November 2006
Beginner
255 pages
6h 10m
English
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The Missing Credits
About the Author
J.D. Biersdorfer is co-author of both The Internet: The Missing Manual and the second edition of Google: The Missing Manual. She’s been writing the weekly computer Q&A column for The New York Times since 1998 and has covered everything from 17th-century Indian art to the world of female hackers for the newspaper. She’s also written articles for the AIGA Journal of Graphic Design and Rolling Stone and has contributed essays about the collision of art and technology to several graphic-design books published by Allworth Press. She studied in the Theater & Drama program at Indiana University and now spends her limited spare moments playing the banjo and watching BBC World News. Email: jd.biersdorfer@gmail.com. 
About the Creative Team
Peter Meyers (editor) works as an editor at O’Reilly Media on the Missing Manual series. He lives with his wife and cats in New York City. Email: peter.meyers@gmail.com.
Michele Filshie (copy editor) is O’Reilly’s assistant editor for Missing Manuals and editor of four Personal Trainers (another O’Reilly series). Before turning to the world of computer-related books, Michele spent many happy years at Black Sparrow Press. She lives in Sebastopol and loves to get involved in local politics. Email: mfilshie@oreilly.com.
Dawn Mann (indexer) has been with O’Reilly for over three years and is cur-rently an editorial assistant. ...
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