Acknowledgements
I would like to thank David Pogue for suggesting this book to me way back in 2002, and then being a terrific editor through the mad scramble of the first two editions—and for providing his cheerful expertise for this edition. Also thanks to editor Peter Meyers for guiding me through the past five updates. Thanks to Ron Bilodeau, Lesley Keegan, Chris Stone, and the Missing Manual folks at O'Reilly, and to Apple for courteously providing the iPod images and the assorted other iPod accessory companies who made their digital photography available. I'd also to thank all my friends and family (especially and most importantly, Betsy) for putting up with me that time every year when Apple announces new iPods and I disappear into my computer for several weeks, muttering incoherently and cranking up Steve Earle to a hearty volume level.