Acknowledgments

Thank you to all my friends at Pearson Technology Group, especially my editors Rick Kughen and Todd Brakke, my publishers Greg Wiegand and Paul Boger, my project managers Elaine Wiley and Kristen Watterson, and my copy editors/proof readers Chrissy White and Kathy Ruiz. You are a group of wonderful people, that’s for sure.

With regard to the book’s subject matter, thank you to Eben Upton and Gert van Loo of the Raspberry Pi Foundation (Gert, I know you say you aren’t a member of the Foundation, but you’re foundational to the Pi project at any rate) for your gracious assistance—you guys are brilliant! Thanks to Brian McLaughlin for his thorough technical edit of the manuscript.

Thank you to my family (Susan, Zoey, Fred, Moon, Maya, Stub, Mom, Dad, Trish, Mom H, Rick, Chelle, Don, Alex, Kevin, Kristina, and so on) for your love and support—I treasure you all.

Finally, thank you to you, my reader. Without you I would be teaching and writing into a blank void. Don’t get me wrong—I love the sound of my own voice and I’m my own favorite subject. However, discussing this technology and sharing this knowledge just wouldn’t be the same without you.