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Learn now to connect your Mac to the Internet with Bluetooth and a smartphone. Continue reading Smartphone Internet Article Now Online January 25th, 2008
New article on Peachpit.com. Continue reading Back to My Mac Article Now Online January 17th, 2008
A few thoughts about this year’s trip. Continue reading A Trip to Macworld Expo 2008 November 16th, 2007
Download it for free! Continue reading Sample Chapter of Leopard Book November 12th, 2007
Take advantage of a limited-time offer on Peachpit.com. From Peachpit’s Mac Tip of the Week Newsletter: Learn the ins and outs of all the new features in Leopard, including Time Machine, Spaces, Quick Look, Automator, and more. Whether you’re new to the OS, or an experienced Macintosh user ready to hone your trouble-shooting skills, Continue reading Save 35% on Leopard Visual QuickStart Guide November 8th, 2007
A tip for readers. Continue reading Printing Revised Pages October 26th, 2007
My list, on Peachpit.com. Last week, the folks at Peachpit Press asked me to write an article about my top ten Leopard features. You can find the article online: Top Ten Leopard Features That Will Change How You Use Your Mac. October 16th, 2007
The race is on. It’s now official. You can read the press release here. This is one of the two dates I’d been debating with my editors at Peachpit. Cliff says that Apple likes to release hardware and software on Fridays. That would put it on October 26, the last Friday of the month. Continue reading It’s Official: Apple to Ship Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on October 26 August 21st, 2007
And offers 40% discounts on books purchased online. Just a quick note to pass along some info I got in e-mail from Peachpit Press, one of my publishers. Over the last several months, you’ve been talking and now it’s our chance to show you that we’ve been listening. You told us you wanted better Continue reading Peachpit Launches New Web Site April 13th, 2007
It’s all about timing. Yesterday afternoon, not long after the stock markets closed in New York, Apple put a one-paragraph announcement on its Hot News page. The announcement told the world (or whoever happened to be watching that page) that because Leopard resources had been used to finish up the iPhone, Leopard would Continue reading Leopard Postponed — What’s a Writer to Do? March 16th, 2007
Informit releases a chapter of my Peachpit Press book on its Web site. Every once in a while, Informit.com, the online publishing arm of Pearson Education (parent company of Peachpit Press) releases a sample chapter of a book on its Web site. It apparently has done that with a chapter of my Excel Continue reading Excel 2007 Visual QuickProject Sample Chapter Now Online September 22nd, 2006
Take it on the road. Peachpit Press has created a PDF version of our WordPress book for folks who prefer not to carry around all that paper or incur shipping charges for overseas orders. You can find more information about it on Peachpit’s Web site. Technorati Tags: book, howto, pdf, WordPress Continue reading PDF Version of WordPress Book Now Available September 20th, 2006
After two months off from writing, I begin work on an Excel book revision. I dove into a revision of my Creating Spreadsheets and Charts in Excel: Visual QuickProject Guide book today. I actually got the first chapter — all 16 pages of it — done. If you’re not familiar with the VQJ (as Continue reading New Excel Book in Progress September 20th, 2006
An update on the book’s revision status. At this point, Peachpit Press has decided not to revise my QuickBooks 2006 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide for the next version of QuickBooks. This is a financially-based decision; the current book’s sales were not sufficient to warrant a revision. That doesn’t mean we won’t revise the Continue reading QuickBooks VQS Revision Info August 28th, 2006
Informit.com puts another chapter on its site. I just stopped by the Informit.com Web site to check their listings for my work. (They list all of my in print books for Peachpit Press, as well as articles I’ve written for them and excerpts from my books.) I found that they’d put another excerpt from Continue reading Mac OS X Book Excerpt Online July 24th, 2006
At least I think it is. The strangest thing has happened. I have not yet received my first author copy of my latest book (co-authored with Miraz Jordan), WordPress 2: Visual QuickStart Guide. Yet according to Amazon.com and Miraz, the book is out and selling quite well. I even got a support question for Continue reading WordPress 2: Visual QuickStart Guide is Out June 14th, 2006
Miraz and I start building the “official” support Web site for our book. WordPress 2: Visual QuickStart Guide went to the printer yesterday. The index, which was laid out today, will be added to the book at the galley stage. Peachpit is pretty good at turning things around, so I expect the book to Continue reading WordPress VQS Companion Web Site Under Construction June 7th, 2006
Due to ship to the printer this Friday. Miraz Jordan and I have been putting the finishing touches on WordPress 2: Visual QuickStart Guide for Peachpit Press. The book is set to go to the printer this coming Friday and should be in stores by the end of the month. You can order a Continue reading WordPress QuickStart Almost Done January 13th, 2006
Informit.com has published my latest article for them, “Five Funky Finder Features in Mac OS X.” When I presented these features to a group of long-time Mac users at my Macworld Expo presentation in the Peachpit Press booth, I taught them a thing or two. So check it out and see what new things Continue reading Five Funky Finder Features in Mac OS X October 9th, 2005
Maria Speaks Episode 5: Three Ways Word Can Drive You Crazy…And What You Can Do About Them This episode is the first audio recording of one of the many articles I’ve written for the Informit.com Web site. Informit is the Web publishing arm of Pearson Education, which is the company that owns Peachpit Press. Continue reading Word Can Drive You Crazy April 26th, 2005
My publisher arranges for appearances in Apple Stores. Apple Computer, Inc. opened its first retail store a few years ago. It was a great success. Since then, it has opened over a hundred stores in the US, UK, and Japan. Like Apple-designed products, Apple stores are sleek, bright, and attractive. They show Continue reading Apple Stores Here I Come |
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