Looking good so far on the book campaign, but we are going to need more support to get this sucker made. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...

You can watch our amusing (?) 90-second campaign intro! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfPa...

Saskatoon delivery drivers wal... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Courageous drivers stand up to Amazon to protest brutal working conditions of gig "contractors".

MacVoices #26141: @joekissell.com Announces Take Control Live: Taming Big Tech for @takecontrolbooks.com macvoices.com/macvoices-26...

Now that it finally feels like spring in Saskatoon, seems like a good time to share my spring poem from the January 2026 issue of @prairiefiremag.bsky.social.

Exciting news from Take Control! @joekissell.com has scheduled Take Control Live: Taming Big Tech—a four-session *live* course (can watch recordings later) on how to keep big tech in check. www.takecontrolbooks.com/taming-big-t... (Take Control Premium members get a discount.)

Learn how to shift your digital life away from Big Tech in our new, LIVE online course: Take Control Live: Taming Big Tech! https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/taming-big-tech/

MacVoices #26134: @joekissell.com ell Takes Control of Apple Contacts (2) for @takecontrolbooks.com macvoices.com/macvoices-26...

Okay, time to tell the story of how I accidentally taught my daughter about the birds and the bees. Strap in, because it gets a little weird. 1/n

MacVoices #26133: @joekissell.com Takes Control of Apple Contacts (1) for @takecontrolbooks.com macvoices.com/macvoices-26...

Hi friends. There's a new episode of It's Storytime waiting for you wherever you get your podcasts. This week's story is To Carry You Inside You, by Tia Tashiro. It's one of those wonderful speculative fiction stories that isn't necessarily about me, but is REALLY about me, you know?

Why, it’s me, on the Judge John Hodgman podcast! maximumfun.org/episodes/jud... Real talk: I love @hodgman.bsky.social and @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social and this was a joy.

100% to the second, 99.9999% to the first. If we find intelligent life, it won't be the life itself, it will be evidence and/or artifacts because however big you think space is, it's a million times bigger than that, and given our own speed run to destruction, intelligence doesn't last all that long

#GoodMorningFromSaskatoon where Fake Spring No. 4(?) is ending and there is up to 15 cm of fresh snow in the forecast 😂🤣

YES TO THIS EVERY WORD OF IT also “obligated”, which is just “obliged” in a crappy rented tux

MacVoices #26118: @jeffcarlson.bsky.social Takes Control of iPhone Photography (1) for @takecontrolbooks.com macvoices.com/macvoices-26...

FindYourTag now lists 71 devices with built-in Apple Find My Network tracking. People keep sending me more to add, and I keep finding more. I started with 30-odd?! findyourtag.net

Happy Ēostre! Prints of this comic (and others) available in my shop - link in bio

Happy Trans Day of Visibility. I know trans people and I know fascists who are making life difficult for trans people. The trans people are pretty cool and I'm glad I know them. The fascists can go fall down a deep dark hole.

Our newest book, Take Control of Focus by @glennf.com, helps Apple users reduce the constant barrage of beeps, buzzes, rings, and notifications while ensuring that desired alerts appear. https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/focus/

On this day (March 23) the word "OK" first appeared in the Boston Morning Post in 1839, and author Allan Metcalf, who wrote a whole book about "OK," promoted today at "OK Day." It all started as a funny misspelling: "oll korrekt" (think of it as 19th-century text speak). Read more: is.gd/BlUp5O

This this 1000%

Once again, Pi Day rolls around, and I forgot to actually do anything substantial to promote PCalc. Even worse, I added Tau in the latest release, and the Pi people and the Tau people have been at war for decades. Don't ask… But the current iOS version is 3.14.x and so Pi wins today! pcalc.com

To my Canadian friends, an acquaintance started a petition to allow US transgender citizens to claim refugee status here. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... If you’re Canadian please sign it. If you’re not, please share ❤️

Our winter issue is on sale now on our website and in stores around the country! Featuring new work like this haunting new poem from Morgen Jahnke. Details: prairiefire.ca/current-issue/

Today is the 37th anniversary of Laura Palmer's death, the 28th anniversary of my first date with my wife, and the 4th anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I will never forget any of those anniversaries.

You, an individual, cannot "fix" the whole world. You can act at the scale of your life. You should act at the scale of your life.

In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud

This week, I'm going to get way out of my comfort zone and promote the hell out of my podcast. I'm so proud of the work we are doing, and I want as many people as possible to know it exists. So I'll begin here: wilwheaton.net/podcast/

This morning I briefly smelled brownies baking in our house, even though none were. Later on, my son said he was planning to make brownies today. We've determined that I must be able to smell the future: preolfaction. Weird superpower but I'm into it.

Today is 12 weeks since I had open heart surgery to replace my aortic valve! That marks the end of my main recovery period and I feel terrific. Recovery has been right on track, I can now walk miles at a time, and I feel good to great nearly all the time. I have months to go reach my new

One-Time Passcodes

Ive watched this about 100 times. This is why the internet was invented. Right here. Peak content.

I just wrote a 100-page book about Apple Wallet. Yes, that’s right. You heard me. There were so many pain points that I dug deep into the app, its settings, how Apple Pay works, and more. If you’ve ever been frustrated with Apple Pay or Wallet, this ebook is for you: www.takecontrolbooks.com/wallet/

i guess this is me until further notice

Welcome To New Year’s Eve

At the end of every year I post an update on my blog, for the benefit of anyone interested in a little behind-the-scenes on my life. If you’re the type of person who likes that sort of thing, check it out. https://joekissell.com/2025/12/31/the-past-now-featuring-2025/

How To Do New Year's Resolutions

MacVoices #25323: @kirkville.com Takes Control of Apple Media Apps (2) for @takecontrolbooks.com macvoices.com/macvoices-25...

A few excerpts from Darmok's Christmas Story: Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole. Randy, his arms down. The Old Man, when the lamp broke. Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.

MacVoices #25322: @kirkville.com Takes Control of Apple Media Apps (1) for @takecontrolbooks.com macvoices.com/macvoices-25...

For Jesus’ birthday this year, he’s asking for affordable housing, universal healthcare, and for people to stop using his name to explain why they’re being cruel to strangers.

It's THAT time of year again 🌲❄️ Celebrate WinterFest with us and get 25 % discount on DEVONthink, DEVONagent Pro, and many other great apps! www.devontechnologies.com/blog/2025121... #winterfest #promotion #discount #devonthink #devonagent

TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit

Kudos to @josiahnelson.bsky.social for his excellent short fiction piece in the new issue of Brick! Clever, alchemical, eerie - a great read. @brickliterary.bsky.social

MacVoices #25312: @jeffcarlson.bsky.social Takes Control of Apple Watch (1) for @takecontrolbooks.com macvoices.com/macvoices-25...

this has become a very important video to me

MacVoices #25296: 2025 MacVoices Holiday Gift Guide #3 (1) w/ @ttscoff.bsky.social Jill McKinley @joekissell.com macvoices.com/macvoices-25...