Giovanni Giorgi is an IT professional with a strong cultural background, living in Milan, Italy.

Giovanni was born in 1974; he started playing with Commodore 8-bit computers when he was an 11-year-old child.

During college he studied Latin, Greek during school time, and Turbo Pascal and C programming language as a hobby.

He then attended university in September 1993. After one year he fell in love with open source philosophy.

Giovanni got a Masters degree in Information Technology from DSI of Milan, Italy in 2000. He currently works as an IT Consultant for NTT Data, and has 15 years of experience in banking and finance projects.

He worked with his co-worker on a big project, and he chose Git as the revision control system to coordinate the Pune-based team with the one based in Milan.

He currently write articles on his blog, http://gioorgi.com.

Michael J. Smalley is the founder of Smalley Creative LLC, a technology consulting, education, and development organization originating in Philadelphia, PA. He is a professional systems administrator and programmer, as well as the creator and maintainer of the popular Smalley Creative Blog, a regularly updated source of tutorials, news, and solutions of a technical nature. Michael is interested in entrepreneurship, teaching, creative startups, and financial independence, as well as vintage computers, gaming, road bicycling, and musicianship.

When he isn't hunched over a keyboard, he can be found leading the Bucks County Game Creators Meetup, promoting the fact that technology and an opportunity to learn should be accessible to everyone, singing the praises of being an extrovert in a proudly introverted field, and traveling with his wife Kali.