| Everything You Need to Know About Joe Kissell | |
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Joe Kissell: The 10-second summary I’m an author living in Paris who has written a great deal about Macs, cooking, and other interesting things. I’m married to Morgen Jahnke and have a cat named Zora. This page is a jumping-off point from which you can find out about many of my projects and interests. (No) News (last update: August 2, 2008) If I had any urgent news to share, I’d put it here. In general, the best places to look for info on current events in my life are I Am Joe’s Blog, Truffles for Breakfast, or Twitter. About Joe Among the hats I wear are author, editor, consultant, entrepreneur, computer geek, cook, punster, amateur theoretical physicist, storyteller, dreamer, and Curator of Interesting Things. I like to think of myself as a generalist rather than a specialist. In July 2007, I moved from San Francisco to Paris with my wife, Morgen Jahnke, and our cat, Zora. My 16-year-old son, Ben, lives in southern California. Technical Writing I make my living primarily writing books and articles about Macs (with the occasional foray into unusual topics such as cooking Thanksgiving dinner). Some of the publishers I work with are: TidBITS Since March 2006 I’ve served as Senior Editor of TidBITS, a publication covering topics relating to Macs and the Internet. [Read my staff blog or search for articles I’ve written]. Take Control Books At last count I’ve written 15 of the titles in the Take Control series. Most of these books are available both as downloadable PDFs and in print. [Search for just the titles I’ve written.] Macworld I’m a regular contributor to Macworld (both the print magazine and the Web site). [Search for articles I’ve written for Macworld.] Peachpit A number of the books I’ve written for Take Control in recent years have been distributed in print by Peachpit. [Search for books I’ve written or contributed to.] Datamation I occasionally contribute articles dealing with Macs in the enterprise to this IT-focused Web site. [Search for just stuff I’ve written, which contains quite a few duplicates.] The whole kit and caboodle You can see a reasonably complete list of the books and articles I’ve written over the years. alt concepts My humble Internet publishing business currently includes the following sites: Interesting Thing of the Day Interesting Thing of the Day is an ongoing series of articles, mostly written by Morgen and me, about some of the things that interest us: food, history, geography, language, technology, and everything else. Truffles for Breakfast Morgen and I maintain a blog about our adventure in France and our ongoing efforts to simplify our lives at Truffles for Breakfast. SenseList SenseList is a unique blog consisting entirely of lists. The Geeky Gourmet On The Geeky Gourmet, which is currently the most neglected of my blogs (sorry), I theoretically write about cooking, food gadgets, and food science. alt concepts mailing list The alt concepts list is a free, low-volume, no-spam list providing news updates, special offers, and bonus content relating to the the Web sites Morgen and I run. Blog & Networks You can learn more about me at some of the following sites: I Am Joe’s Blog OK, it’s not the most active site in the world, but I do occasionally post news and information about myself on I Am Joe’s Blog. On occasion I post updates about what I’m doing or thinking on my Twitter page, though often weeks go by without any posts. My Pages on Social Networking Sites I’m sorry to say I have little interest in social networking sites and rarely visit them. But, for the record, I do have pages at: My wife, E. Morgen Jahnke Morgen is also a writer. Among other things, she has written about interesting spots in Paris for Gridskipper, runs a blog called Spectatrix about life as an introvert, and is a frequent contributor to Interesting Thing of the Day and SenseList. Contact me I live in Paris, but you can reach me at this U.S. address and phone number: My email address isn’t exactly a secret, but I like to avoid putting it on Web pages to reduce the endless flow of spam. To contact me by email, please use this form. |
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