Glenn Fleishman

Hi. Im Glenn Fleishman , a Seattle-based technology journalist and two-time winner on Jeopardy! I write and edit as a freelancer at a number of publications, which have recently included American History, Increment, Fast Company, TidBITS, and the Economist. At Macworld, Im a senior contributor, where I answer readers questions for Mac 911 . Read my semi-regularly updated blog, Glog . In 2019, I began making Tiny Type Museum &a; Time Capsules . Ive written a number of books across technical and design topics, the most recent three being Six Centuries of Type &a; Printing (set in hot metal, printed by letterpress), Not To Put Too Fine a Point on It (reporting on type, printing, and language), and Take Control of Zoom . You can hear me on podcasts at The Incomparable network and on my series, the Tiny Typecast . I run isbn.nu , a book price shopping service. I do sleep. Find me on Twitter as @glennf . I post pictures to Instagram and Flickr . I may answer email at [email protected] . You can find my public key at keychain.io . Thanks for visiting. Vocations in which I have engaged: Sound-board operator, typesetter, graphic designer, curriculum developer, imaging-center manager, professional granola maker, box-office manager, course manager, catalog manager, programmer, editor, conference planner, speaker, book-information expert, columnist, reporter, radio guest. I was once quite literally paid to write some high-quality gibberish. I was trained as a typesetter, one of the last such apprenticed in that profession, and have a degree in graphic design. I learned how to typeset and print on a letterpress in college, and in 2011 took a class to refresh and extend my knowledge. In 2017, I became designer in residence for the year at the School of Visual Concepts to hone my letterpress skills and print a book of my reporting. In 2019 and 2020, I created the Tiny Type Museum &a; Time Capsule , an edition of around 100 sets of printing and type artifacts, with the accompanying book, Six Centuries of Type &a; Printing . I worked ...