lead us to the Wright stuff We’re just back from the high peaks region of the Adirondacks putting a period on a two week long vacation that has taken us from Washington D.C. to Weirton, WV, Niagara Falls, Canada, and finally Lake Placid, NY. Sounds like a crazy...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 25, 2007 | Macworld, Writing
Mind mapping application remains an excellent choice Mindjet’s MindManager 7 is an excellent tool for quickly organizing disparate but related ideas into a cogent, organized outline. While the program still lacks some parity with its Windows siblingâ€â€it...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 16, 2007 | Macworld, Writing
Good genealogy program offers iPhoto integration Heredis is a good genealogy program that doesn’t quite match up to some of the other programs on the marketâ€â€it offers iPhoto integration that doesn’t quite match up to other genealogy offerings. But...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 14, 2007 | Commentary, HousePosts, Writing
Or a misguided fear of a dangerous mind… I was intrigued (or maybe that’s incensed) recently by an essay in Newsweek about The Dangerous Book for Boys—an Amazon bestseller and a book that my nine-year-old son, since receiving it for his birthday less...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 12, 2007 | Commentary, Wanders, Writing
Where four days and three nights equal one wonderfully long vacation… Saturday morning we packed the car, put the canoe on top and headed to Lake George in the southern part of New York’s Adirondack Park. Four hours later… Wow! Waltonian Island is...