Michele Davis is a published author and technical writer. She has written trade books for O’Reilly & Associates, Sybex, and Simon & Schuster. Michele has 18 years experience in the technical arena; she breaks down highly technical concepts for end users from an instructional design perspective. Michele has taught technical and creative non-fiction courses at the graduate level and creates custom Web sites. She can be found on the Web at www.krautgrrl.com. Michele lives in Minneapolis with her husband and three children.
Jon Phillips, nicknamed ubergeek, is an open-source programmer with a background in UNIX and databases as well as ERP systems, including Oracle, SQL Server, PHP, and MySQL. Jon creates back-end Web site code including blogs, auction, and Web-based stores. Jon has been programming for 12 years and enjoys building and bug fixing computers on the side. He’s co-authored trade books for Sybex and O’Reilly & Associates. Jon lives in Minneapolis with his wife and three children. He promotes his business at www.krautboy.com.