Acknowledgments

I’ve been writing computer books for more than 20 years now (ouch!), which is a long time to do anything, much less something that exercises the old noodle the way researching and writing a computer book does. Despite that, however, I still leap out of bed most mornings and can’t wait to get my hands on the keyboard once again and start tapping away.

Maintaining enthusiasm for your job is never easy, but it sure helps when you get to work with some amazingly smart, talented, and nice people. I speak, of course, of the bright lights who populate the Que editorial department, who are as awesome a collection of Hoosiers as you’re ever likely to meet (assuming you come across Hoosier collections regularly). In particular, I’d like ...

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