by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 8, 2010 | Commentary, iPad
There’s been a fair amount of noise about the weight of the iPad and the great difficulty one will face when reading books on the iPad. Obviously, the iPad is more than twice as heavy as the Kindle, but I don’t use a Kindle. I do read books though. Real...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 30, 2010 | Commentary
Interesting response from a Daring Fireball reader about the leaked screenshots of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 and the fact that these shots still show Save buttons that use a now rather anachronistic floppy disk icon. Here are a couple more interesting points:...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 29, 2010 | Commentary, Featured, iPad
The iPad screen is not your desktop screen | via Craig Mod Great bit by Craig Mod on reading, the iPad, and why reading on the iPad, or any other dedicated reading device, is distinctly different than reading the same book on your computer screen. The fourth point...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 24, 2010 | Commentary, Featured
Beacon High School has an excellent TV production program run by a guy named Michael Gersh. Mr. Gersh is a consummate professional and the students that take his classes leave with top notch film and video editing skills. Cablevision, our local cable provider,...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 19, 2010 | Commentary, Featured
The case for the 3G-capable iPad | via Macworld I agree, wholeheartedly. In fact, I agree so much that buying the WiFi-only iPad wasn’t a consideration for me, even though it means that I’ll have to wait a couple more weeks before I can get an iPad in my...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 17, 2010 | Commentary
The HBO Auteur – David Simon | via NYTimes.com Lots of American places used to make things. Detroit used to make cars. Baltimore used to make steel and ships. New Orleans still makes something. It makes moments. I don’t mean that to sound flippant, and I...
