by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 18, 2012 | Asides
Like the curtain finally falling from the Wizard of Oz to find just a small, frail, man pretending to be far more powerful and relevant than he really was. Microsoft’s biggest miss was allowing the world to finally see the truth behind the big lie — they were not...
by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 28, 2010 | Featured, Macworld, Reviews, Writing
My Word for Mac 2011 review posted this morning on Macworld.com. In a word? Impressed. This is the first time in many years that I’ve come away from a Word review and felt like Microsoft wasn’t treating the Mac like some kind of second class citizen. The...
by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 12, 2010 | Asides
The NY Times today has an interesting article about how law enforcement officials in Russia are using anti-piracy laws to confiscate computers owned by those who are speaking out against the government. In the case cited in this article, those groups whose computers...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 30, 2010 | Commentary
Interesting response from a Daring Fireball reader about the leaked screenshots of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 and the fact that these shots still show Save buttons that use a now rather anachronistic floppy disk icon. Here are a couple more interesting points:...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 9, 2009 | Asides
Not quite as brash as initially reported, but interesting nonetheless. Daring Fireball Linked List: Journalists Told Not to Use or Mention Apple Products at Windows Mobile Event in Germany.
