by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 2, 2014 | Asides
Philip Seymour Hoffman: The Greatest Actor of His Generation | via The Atlantic For me, acting is torturous, and it’s torturous because you know it’s a beautiful thing. I was young once, and I said, “That’s beautiful and I want that.” Wanting it is easy, but trying to...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 28, 2014 | Featured
No possible reason I’d want to overtalk this other than to simply say that Pete Seeger has passed and that he was a regular contributor to the life of my son from the 4th grade on. What a remarkable man and what an amazing experience for my son. Incredible how...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 23, 2014 | Asides, Featured, Reviews, Writing
Remember all those concerns about the cheesy new version of iWork? Remember how Apple was moving backwards. Remember how much crappy these apps were supposed to be? Now, try to remember how often Apple updated those old versions of iWork when they were on a DVD and...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 17, 2014 | Featured, Macworld, Reviews, Writing
My review of VIPOrbit is up at Macworld.com. Great little app created in part by one of the original developers of ACT!. While it’s definitely a first gen product, meaning I saw a few glitches here and there, overall it’s a fantastic app that, as it grows,...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 11, 2014 | Asides
Arbitrator’s Ruling Banishes the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez for a Season
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 2, 2014 | Featured, Macworld, Reviews, Writing
My review of QuickBooks 2014 for Mac is now up at Macworld.com. This, sadly, is still the same-old same-old from Intuit. It’s not a bad product, it just doesn’t add anything of super-duper value to the product. And nope… no file level compatibility...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 23, 2013 | Asides
Ahhh, Candlestick Park. I spent more than a few afternoons freezing my butt off in your bleachers with my father. Hope your last Niners’ game is great. Don’t let the fog hit you in the ass on your way out the door.
