Following the premiere of the first episode his four-part video presentation, Take Control Live: Working With Your iPad, Joe Kissell packed up the remaining assets of the Take Control media complex in Paris, France, in preparation for his move to Southern California later this month. Show #1 of the series, “The Three R’s,” which was…
Author: Michael E. Cohen
Joe Kissell Gives Lively Interview about Take Control Live
Chuck Joiner of [MacVoices][1] and [MacVoicesTV][2] captured Take Control author, Joe Kissell, for a lively interview in which they discussed his foray into live streaming video with the first entry in the new Take Control Live series, Take Control Live: Working with Your iPad. Listen, or watch, to find out how this new series came…
Joe Looks at iCloud with Chuck Joiner
Though he doesn’t mention seeing rows and flows of angel hair (nor ice cream castles in the air), Joe does talk with Chuck Joiner on [MacVoices][1] about all the changed and new features (and frustrations) in iCloud that he documents in his book. (By the way: it’s worth a trip to the [MacVoices][1] page just…
In Which Michael and Chuck Discuss Ebooks, Education, and iBooks Author
Getting the Book Invented Properly
Coincidentally, the day after Take Control of iBooks Author was released, [The Literary Platform][1], a site that showcases projects experimenting with literature and technology, announced the winner of its Douglas Adams Animation competition. Entries in that [competition][2] had to provide animation for an audio track that Douglas Adams recorded in the early 1990s to promote…
Using iTunes Match: A True-life Adventure
If you have read about iTunes Match, Apple’s $25/year service that allows you to store your entire iTunes music library in the cloud (or, at least, the first 25,000 songs in that library), but wonder how well it really works and how hard it is to set up, cast your eyes over Matt Neuburg’s tale…
Joe Speaks from the iCloud
When it comes to flying through the clouds, it helps to have good navigational aids. [Watch][1], or [listen][2], as Joe fires up his in-flight radar to show you the shape and direction of Apple’s iCloud in an interview with Chuck Joiner via MacVoices and MacVoicesTV about Joe’s latest book, Take Control of iCloud. [1]: http://macvoices.tv/macvoicestv-1171-joe-kissell-takes-control-of-icloud/…
Joe Discusses the Latest Version of his Backup Book
You’ve read the book (we hope), now hear (and see) the author, Joe Kissell, direct from Paris, as he explains to Chuck Joiner of [MacVoices][] and [MacVoicesTV][] what’s new and what’s important about “Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac,” the latest version of Joe’s popular and insanely useful book. []: http://www.macvoices.com/wordpress/macvoices-1185-joe-kissell-takes-control-of-backing-up-your-mac/ []: http://macvoices.tv/macvoicestv-1168-joe-kissell-takes-control-of-backing-up-your-mac/
Take Control of TextExpander on MacVoices
Chuck Joiner’s popular podcast features an interview with Michael E. Cohen, the author of Take Control of TextExpander this week. You can enjoy the dulcet tones of Michael’s voice in the audio version of the podcast at http://www.macvoices.com/wordpress/macvoices-1175-michael-e-cohen-takes-control-of-textexpander/. Or, if you wish to gaze at his striking visage as well, go to the video version…