About the Author

JAMES FLOYD KELLY (Jim) is a freelance technical writer and currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia. With degrees in English and Industrial Engineering, his friends and family often wondered what he was thinking about when he made that decision. Well, he somehow managed to turn his skills into a career where he gets to play with robots, new software, and other technologies. Jim was one of the original Mindstorms Developer Program (MDP) participants selected by Lego to test the new Mindstorms NXT robotics kit, and he contributes with other NXT fans to The NXT Step Blog (http://thenxtstep.blogspot.com). He is also a member of the Mindstorms Community Partners (MCP), a group of NXT testers that continues to work with Lego on the NXT product line.