by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 10, 2009 | Asides
Wired writer Steven Levy on his guilt/remorse response re: his involvement with a variety of social networking sites. We hear a lot about privacy violations by Big Brother and Little Brother. But what if the fault lies not in our siblings but in ourselves? For a...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 9, 2009 | Featured, Macworld, Writing
I just reviewed Nimbuzz, a slick little app that lets you chat with your friends on everything from Facebook to AIM. Not to mention that you can use it to make phone calls using Skype and other voice services too. Here’s my review of Nimbuzz @ Macworld.com....
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 9, 2009 | Commentary
Amazon’s new Kindle 2 looks great, but I still don’t know if I’m down with it yet. Screen looks beautiful, but it seems like it could have been so much better with some kind of multi-touch capabilities. To me, and based solely on the videos, the...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 9, 2009 | Asides
Besides being famous worldwide, Pete Seeger is also a humble local guy who picks up his own mail, has Christmas sing-a-longs on Beacon corners and who spent the entirety of  the last school year singing with my son’s 4th grade class. The liner notes of...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 8, 2009 | Commentary
Available for free only until Valentine’s Day, WineSnob. A cool little iPhone/iPod touch app for cataloging your favorite wines and for keeping track of everything you’ve ever tasted. Photograph labels, add detailed notes, rate the wines you’ve...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 5, 2009 | Featured, Macworld, Writing
My review of Palringo and Flutter is now online at Macworld. hHate to say it, but these two apps hit the can shortly after I took this screenshot… Â
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 5, 2009 | Asides
Great illustration. Bet a lot of people got more than a little freaked out. Bill Gates Unleashes Swarm of Mosquitoes on Crowd | via Fox News
