Building the Realtime User Experience

Acknowledgments

This book would not exist without Nick Bilton, who thought it was a great idea and had an address book big enough to get the ball moving. I’d also like to thank everybody in the Research and Development group at the New York Times for their excitement and for allowing me to focus on these topics during my day job.

I’d also like to thank everybody at O’Reilly, whether or not we had any interactions. This process was remarkably smooth thanks to the people and the system in place there. Specifically, I’d like to mention my great editor, Simon St. Laurent, who has been through this so many times before that a simple email would put an end to even the biggest panic attack.

Also, I had some great technical reviewers, including Kyle Bragger, Zachary Kessin, Niel Bornstein, and Finn Smith. If you have any issues with the code, the fault lies at my door, not theirs.

Most importantly, I’d like to thank my lovely wife, Ara. She spent many sleepless nights on baby duty so that I could spend as many sleepless nights on book duty. I must also thank Harriet, who was born a couple of days before I agreed to do this, and who also serves as an important part in the introduction of this book.