MM- The Missing Manuals (for life)

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MM stands for Missing Manual, which is a series of these great books written as tech product manuals that SHOULD have been.  Here are some examples:

Your iPhone – The Missing Manual

https://www.amazon.com/iPhone-Missing-Manual-Book-Should/dp/1492075140/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=missing+manual&qid=1609533902&sr=8-2

Key tip: Make sure you look at your family at least once a week.

iOS Catalina – the Missing Manual (the Salad Dressing Edition)

https://www.amazon.com/macOS-Catalina-Missing-Manual-Should/dp/149207506X/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_2/137-5795721-2176156?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=149207506X&pd_rd_r=20fee896-e1b4-4caf-b563-9bd8577f766d&pd_rd_w=dkdO6&pd_rd_wg=WHWby&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=3M00QDZTJV9RCQJVWQRF&psc=1&refRID=3M00QDZTJV9RCQJVWQRF

Key tip: That expensive Mac on your desk, you should get it out and play with it.  It does cool things like your iPad and iPhone.

Windows 10 – The Missing Manual

https://www.amazon.com/Windows-10-May-2019-Update/dp/1492057290/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=missing+manual&qid=1609533944&sr=8-4

Key tip: Written in 2019, pre pandemic, proof that in the tech world, things get out of date REALLY QUICKLY. The dog on that cover is not wearing a mask.

WordPress – The Missing Manual

https://www.amazon.com/WordPress-Missing-Manual-Book-Should/dp/1492074160/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=missing+manual&qid=1609533944&sr=8-7

Key tip: You know more than you think you do if you started playing in WordPress 16 years ago. Own it, and refer back if you need confidence.

CSS – The Missing Manual

https://www.amazon.com/CSS-Missing-David-Sawyer-McFarland/dp/1491918055/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=missing+manual&qid=1609533944&sr=8-8

Key tip:  I think this one’s next for me. My CSS book is from around 1999, I think.  Confirmed yes. Here’s a newer edition. It’s an achievement to boost your Kindle price to over $40 for a book. Maybe the tech hasn’t changed that much…unlike Windows 10.

I meander.  My point is that life is totally missing a manual. While I can’t coin Missing Manual, I can make a category of MM, and for a few posts after that, I can link back to this so everybody knows I’m not missing a & between M and M. No chocolate here…yet.

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