Acknowledgments for the first edition

Creating a book is like creating software—if it is any good, it is almost certainly a team effort. Here’s a list of the people who made this book happen, and if we’ve left anyone out, it is entirely the author’s fault.

Marjorie Baer brought the author in on this project and instigated the whole effort. Without her, it wouldn’t even have started.

Cliff Colby and Victor Gavenda helped with the basic outline of the book.

Howard Rheingold, Freddy “Are We Really?” Hahne, Pilar “Power P” Johnson, and Eugene Alexander provided the sort of encouragement that makes life worth living.

Ron Liskey made the priceless suggestion that we set a schedule for how much to write each week and stick to it. Tim Pozar provided help ...

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