Publications & Publicity

Although I can’t guarantee that this page is entirely comprehensive, I’ve done my best to list everything I’ve published to date, as well as speaking engagements, reviews, interviews, and other publicity in the past several years, especially if it’s available in electronic form. This page is updated regularly.

Speaking Engagements (2012 and Later)

In-person Appearances

  • MacTech Conference 2018 (November 7–9, 2018)—Why You, the Tech, Should Think Like a Tech Writer
  • MLMUG (Main Line Mac Users Group), West Chester, PA (September 8, 2018, 9:00 a.m.)—Take Control of Your Online Privacy and Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • Under the Computer Hood User Group (UCHUG), San Diego, CA (September 5, 2018, 8:00 p.m.)—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • San Diego Seniors Computer Group, San Diego, CA (June 23, 2018, 9:30 a.m.)—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • MacTech Conference 2017 (November 15–17, 2017)—The iPad for Mac Curmudgeons
  • OCDC (Orange County WWDC After-Party), Laguna Hills, CA (June 10, 2017)—Taking Control of Take Control Books
  • MacTech Conference 2016 (November 16–18, 2016)—From Multitasking to Unitasking
  • SMOG (Southern California Macintosh Owners-Users Group, Costa Mesa, CA; September 10, 2016, 9:00 a.m.)—Keynote for 25th Anniversary Meeting
  • ATX (Adobe Technology Exchange, Lakewood, CA; June 18, 2016)—1Password
  • MacTech Conference 2015 (November 4–6, 2015)—The Discoverability Paradox; Approaching Technology Like a Two-Year-Old
  • SDMUG (San Diego Macintosh User Group, La Jolla, CA; October 7, 2015, 7:00 p.m.)—Getting to Know El Capitan
  • SMOG (Southern California Macintosh Owners-Users Group, Costa Mesa, CA; October 10, 2015, 9:00 a.m.)—Getting to Know El Capitan
  • FMUG (Fresno Mac-Apple Users Group, Fresno, CA; September 1, 2015, 6:30 p.m.)—Maintaining & Backing Up Your Mac
  • ASMC (Apple Specialists Marketing Corporation Spring Conference, San Francisco, CA; May 4–6, 2015)—Topic TBA
  • SMMUG (Silicon Mountain Macintosh User Group, Colorado Springs, CO; April 7, 2015)—The Tricorder, the Towel, and the Trolley: An Unconventional Perspective on Technology
  • FMUG (Fresno Mac-Apple Users Group, Fresno, CA; November 4, 2014)—What’s New in Yosemite & iOS 8
  • SMOG (Southern California Macintosh Owners-Users Group, Costa Mesa, CA; September 13, 2014)—Take Control of Automating Your Mac
  • Macworld/iWorld 2014 (San Francisco, CA; March 27–29, 2014): Becoming a Creative Complainer
  • Macworld/iWorld 2014 (San Francisco, CA; March 27–29, 2014): Using iCloud Keychain
  • Macworld/iWorld 2014 (San Francisco, CA; March 27–29, 2014): Apple Mail for Power Users
  • HAAUG (Houston Area Apple User Group, Houston, TX; March 15, 2014)—Take Control of iCloud
  • Seattle Study Club Symposium 2014 (Scottsdale, AZ; January 24, 2014)—Take Control of Your Passwords and Take Control of Your Online Privacy
  • MacMania 16 (Rhône River from Lyon, France to Arles, France; November 29–December 6, 2013)—The Joy of (Plain) Text, Living on a Desert Island with Only Your iOS Device, Stay Safe Out There, 50 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know Your iOS Device Can Do
  • MacinTech Users’ Group (Denver, CO; November 12, 2013)—Take Control of Mavericks
  • HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society, Honolulu, HI; October 6, 2013) Mactoberfest—The Discoverability Paradox
  • Maui Apple User Society (Kahului, HI; October 2, 2013)—Take Control of Your Passwords & Online Privacy
  • Pacific New Media Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Outreach College (Manoa, HI; September 29, 2013)—Workshops on Maximum Mac and iPad Essentials
  • FMUG (Fresno Mac & Apple Users Group, Fresno, CA; September 3, 2013)—Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Your iOS Devices (but Were Afraid to Ask)
  • UCSD Campus LISA (La Jolla, CA; July 10, 2013)—Approaching New Technology Like a Two-Year-Old
  • ATX (Adobe Technology Exchange, Lakewood, CA; June 15, 2013)—An iPad Triptych
  • Macworld/iWorld 2013 (San Francisco, CA; January 31, 2013)—Getting Cozy with Siri
  • MacMania 14 (Rhine River from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Basel, Switzerland; April 12–19, 2012)—Getting to Know Your First iPad, Coloring Outside the Lines with Your iOS Device, iPad Kung Fu for the Extreme Mac Geek, Speeding Up Your Mac
  • Macworld | iWorld 2012 (San Francisco, CA; January 28, 2012)—Macworld Live panel discussion “Take Control and E-publishing“ (YouTube video link) with Adam Engst, Tonya Engst, Glenn Fleishman, Jeff Carlson, and Michael Cohen; moderated by Macworld’s Chris Breen
  • Macworld | iWorld 2012 (San Francisco, CA; January 26–28, 2012)—Unitasking in the Apple Ecosystem, Getting to Know Siri

Live Video Presentations (see also “Interviews and Podcasts” below)

  • Princeton Macintosh User’s Group (PMUG), Princeton, NJ; February 8, 2023, 1:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • Computer Club at Golden Vista Resort, Apache Junction, AZ; March 1, 2023, 9:30 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group), Naples, FL; February 25, 2023, 10:00 a.m.—Apple Backups Class
  • MLMUG (Main Line Mac Users Group), Philadelphia, PA; June 10, 2023, 10:15 a.m.—Take Control of Automating Your Mac
  • NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group), Naples, FL; January 28, 2023, 10:00 a.m.—iCloud Class
  • Cape Cod Daytime Camera Club, Barnstable, MA; February 8, 2023, 1:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • Mac-in-Awe Macintosh Users Group (MIAMUG), Midland, MI; March 11, 2023, 10:00 a.m.—Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac
  • Dolce Vita Tech Ed, Apache Junction, AZ; February 2, 2023, 10:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • Southern New Hampshire Apple User Group, Nashua, NH; November 30, 2022, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • PC-Tech Users Group@CPHL, Clifton Park, NY; August 17, 2022, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • SCAU (Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group), Schaumburg, IL; May 28, 2022, 10:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • SVMUG (Silicon Valley Mac Users Group), Mountain View, CA; May 16, 2022, 7:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
  • PCBUG - The Naples Technology User Group, Naples, FL; April 21, 2022, 5:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
  • NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group), Naples, FL; April 20, 2022, 11:30 a.m.—Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac
  • CPUser Group, Tarentum, PA; April 19, 2022, 7:15 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society), Honolulu, HI; April 16, 2022, 12:00 p.m.—Take Control of Security and Privacy
  • Mesa Regal Technology Users Group, Mesa, AZ; March 9, 2022, 11:30 a.m.—Take Control of Your Passwords
  • Los Angeles Computer Society, Los Angeles, CA; March 8, 2022, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Passwords
  • Rochester Computer Society, Rochester, NY; March 8, 2022, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Passwords
  • NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group), Naples, FL; February 19, 2022, 10:00 a.m.—iCloud Class
  • MLMUG (Main Line Mac Users Group), Philadelphia, PA; October 9, 2021, 10:15 a.m.—Take Control of Monterey
  • The Villages Apple User Group (The Villages, FL); September 7, 2021, 1:30 p.m.—Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac
  • WAUC (Wisconsin All-computer Users Club), Milwaukee, WI; June 3, 2021, 8:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
  • Computer Booters, Sun Lakes, AZ; June 2, 2021, 10:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • APCUG (Association of Personal Computer User Groups); May 26, 2021, 9:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
  • Seniors Computer Group, San Diego, CA; May 15, 2021, 10:30 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • APCUG (Association of Personal Computer User Groups) Virtual Technology Conference; May 1, 2021, 10:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
  • HAAUG (Houston Area Apple Users Group), Houston, TX; April 17, 2021, 11:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • SenCom (Senior Computer Users Group of Greater Kansas City), Kansas City, KS; April 9, 2021, 1:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Passwords
  • NTPCUG (North Texas PC Users Group), Dallas, TX; March 20, 2021, 10:45 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • SVMUG (Silicon Valley Mac Users Group), Mountain View, CA; March 15, 2021, 8:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • Tucson Computer Society, Tucson, AZ; March 15, 2021, 6:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
  • NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group), Naples, FL; March 6, 2021, 10:00 a.m.—iCloud Class
  • SMUG (Suffolk Mac User Group), Suffolk, UK; February 24, 2021, 11:30 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • East-Central Ohio Technology Users Club, Newark, OH; February 21, 2021, 2:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • Columbus Computer Society, Columbus, OH; February 17, 2021, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group), Naples, FL; October 21, 2020, 11:30 a.m.—Take Control of Big Sur
  • Washington Apple Pi, Washington, D.C.; September 26, 2020, 10:30 a.m.—Take Control of iCloud
  • SWACKS (SouthWest Florida Apple Computer Knowledge Society), Fort Myers, FL; September 21, 2020, 2:00 p.m.—Take Control of iCloud
  • HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society), Honolulu, HI; July 20, 2020, 10:45 a.m., Take Control of iCloud
  • AWUGU (Apple World User Group University); July 15, 2020, 8:00 p.m.—Take Control Presentations
  • NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group, Naples, FL); October 14, 2020, 10:30 a.m.—Take Control of Big Sur
  • Washington Apple Pi, Washington, D.C.; September 26, 2020, 10:30 a.m.—Take Control of iCloud
  • Fresno Mac-Apple Users Group, Fresno, CA; June 2, 2020, 7:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
  • Connecticut Macintosh Connection, Farmington, CT; May 27, 2020, 6:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
  • HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society), Honolulu, HI; June 20, 2020, 10:30 a.m.—Take Control of iCloud
  • Fresno Mac-Apple Users Group, Fresno, CA; June 5, 2020, 6:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
  • Connecticut Macintosh Connection, Farmington, CT; May 27, 2020, 6:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
  • SVMUG (Silicon Valley Mac Users Group), Mountain View, CA; December 16, 2019, 7:30 p.m.—Take Control of Automating Your Mac
  • HMUG (Huntsville Mac Users Group), Huntsville, AL; November 23, 2019, 12:00 p.m.—Take Control of Automating Your Mac
  • HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society), Honolulu, HI; May 18, 2019, 10:30 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy and Your Online Privacy
  • Apple Corps of Dallas, Richardson, TX; May 11, 2019, 10:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • SCV Computer Club, Newhall, CA; May 4, 2019, 8:45 a.m.—Are Your Bits Flipped?
  • MacinTech Users’ Group, Denver, Colorado; June 12, 2018, 8:00 p.m.—Behind the Scenes at Take Control Books
  • PATACS (Potomac Area Technology and Computer Society, Inc.), Fairfax, VA; April 21, 2018, 2:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • Suburban Chicago Apple User Group, Schaumburg, IL; December 9, 2017, 9:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • CAUG (Chicago Apple User Group), Chicago, IL; October 5, 2017, 6:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users Society, Honolulu, HI; October 14, 2017, 9:30 a.m.)—Topic TBA
  • Alaskan Apple Users Group, Anchorage, AK; September 13, 2017, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • MacGroup-Detroit, Detroit, MI; August 21, 2017, 3:00 p.m.—31st Anniversary Celebration
  • Washington Apple Pi, Washington, D.C.; June 24, 2017, 10:30 a.m.—Take Control of iCloud
  • MacinTech Users’ Group, Denver, CO; June 13, 2017, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • MacGroup-Detroit, Detroit, MI; June 11, 2017, 3:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • Connecticut Macintosh Connection, Farmington, CT; May 31, 2017, 6:30 p.m.—Take Control of iCloud
  • Fresno Mac-Apple Users Group, Fresno, CA; May 2, 2017, 6:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • TMUG (Tucson Macintosh Users Group), Tucson, AZ; April 20, 2017, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • PCBUG of Naples, Naples, FL; March 16, 2017, 5:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • Naples MacFriends User Group, Naples, FL; March 15, 2017, 11:30 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • Alaskan Apple Users Group, Anchorage, AK; March 8, 2017, 7:00 p.m.—Mac Fitness
  • Connecticut Macintosh Connection, Farmington, CT; February 22, 2017, 6:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • NEOAC (North East Ohio Apple Corps), Strongsville, OH; February 18, 2017, 11:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
  • AAUG (Alaskan Apple Users Group, Anchorage, AK; On October 12, 2016 8:15 p.m.)—The Future of Macs in the Post-PC World
  • CAUG (Chicago Apple User Group), Chicago, IL; July 6, 2016—Dropbox
  • SVMUG (Silicon Valley Macintosh User Group, Mountain View, CA; June 20, 2016)—WWDC Update & New Books
  • CAUG (Chicago Apple User Group, Chicago, IL; May 4, 2016)—Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your Mac
  • MacinTech Users’ Group, Denver, CO; January 12, 2016, 7:00 p.m.—Maintaining Your Mac
  • HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users Society, Honolulu, HI; November 21, 2015)—Troubleshooting Your Mac
  • CAUG (Chicago Apple User Group, Chicago, IL; June 3, 2015)—The Joe of Tech & Backing Up Your Mac
  • MacinTech Users’ Group (Denver, CO; April 14, 2015)—The Tricorder, the Towel, and the Trolley: An Unconventional Perspective on Technology
  • WoodwardMUG (Woodward Macintosh Users Group, Quincy, MA)—Take Control of Security for Mac Users (March 12, 2015)
  • HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users Society, Honolulu, HI; November 29, 2014)—Cool Tips for Yosemite & iOS 8
  • The Villages Apple User Group (The Villages, FL); October 22, 2014—What’s New in Yosemite & iOS 8
  • Charlotte Apple Computer Club (Charlotte, NC; October 14, 2014)—Take Control of Your Passwords
  • SVMUG (Silicon Valley Macintosh User Group, Mountain View, CA; September 15, 2014)—Take Control of Your Security & Privacy
  • CAUG (Chicago Apple User Group, Chicago, IL; September 3, 2014)—What’s New in Yosemite
  • SVMUG (Silicon Valley Mac Users Group, Mountain View, CA)—Take Control of Mavericks (December 16, 2013)
  • Webinar hosted by CrashPlan—Backup Myths and Misconceptions (June 28, 2013)
  • Connecticut Macintosh Connection, Farmington, CT—Take Control of Your Passwords (June 26, 2013)
  • HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society, Honolulu, HI) Springfest—Take Control of The Cloud (May 11, 2013)
  • HMUG (Huntsville Macintosh Users Group, Huntsville, AL)—Take Control of Your Passwords (April 27, 2013)
  • WoodwardMUG (Woodward Macintosh Users Group, Quincy, MA)—Take Control of Your Passwords (March 20, 2013)
  • NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group, Naples, FL)—Take Control of Your Passwords (March 13, 2013)
  • MacBreak Weekly video podcast—passwords, the Evernote security breach, and more with Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie (March 5, 2013).
  • NEOAC (North East Ohio Apple Corps, Strongsville, OH)—iCloud Revisited (February 23, 2013)
  • Take Control Live: Working with Your iPad (on sale November 29, 2012 • presentations on December 6, 2012; January 12, 2013; February 6, 2013; and March 2, 2013)
  • TidBITS Presents: Protecting Your Digital Life (August 22, 2012)
  • TidBITS Presents: Upgrading to and Using Mountain Lion (August 1, 2012)
  • TidBITS Presents: Adieu MobileMe (June 16, 2012)
  • Charlotte Apple Computer Club (Charlotte, NC; June 12, 2012)—Life After MobileMe
  • SVMUG (Silicon Valley Macintosh User Group, Mountain View, CA; June 18, 2012)—Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mountain Lion (but Were Afraid to Ask)
  • Triangle Macintosh Users Group (Northeastern Piedmont, NC; May 14, 2012)—Life After MobileMe
  • HMAUS (Honolulu, Hawaii; May 5, 2012)—Using Your iPad for Work
  • The Villages MUG (The Villages, FL; April 29, 2012)—Take Control of iCloud
  • Apple iClub (a SIG of the Villages MUG) (The Villages, FL; March 12, 2012)—Virtual live video panel discussion about the iPad with Adam and Tonya Engst and Chuck Joiner
  • O’Reilly Media—webcast about iCloud (February 3, 2012)
  • Macworld | iWorld 2012 (San Francisco, CA; January 28, 2012)—Macworld Live panel discussion “Take Control and E-publishing“ (YouTube video link) with Adam Engst, Tonya Engst, Glenn Fleishman, Jeff Carlson, and Michael Cohen; moderated by Macworld’s Chris Breen
  • WoodwardMUG (Quincy, MA; January 12, 2012)—Take Control of iCloud
  • AshMUG (Ashland, OR; January 10, 2012)—Take Control of iCloud

Mac-Related Writing

Take Control Ebooks

Joe On Tech Guides

  • Speeding Up Your Mac (Version: 1.1, September 20, 2016; originally published June 21, 2016; discontinued on December 19, 2017 and replaced with Take Control of Speeding Up Your Mac, Second Edition)
  • Troubleshooting Your Mac (Version: 1.1, September 20, 2016; originally published October 29, 2015; discontinued on December 19, 2017 and replaced with Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac, Third Edition)
  • Maintaining Your Mac (Version: 1.2, September 20, 2016; originally published August 4, 2015; discontinued on December 19, 2017 and replaced with Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac, Third Edition)
  • Backing Up Your Mac (Version: 2.1, September 20, 2016; originally published June 2, 2015; discontinued on December 19, 2017 and replaced with Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac, Third Edition)

Printed Books

TidBITS Articles

Magazine Articles

Macworld Articles

Macworld Reviews

MacTech Articles

  • “Creating a Backup Policy” (August 2008, pp. 44–54)

Posts on Other Blogs

Reviews

Reviews of My Books

Interviews and Podcasts

MacJury

MacVoices

Tech Night Owl Live

Other Publicity

  • I joined host David Ginsberg on the In Touch with iOS podcast on July 3, 2020: Episode 105, The iPad Debate: Can It Be Your Full-Time Device Yet?
  • I joined David Ginsburg on the In Touch with iOS podcast (audio) to discuss the challenges of using an iPad as a full-time computing device. (July 2, 2020)
  • I appeared on Chuck Joiner’s Trek Favorites (video and audio) to discuss the Star Trek:TNG episode “Darmok” (August 7, 2019)
  • I joined Simon Parnell and Nick Riley on the essentialApple Podcast on September 2, 2018 to discuss Take Control Books.
  • John Martellaro interviewed me on The Mac Observer’s Background Mode Podcast (March 5, 2018).
  • While on a trip to Fresno to speak to the Fresno Mac-Apple Users Group, I stopped by KAIL-TV for an interview on the Central Valley Buzz show. Regular host Chuck Leonard was out for the day; Mike Briggs filled in for him. Hey, my first time on live TV! It was fun.
  • I was a guest on Macworld Podcast 452 with Glenn Fleishman, Susie Ochs, and Jeff Carlson to discuss Photos for OS X and iCloud Photo Library (April 22, 2015)
  • I appeared on The Dr. Katherine Albrecht Show (syndicated radio) to discuss online privacy (January 12, 2015)
  • I was a guest on Jesse’s Secret Stash, a radio show on San Diego’s ESPN 1700 AM, for a discussion about online privacy (recorded live on December 23, 2014 and posted on December 25, 2014; here’s the direct YouTube link)
  • I talked with Don Schaffner, Ben Chapman, and host Benjamin Alexander about Thanksgiving dinner on Fiat Lux’s The Panel podcast (November 21, 2013).
  • I talked with Benjamin Alexander about Mavericks, Nisus Writer, Thanksgiving dinner, and a variety of other topics on his Pulling the String podcast (October 29, 2013).
  • David Chartier interviewed me about 1Password (and my book on it) on the AgileBits Blog (October 25, 2013).
  • I was on Bytemarks Cafe, a radio show on KIPO (Hawaii Public Radio), with Ross Rasmussen and host Burt Lum to talk about my workshops at Pacific New Media (September 25, 2013).
  • I appeared on the Macworld Podcast (April 10, 2013) with Chris Breen, Serenity Caldwell, Scholle McFarland, and Dan Moren to discuss The iPad Office, a new ebook to which I was a contributor.
  • Lon Keller interviewed me about Take Control of Your Passwords on Sundog: The Podcast 051 - Securing Your Digital Life (March 27, 2013)
  • I joined Mark Greentree on Not Another Mac Podcast to discuss Unitasking in the Apple Ecosystem (March 3, 2012)
  • Mac McCarthy posted an article titled “MacWorld 2012: Top Tips and Tricks for Apple’s Siri“ about my Macworld | iWorld 2012 talk about/with Siri. (January 31, 2012)
  • I did a live video presentation on MobileMe for NEOAC, the Northeast Ohio Apple Corps Macintosh User Group, on January 22, 2011. You can view a recording of the entire presentation online.
  • John Finnan and Tim Chaten interviewed me on the iPad Possibilities Podcast about working with your iPad (August 12, 2010).
  • Eolake Stobblehouse interviewed me about Take Control of Working with Your iPad on his blog on June 4, 2010.
  • I was interviewed for an article by David Sanderson in the Winnipeg Free Press titled “Stiz on Warriages” (February 24, 2007). The article was about portmanteau, which I discussed on Interesting Thing of the Day; the title is derived from “Read our ST-ory, then take our qu-IZ on unlikely W-ord m-ARRIAGES.”
  • John Nemerovski interviewed me about Real World Mac Maintenance and Backups for a MyMac.com podcast on December 1, 2006. My segment runs from 37:27–46:10, near the end.
  • The article “Apple’s Appeal” by Nathan Halverson in The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) on Monday, October 2, 2006 (pages D1 and D8), included a few quotes from me about running Windows on a Mac.
  • Adam Engst wrote Joe Kissell Leaving TidBITS (an April Fool’s spoof; 2006-04-01).
  • Adam Engst announced my new job at TidBITS in Joe Kissell Joins TidBITS as Senior Editor (2006-03-20).
  • Talking Mail.app: Joe Kissell—interview (by email) with Tim Gadenabout Apple Mail on his Hawk Wings blog (February 9, 2006)
  • Net Publishing Made Profitable in Wired News—interview in article by Leander Kahney (August 13, 2004).

Food-Related Writing

Apart from my long-neglected blog about food and technology, The Geeky Gourmet, I’ve written a few things about Thanksgiving dinner…

Thanksgiving Dinner

  • Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner ebook (Version: 1.1, September 27, 2007; originally published September 22, 2006)
  • An excerpt from Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner appeared on Wired News: Deal With Turkey Day Disasters (November 20, 2006).
  • I contributed Thanksgiving Cooking Gadgets to the Wired Gear Factor blog on Sunday, November 19, 2006.
  • I appeared (briefly!) on a live broadcast of CBS-5’s “Eye on the Bay” TV show on November 14, 2006. Go to this URL. You have to watch the commercial, and then wait for the whole thing to buffer, and then move the slider ahead about 4/5 of the way through the show to see my unexciting little segment.
  • An article in the Tompkins Weekly, a paper from Ithaca, New York, discussed Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner and featured a photo of Adam and Tonya Engst. The article “Techies Talk Turkey in Latest E-Book” by Danielle Klock was in the November 13, 2006 issue (PDF, page 5).

Derelict Sites

I previously worked on several other Web sites, which still exist although they haven’t been updated in years and likely never will be: