Acknowledgments

I’d like to express my deep gratitude to the following people, without whom this book would not have been possible.

Thank you to Loretta for bringing me into this project. After two decades of working together on numerous projects, you still seem to find a way to bring freshness and excitement to each one. To Troy for your always-present ear when I needed to bounce an idea off someone, and for your experienced counsel during the editing process. Thank you to Liv for your unwavering work during copy editing and helping to tighten things up. Thanks to Tim for all the times you made me take a second look at my approach, and for adding real value with your ideas. Finally, thank you to all the people at Microsoft Press who worked so hard to create this book from the digital manuscript.