About the Author

Eric is a Senior Developer Programs Engineer on the Google Chrome team, and one of the core contributors to html5rocks.com. His mission is to spread HTML5 goodness by educating developers, worldwide. Eric previously worked on the Google Docs, Sites, Health, and OAuth APIs. Prior to Google, Eric worked as a software engineer at the University of Michigan where he designed rich web applications and APIs for the university's 19 libraries. Eric holds a B.S.E in Computer Engineering and a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He can be found on Twitter at @ebidel.

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