by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 24, 2010 | Asides
Marco Arment’s Instapaper application is, according to Arment, expected to be available on or very near the release date for the iPad. Of note in Arment’s blog post is how difficult it is to develop and release an application (wait, are they apps or...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 23, 2010 | On miPod
Harvard University joins Apple’s iTunes U | via The Loop Great addition to what’s already an AMAZING iTunes asset. I’ve been listening to Michigan State’s Ralph Williams Shakespeare lectures. Top notch and not something that I’d have any...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 22, 2010 | Asides
A kind of top-down view of, yes, the iPad, but, more broadly, the tablet. And who better than Steven Levy to tell the tale? How the Tablet Will Change the World | via Wired Magazine It also represents an ambitious rethinking of how we use computers. No more files and...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 22, 2010 | Asides
Now Software, creators of Now Up to Date and the new Now X, has suspended their day to day operations and closed up shop. Now Software Farewell It is with a heavy heart that I have decided to suspend Now Software’s day-to-day operations. As many of you know,...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 22, 2010 | Asides
Effort at Wall Street Journal to Attract More New Yorkers | via NYTimes.com On a related note, this weekend’s NY Times had large full page ads extolling the virtues of advertising in the Times as compared to advertising in the WSJ. Interesting times ahead…...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 21, 2010 | Asides
It’s Not the Recession, You Just Suck | via Outspoken Media and @georgiajoseph Great little bit by Lisa Barone. I, as some of you may know, was on the business end of a layoff about 7 months ago. I’m happy to say that I should be reaching the crest of the hill...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 19, 2010 | Asides
Everyone’s got an opinion, none of them are the same. iPad sales LIKELY to outpace iPhone sales mark. | via PCWorld.com iPad sales UNLIKELY to outpace iPhone sales mark. | via BusinessWeek.com Granted, one of these articles is looking at the three month mark and...