by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 11, 2010 | Commentary
From Dan Moren’s article on Macworld.com: “It’s going to be a smaller show this year,†acknowledged Paul Kent, vice president and general manager for Macworld 2010. Last year’s exhibition spanned both Moscone’s North and South halls....
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 10, 2010 | Asides
From Daring Fireball: Special issue of Hamish Hamilton’s excellent literary magazine, “A celebration of the life of David Foster Wallace with contributions by Don DeLillo, Jonathan Franzen, Zadie Smith, George Saunders and others.†Designed by our old friend...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 5, 2010 | Asides
Apple? Google? Who cares? You need to know Dropbox | via CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Andy nails perfectly the beauty of Dropbox. It’s a simple idea with far-reaching consequences. I can make some changes to this column here on my desktop, grab my netbook from the living-room...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 5, 2010 | Asides
Mensches. Report: Apple paying 15 percent refund on broken 27-inch iMacs | via CNET News
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 31, 2010 | Asides
As is so often the case, John Gruber gets better goods than the rest of the world… UPDATE: Arnold Kim has a few more tidbits. And one DF-reading little birdie emailed to say that while the gist is right, the Wired transcript is clearly paraphrased: “He...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 31, 2010 | Asides
Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Mantra is ‘Bullshit,’ Adobe Is Lazy: Apple’s Steve Jobs | via Wired.com Far be it from Steve to mince his words: On Google: We did not enter the search business, Jobs said. They entered the phone business. Make no mistake they...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 31, 2010 | Commentary, Featured
Amazon removes Macmillan books | via CNET News Apple will allow publishers more leeway to set their own prices for e-books. Although the prices will be tethered to print book prices by a formula that will generally yield prices between $12.99 and $14.99 for most...
