by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 9, 2012 | Featured, Macworld, Reviews, Writing
My review of Personal Capital for iOS is now up at Macworld.com.Truly the best personal finance app I think you'll find on your Mac, your phone, or on the Web.
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 6, 2012 | Asides
No, not me, Mat Honan. Pretty terrifying read: In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed. First my Google account was taken over, then deleted. Next my Twitter account was compromised, and used as a platform to broadcast racist and homophobic...
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 3, 2012 | Asides
One of my favorite podcasts. 7 Days left until this Kickstarter ends. They’ve more than met their initial goal, but if they get 619 more backers (doesn’t matter if it’s just a dollar) they will get an extra $10,000 thrown on top of what they’ve...
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 3, 2012 | Asides
Everyone (including us) is saying this morning that the U.S. economy gained 163,000 jobs last month. Strictly speaking, this is a lie. In fact, the U.S. economy actually lost 1.2 million jobs last month. Ouch. Actually, The U.S. Lost 1.2 Million Jobs Last Month | via...
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 1, 2012 | Asides
My film is chock-full of unlabeled images that make cultural, artistic and literary references. Additionally, the two main characters are modeled to look like the Russian filmmakers Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Eisenstein. I hope this piece is at least unoriginal in an...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 31, 2012 | Asides
Today Amazon.com announced some features for their Cloud Player service that put it on par with iTunes Match. Among the features added: Faster music import for Cloud Player using scan and match technology Upgrade of matched files to high-quality 256 Kbps audio...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 24, 2012 | Asides
Backed up and ready to go. I was actually expecting to see it ship today. Apple to ship Mountain Lion on Wednesday | via Macworld