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Tom Negrino began writing for Macworld in 1987, where he was a contributing editor until 2004.
Tom has been writing books about computers since 1994, and has authored 22 books since, for Peachpit Press, O’Reilly and Associates, Microsoft Press, Wiley, and others. Some selected titles include Mac OS X Unwired (with Dori Smith); Macromedia Contribute 2 for Windows & Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide; Keynote Visual Quick-Start Guide; and Microsoft Office v. X Inside Out.
He lives in Northern California’s wine country with his wife Dori Smith (http://www.dori.com/), their teenage son Sean, and Pixel the Cat (http://www.pixel.mu/).
You’ll find Tom’s home page at http://www.negrino.com/.
As usual, even though this book was written by one person, many people helped bring it to you. Thanks to the following folks who helped this book come to life:
Microsoft’s Andy Ruff and Jessica Sommer.
Edelman’s Melissa Chambers.
The Take Control team, especially Tonya Engst.
The participants in the Control Freaks mailing list.
The participants in the Control Freaks mailing list.
Dori Smith, for her help in testing shared projects, sharing bottles of good Sonoma wine, and for sharing my life.
The musical influences for this book, brought to me in the office by the terrific SliMP3 device (http://www.slimdevices.com/), included Mary Chapin Carpenter, Liz Phair, Alanis Morisette, the Ramones, and some bouncy pop music that I refuse to identify.
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Take Control of Customizing Panther, by Matt Neuburg http://www.tidbits.com/takecontrol/panther/customizing.html
Take Control of Sharing Files in Panther, by Glenn Fleishman http://www.tidbits.com/takecontrol/panther/sharing.html
Take Control of Upgrading to Panther, by Joe Kissell http://www.tidbits.com/takecontrol/panther/upgrading.html
Take Control of Users & Accounts in Panther, by Kirk McElhearn http://www.tidbits.com/takecontrol/panther/users.html
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