I couldn’t have created “Family Projects for Smart Objects” without the love, support, and patience of Kristin, Kaia, and Natalie Keefe. Thank you from my heart. This was a family project made by you, too.
My thanks also to Team Blinky co-conspirators Liza Stark and Alex Goldmark for their boundless energy and maker-spirit, to Quinn Heraty for the encouragement and guidance I needed to become an author, to Eva Scazzero for trying all the projects and making them clearer, and to Patrick DiJusto for imagining that a book could be built from some of my blog posts—and then editing that book.
Also thanks to Linda Keefe, who raised me with a passion for projects, supported my curiosity even when I took apart household appliances and caught tons of typos in these pages.
—John Keefe, July 2016, New York City