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About the Author
Glenn Fleishman never stops writing about technology and its implications. He’s in his third decade of writing for publications as varied as American History, Fast Company, the Economist, Wired, Smithsonian magazine, Ars Technica, Atlas Obscura, the New York Times, Macworld, and TidBITS, among many others. In 2012, he won on Jeopardy—twice! His latest book is Take Control of Zoom.
Acknowledgments
I feel helpless in the face of the massive disruption underway, and wanted to do something meaningful. This book is the result. Thank you to my wife, Lynn, and my children, who supported me devoting my work time to this effort.
Thanks to the many Take Control authors and the extended TidBITS family of authors who contributed feedback on the structure of this book up to entire sections. I’ve called out contributions where possible in the book, but the full list includes:
Adam Engst and Tonya Engst, co-founders of TidBITS Publishing; Tonya was editor-in-chief of Take Control Books (2003–2017) and Adam is the publisher of TidBITS
Julio Ojeda-Zapata, frequent TidBITS contributor
Thanks also to the many friends, acquaintances, and totally wonderful strangers who submitted brief tips hard won from their experiences via Twitter and Facebook.
That includes Tiffany Baxendell Bridge, Philip Borenstein, E.B. Boyd, Chris Breen, Dave Brewer, Brittney Bush Bollay, Stephen Foskett, Kerri Hicks, Janes Hodges, Ilene Hoffman, Kimberly Holst, Sally James, Antony Johnston, Andrew Lawrence, Peter Lewis, Chris Pepper, Christoper Phin, Carolyn Porter, Daniel Pourhadi, Stephen Schafer, Terri Shea, Dwight Silverman, Aleen Simms, Lisa Spangenberg, Russell Sparkman, James Thomson, Carol Troup, Jessamyn West, Dylan Wilbanks, Jessica Wolk-Stanley, and Helen Austwick Zaltzman.
Shameless Plug
If you liked this book, you might enjoy some of the many other Take Control titles I’ve written, including Take Control of Zoom and Take Control of Slack.
About the Publisher
alt concepts inc., publisher of Take Control Books, is operated by Joe Kissell and Morgen Jahnke, who acquired the ebook series from TidBITS Publishing Inc.’s owners, Adam and Tonya Engst, in May 2017. Joe brings his decades of experience as author of more than 60 books on tech topics (including many popular Take Control titles) to his role as Publisher. Morgen’s professional background is in development work for nonprofit organizations, and she employs those skills as Director of Marketing and Publicity. Joe and Morgen live in San Diego with their two children and their cat.