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About the Author
Glenn Fleishman has written thousands of articles over decades for publications like the Economist, Macworld, TidBITS, Atlas Obscura, and Smithsonian. He’s also written dozens of editions of books for Peachpit Press and in the Take Control series, and writes regularly about printing and type history.
Glenn has devoted his career to writing that helps people understand and better use technology. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two children and many, many mobile devices and computers.
Acknowledgments
Slack is a constantly changing beast, and I appreciate Adam and Tonya Engst’s encouragement in writing an earlier version of this book in 2016, and Joe Kissell’s ongoing cheerleading in writing the 1.0 and 1.1 versions of this one. Thanks to Jeff Carlson for my author photo.
Shameless Plug
Glenn builds tiny type museums and writes books and articles about type and printing history in his spare time. You can find out more about these projects at the Tiny Type Museum website and his blog. You can help support his historical writing via his Patreon page.
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.