Acknowledgments

Many people helped get this book off the ground and into print. While I’m going to try to list them all, I’m sure I’ll miss a few as there were just too many for my tiny brain to remember. This book showed me that I have a lot of high quality friends, coworkers, and family.

The biggest thank you is for my wife and children, who had to deal with a husband/father who was constantly hiding in a corner, writing, when he should have been helping out. There’s no way an author can write a book without the support of immediate family, and mine was no exception.

Next, I’d like to thank Manning Publications and all the work the staff did to ensure I became a real author. Not only did they review and lay out the book, they also helped improve my technical writing skills for clear communication. I can’t give enough thanks to the whole team, but I’d especially like to thank Katherine Osborne for putting up with my missed deadlines, Pennsylvania-Dutch sentence structures, and overall poor spelling. Katherine was instrumental to the voice of this book, and those who’ve been reading the MEAPs will notice the improvement.