by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 27, 2013 | Commentary, Featured
Make Every Word Matter. Be concise and clear. Fewer words. Less meandering (without purpose). Using too many sounds like bull$hit, and usually is. Via The Loop
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 26, 2013 | Asides
Twain Harte, CA was my summer home from the time I was born nearly until I left California for New York. The Rim Fire is very near where I spent my summers as a kid. Very sad.
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 24, 2013 | Featured, Macworld, Writing
Yesterday Macworld posted my hands-on look at iWork for iCloud. Coincidentally, Apple also opened up their iCloud beta to anyone interested in giving it a go on the very same day. I found the iCloud beta to be pretty impressive. While it may not satisfy everyone,...
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 15, 2013 | Books, Featured
Kiese Laymon, from How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: A Remembrance …Mama and I fight over my job at Cutco and her staying with her boyfriend and her not letting me use the car to get to my second job at an HIV hospice since my license is...
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 11, 2013 | Asides, On miPod
Words of wisdom, no matter what your artistic endeavors, from Sam Philips: …all too often artists make compromises because they’re afraid of losing their recording contracts, or are desperate for a chart hit. The most important thing – hits or none,...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 29, 2013 | Asides
Not sure about this, but if this appears as a feature in the next version of the iPhone I may start locking mine. Biometric scanner code spotted in latest iOS 7 beta | via CNet
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 26, 2013 | Commentary, Featured
And those who know me understand that while it is refreshing to meet people with no opinions, I am not that fellow. I like to argue. I don’t take the argument itself personally — and I am often amazed at so much outsized commentary that assumes otherwise — but rather...
