In this week’s Friday report, Joe talks about the challenges of making progress, and the process Take Control Books uses to make decisions about which titles to publish (or discontinue).
Author: Joe Kissell
Friday Report: July 3, 2020
Slow but steady progress is occurring on Joe’s gigantic Take Control to-do list. Joe also shares a bunch of tips for better experiences on the Take Control site.
Friday Report: June 26, 2020
The SummerFest sale continues, but the big event this week was WWDC and its many announcements. Joe looks at the effect Apple’s new operating systems will have on our publishing schedule.
Friday Report: June 19, 2020
In our continuing series of weekly blog posts, Joe Kissell takes you inside Take Control Books. This week: SummerFest 2020 begins, we look forward to WWDC, and Joe ponders taxes on ebooks.
Friday Report: June 12, 2020
In the first of an ongoing series of weekly blog posts, Joe Kissell takes you inside Take Control Books. This week: why everything takes so much longer than you’d expect.
MacVoices gets an earful about Apple Mail from Joe Kissell
Jeff Carlson talks Snapshots on MacVoices
Jeff Carlson joined Chuck Joiner on MacVoices in a two-part interview to discuss the APFS snapshot capability in macOS. In Part 1, Jeff explains what snapshots are, how they relate to Time Machine, and where to find them. In Part 2, Jeff discusses managing and deleting snapshots, and how they affect Disk Utility.
Plans for Updated Books
Wondering which books we’re planning to update for Catalina and iOS 13/iPadOS 13—and when? Here’s a quick overview.
Status Update
Our new site has some great new capabilities, but also a few rough edges and missing features. We’re working as fast as we can to address them! Here’s a quick overview of what’s still in progress.
Glenn Fleishman Zooms In on Zoom with Chuck Joiner
Glenn Fleishman joined Chuck Joiner on MacVoices in a two-part interview to discuss his new book Take Control of Zoom. Needless to say, the interview itself was also conducted using Zoom! In Part 1, Glenn offers some Zoom tips and discusses Zoom’s privacy and security challenges. In Part 2, Glenn discusses Zoom vs. the competition,…