Windows 8 Kickstart
About the Author
James Russell has built, and repaired PCs and installed, configured, and debugged most versions of Windows from Windows 95 to Windows 8. A long-time editor and writer of technical books for various publishers, he is currently integrating social media strategy into a career focus, and was recently named by Mashable.com as one of 101 social media experts to follow on Google+. James currently writes and edits technical articles for Web sites such as AZCentral and eHow Tech as part of his duties for Demand Media Studios, where he focuses on technical topics including Windows, Office, and Android devices. He has significant experience with the Mozilla open-source project since Mozillas M4 milestone in 1999 (having been responsible for Mozilla .6s / Netscape 6s View > Themes menu) and has also rewritten the Linux, Windows, and Mac release notes as well as the README files for Mozillas .6 and 1.0 versions.
About the Technical Editor
Seth Rosenblatt is a Senior Editor at CNET and wrote CNETs official review of Windows 8. He also covers browsers, security, and privacy, the intersection of tech and pop culture, and creates tech-flavored galleries from his photos. After traveling the world, he currently lives in San Francisco with two dogs, five roommates, and a motorcycle.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I have many people to thank in regards to this book, including most notably the single-greatest tech book agent in the business, Carole Jelen at Waterside Productions, who got me the project, and Megg Morin, the sponsoring editor who trusted me to write my own Windows 8 book as part of a brand new series and midwifed the chapters and table of contents in collaboration with myself and technical editor Seth my dog huffs glue Rosenblatt of CNET. Thanks also to the books acquisitions coordinator, Stephanie Evans, the project manager at Cenveo, Vasundhara Sawhney, and the copy editor, Mike McGee.
I also want to thank Microsoftand in particular John Yarborough of Microsofts PR teamfor helping me figure out a new lexicon for Windows to use in the book and for sending me the final version of Windows on a USB stick so I could finish the book in time for the release of Windows.