Joe Kissell 🇨🇦

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Take Control Books publisher, author, technologist. I make complicated things easy to understand. (Saskatoon, Canada) This account is searchable.
Bloghttps://joekissell.com/
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Take Control Bookshttps://www.takecontrolbooks.com
Joe Kissell 🇨🇦1h ago
Shows6h ago
Tags, Smart Mailboxes, and security - New ScreenCastsONLINE tutorial JUST RELEASED - MailMaven - Part 2 - https://screencastsonline.com/mac/show/1557/ - View as part of your free 7-day trial membership.
Joe Kissell 🇨🇦1d ago
DEVONtechnologies1d ago
Joe Kissell from @TakeControlBooks has updated his free ebook Take Control of DEVONthink 4. It is now up to date with DEVONthink 4.2.2 Cassini and DEVONthink To Go 4.0.6 Kepler. #devonthink #devonthinktogo #ebook #free https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20260402-take-control-of-devonthink-4-updated
Joe Kissell 🇨🇦6d ago
Take Control Books6d ago
Our newest book, Take Control of Focus by @glennf, helps Apple users reduce the constant barrage of beeps, buzzes, rings, and notifications while ensuring that desired alerts appear. https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/focus/
Joe Kissell 🇨🇦Mar 24
Steve Troughton-SmithMar 20

Here's one for the icons-in-menus haters on macOS Tahoe:

defaults write -g NSMenuEnableActionImages -bool NO

It even preserves the couple of instances you do want icons, like for window zoom/resize

/cc @gruber

Joe Kissell 🇨🇦Mar 20
John GruberMar 20
Perfect MacOS 26 Tahoe screenshot from the Journal app. Apple shipped this.
Joe Kissell 🇨🇦Mar 17
Max LeibmanMar 17
LEPRECHAAAAAAAUUUNNNN!
Joe Kissell 🇨🇦Mar 15
GeriAQuinMar 15
#IdesOfMarch
Joe Kissell 🇨🇦Mar 9
Chris PirilloMar 7

I just spent the last 24 hours building... a free tool to create your very own handwriting font quickly within the browser (no logins, all local processing):

https://arcade.pirillo.com/fontcrafter.html

Having tested it extensively on my own manuscript, I can definitely say that it works. ;) Download the OTF and/or TTF when done!

#fonts #typography #web #app #ai #vibecoding #free

Joe Kissell 🇨🇦Mar 8
Galactic StoneMar 7
Boost if you want to see AI data centers burned to the ground or if you enjoy tacos. 🔥 🌮
Joe Kissell 🇨🇦Feb 26
Tim ChatenFeb 26

Out now is a new episode of iPad Pros with @joekissell from @TakeControlBooks all about his Take Control of DEVONthink 4 book.

https://ipadpros.net/2026/02/26/episode-244-take-control-of-devonthink-4-with-joe-kissel/

PocketCasts: https://pca.st/episode/e15f85cb-83cd-490d-b3b4-a94bfd8c153c

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/take-control-of-devonthink-4-with-joe-kissel-ipad-pros-0244/id1264565547?i=1000750327243

Overcast: https://overcast.fm/+AAJiG1UuIyM

Episode 244 – Take Control of DEVONthink 4 with Joe Kissel

Joe Kissel, the author of Take Control of DEVONthink 4, is on the podcast to discuss the latest big update to DEVONthink. Take Control of DEVONthink 4 is available for free.

iPad Pros