Contributors
The following people contributed their hacks, writing, and inspiration to this book:
Tim Allwine is a Senior Software Engineer at O’Reilly & Associates. He develops software for the Market Research group, various spidering tools that collect data from disparate sites (including Amazon.com), and is involved in the development of web services at O’Reilly.
Jeff Barr handles web services evangelism and developer relations for Amazon.com. In his spare time he collects RSS newsfeeds at http://www.syndic8.com. He’s happily married and the father of five, including a second-generation hacker.
Erik Benson is the Technical Program Manager of Personalized Merchandising at Amazon.com. He runs allconsuming.net (http://www.allconsuming.net/) and has a weblog at erikbenson.com (http://www.erikbenson.com/).
Duke Bhuphaibool studied Fine Arts in preparation for the grueling rigors of Amazon.com web development. He, his lovely wife, and their five rambunctious golden retrievers enjoy daily tea in the shade of their home, Plum Cottage. Duke is currently trying to figure out the difference between a bamboo flute and a back scratcher.
Bruce Bracken works as a Lead Web Development Engineer in the Search & Browse group at Amazon.com. After collegiate studies in English and Computer Science, he joined the ranks of Amazon.com to further his exploration of search and browse technologies. He co-founded the JavaScript advisory group to help standardize JavaScript use on Amazon.com. Bruce also took ...