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Kevin Purdy
Editor
Brian Sawyer
Copyright © 2011 Kevin Purdy
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About the Author
About the Author
Kevin Purdy is a guy from upstate New York who somehow convinced the founding editor of software and productivity blog Lifehacker to take a chance on a young newspaper reporter with a secret geek life. He blogged at Lifehacker for over three years, and somehow managed to write The Complete Android Guide during that time. He now makes a living writing for whoever will have his words, and doesn’t make much of a living organizing TEDxBuffalo, obsessing over homemade specialty coffee, and hosting the In Pod Form podcast. He lives in Buffalo, NY, with his wife and two cats. Email: kspurdy@gmail.com.
About the Creative Team
Dawn Mann (editor) is associate editor for the Missing Manual series. When not reading about Google+, she beads, bikes, and causes trouble. Email: dawn@oreilly.com.
Jasmine Perez (production editor) spends her free time cooking vegetarian meals, listening to her favorite freeform radio station, WFMU, and going on adventures whenever possible. Email: jperez@oreilly.com.
Cassandra Moffitt (technical reviewer) is the lead graphic designer at Going to the Sun Marketing (www.gttsmarketing.com), a full-service marketing agency with offices in New York and Montana. She enjoys car racing and all things tech and gaming.
Nan Reinhardt (proofreader) is a freelance copyeditor and proofreader, who is also a writer of romantic fiction. Her debut novel is due out in February 2012 and she has two novels with her agent at Curtis Brown Literary Agency. In between editing gigs, she is busy working on her fourth book. She blogs thrice weekly at www.nanreinhardt.com. Email: reinhardt8@comcast.net.
Ron Strauss (indexer) lives with his wife in northern California at 2,300 feet. When not indexing Missing Manuals, he moonlights as a musician (viola and Native American flute).
Acknowledgments
Editor Dawn Mann is a rock, and she knows how to roll with both a fast-moving subject and an occasionally sideways-running author. Cassandra Moffitt has the sharpest eyes around when it comes to catching buttons, clicks, and overly clever site designs. Web-syncing software Dropbox kept the book’s chapters and images safe and accessible at all times, and Snagit made all these screen-shots possible. The support, and how-to training, provided by Gina Trapani and Adam Pash were invaluable. And none of this would be possible without my wife, to whom I owe quite a few home-cooked meals.
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