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

My Take Control of Scrivener ebook is on sale 25% for black Friday. This book walks you though the main features of Scrivener in a relaxed way, and highlights some really interesting features you may not know about if you already use Scrivener. www.takecontrolbooks.com/scrivener-3/

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

Our Black Friday thing: Save 25% on all books. OR, join Take Control Premium ($14.99) and save 50% on everything for a year. Premium members who spend $20 (or people just joining Premium who spend $34.99) also get a free ebook! Sale runs through 12/3. https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/blackfriday25

You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before

Have we considered the possibility that the "67" meme is caused by Data sending information out of the time loop in an attempt to stop America from crashing into the USS Bozeman?

While at hospital, I had some drug-affected dozing daydreams, in one of which I invented a new, horrible advertising technique that combined the optic nerve and email. I don’t think anyone’s done it. I think it might even be practical. I shall never reveal it.

Lot of joy in the cardiac recovery ICU. The people who work here love it. The cardiac recovery ICU is the high-monitoring transition from the OR to a regular hospital room. I haven’t graduated CRICU yet, but it’s not complications; rather, a couple more targets need to be hit.

Glenn’s wife Lynn here. If you’re following along with his health saga, he sailed through yesterday’s cardiac surgery! He’ll move slowly for a while but he’s already telling jokes & offering medical trivia to, well, the medical team. Did you know that the medicine colchicine comes from crocuses?!

While I am unconscious, you can get a copy of the huge revision to Keep Safe Using Mobile Tech, now in its second edition: www.takecontrolbooks.com/keep-safe/?p... The book covers all the ways in the Apple and Google worlds you can protect yourself *physically*, as well as deter scams.

here's something cool: the son of the letter carrier on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (McFeely) is a real letter carrier for the USPS and he's our letter carrier and he's awesome

love what he said in French.

MacVoices #25278: In-Depth with the Developers of MailMaven and @joekissell (3) macvoices.com/macvoices-25...

Hazel 6.1 now available. Includes Tahoe support as well as new options for handling cloud files: www.noodlesoft.com/kb/hazel-6-1...

MacVoices #25277: In-Depth with the Developers of MailMaven and @joekissell.com (2) macvoices.com/macvoices-25...

Get @reshare_app • @thishourhas22minutes When the ICE agent is Canadian… 🇨🇦

The Ad Bubble is way bigger than the Ai Bubble joindatacops.com/resources/ho...

Oddly, you can’t easily tell which app is playing sound on your Mac. A colleague asks if there’s a way! Yes, for some $. Feels like a space for a utility. (Browsers will tell you which tab is emitting noise.) My latest @sixcolors.com sixcolors.com/post/2025/10...

Explaining Canadian Thanksgiving to Americans

Someone (maybe an AI) apparently added my email address to a list of “founders,” which is now being sold to techbros who want to spam owners of startups making $1M+ revenue per year. That’s hilarious. If they only knew (which they could by, like, glancing at my website).

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

MacVoices #25250: @joekissell.com Takes Control of Tahoe and Mac Basics for @takecontrolbooks.com (3) macvoices.com/macvoices-25...

Ready for…Ready for Dessert by my friend David Lebovitz! Mmmmm.

MacVoices #25249: @joekissell.com Takes Control of Tahoe and Mac Basics for @takecontrolbooks.com (2) macvoices.com/macvoices-25...

Just finished reading The Shattering Peace by @scalzi.com and it was delightful. I automatically heard the character Ran speaking in Alan Tudyk’s voice.

MacVoices #25248: @joekissell.com Takes Control of Tahoe and Mac Basics for @takecontrolbooks.com (1) macvoices.com/macvoices-25...

MacVoices #25240: @jeffcarlson.bsky.social Takes Control of Your Digital Storage for @takecontrolbooks.com (2) macvoices.com/macvoices-25...

This week we released four updated books: Mac Basics, Second Edition; iPhone and iPad Basics, Second Edition; and updates to Take Control of Tahoe and Take Control of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/

With Apple’s new operating systems out, Take Control Books has a slew of updated titles out—including by yours truly! Learn about all the changes in iOS 26/iPadOS 26 or Tahoe: www.takecontrolbooks.com/ios-26-ipado... www.takecontrolbooks.com/tahoe/ These books are v1.1, updated for the releases.

@glennf.com's excellent "Take Control of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26" is a clear, concise and straightforward guide to what's new in those two OSes. I've been using it as a reference for the columns I've been writing about them, and can heartily endorse. For just $10, it's a bargain. 3/3

I remember someone saying that's how you know AI can never truly be a writer. If you tell AI to stop using em dashes, it'll stop. If you tell a writer to stop using em dashes they'll tell you to fuck yourself and that you can pry them from their cold, dead fingers.

What pisses me off about the Anthropic settlement isn't even that $3k per book is too low, but that it's restricted to books registered with the US Copyright Office. ALL WORKS are protected by copyright as soon they're published in any capacity. Registering has no bearing on copyright itself.

We’ve released Take Control of Tahoe by @joekissell.com and Take Control of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 by @glennf.com at www.takecontrolbooks.com. Early orders have been quite strong. Get ‘em while they’re hot!

MacVoices #25208: @joekissell.com Introduces Take Control Premium for @takecontrolbooks.com macvoices.com/macvoices-25...

Reese Reese Witherspoon. Withoutherspoon

We have a New Thing. It’s a discount program called Take Control Premium that lets you save 50% on any ebook you buy from us for a whole year. $14.99—cheap! Check it out. https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/tc-premium/

Excited that Take Control Books has added a new premium option: we used to run big sales a few times a year plus a special bundle discount. This new 1-year $14.99 offering gets you 50% off every book *and* upgrades. www.takecontrolbooks.com/tc-premium/?... Like a perpetual 50% off sale.

You know what I want is a toaster that toasts a QR code into my toast, which takes you to a website called "toast.org" which is just facts about toast.

MacVoices #25192: @joekissell.com Takes Control of DEVONthink 4 (2) macvoices.com/macvoices-25...

A while back @jay.bsky.team used the term "enshittification" in an interview. One of my favourite phrases. It turns out the phrase was coined by Canadian tech writer Cory Doctorow. From the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles 3rd Edition. dchp.arts.ubc.ca/entries/ensh...

MacVoices #25191: @joekissell.com Takes Control of DEVONthink 4 (1) macvoices.com/macvoices-25...

Contributor's copies arrived today! Thanks to @taidgh.bsky.social and Elena Bentley for publishing three of my poems in this gorgeous new issue of Grain!

Finally, Take Control of DEVONthink 4 by @joekissell.com, an extensive introduction to using the new DEVONthink 4 by @devontechnologies (https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/devonthink-4/). This new, 300-page book is free!