Michael Rohde - Adobe Edge Animate CC For Dummies

Adobe Edge Animate CC For Dummies

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About the Author

Michael Rohde (San Francisco, California) has worked as a web development professional and writer for 19 years. His experience ranges from marketing collateral to technical writing to website content. Mr. Rohde wrote a series of freelance articles for HTMLgoodies.com on the topics of CSS3, HTML5, and other trends in website development. This includes a series of articles on working with Joomla! as well as Adobe Edge Animate CC. His skills include Joomla!, SEO, content development, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, CMS, writing, page design, and web development. Michael is the Founder, Publisher, Editor, and Writer for his own site, GoozerNation.com, which won first prize in Amazons Domino Project Associates Contest. Mr. Rohde currently lives in the Bay Area of Northern California with his wife and two children and works as the Senior Editor for Freeman, Sullivan & Co.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my family. Much gratitude goes out to my parents; without them, I probably would have never earned my technical writing stripes. And to my wife and kids who sacrificed evenings and more than one weekend to allow me the time to write, rewrite, take screenshots, retake screenshots, and drone on and on over writing this book, which took a year to complete. To their credit, they encourage me to keep on writing. I love you all.

Authors Acknowledgments

This book would not have been possible without the encouragement, recommendations, and guidance that I received from many people across several different organizations. It all began with Brad Jones, currently of QuinStreet, who referred me to Wiley when I asked him how to get started writing books. Brad introduced me to Mary Bednarek, who then introduced me to Katie Feltman, who became my Acquisitions Editor. Later, I connected with Pat OBrien, whose editing skills turned the book into what you see today. I want to thank them all for taking a chance on me as a first-time book author.

I also want to thank the good folks at Adobe, in particular Josh Hatwich, who invited me to join the Customer Advisory Board for Adobe Edge Animate. My participation on the board provided much of the content that I wrote for this book. In addition, I want to acknowledge Corrinna Rainwater of Adobe for providing her technical edits. Her contributions provided the extra details that helped me look like I knew what I was doing.

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