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Acknowledgments

First, I’d like to thank all my family and friends for putting up with far too many
“I can’t—I have to write” excuses. To my dad, for being an engineer and encouraging
my whims, even when they didn’t make good business sense. To my mom, for her
confidence in my abilities, even when she had no idea what I was talking about.
Thank you to NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), specifically Red
Burns and Tom Igoe, for hiring an engineer to teach artists. Tom quickly became more
than just the area head for my class. He offered support and encouragement from day
one and has become a mentor. When I started teaching, I was an engineer, but now
I’m a maker, too. Thank you for challenging me to make my field accessible and to
empower others through making. I have no doubt learned more than I have taught.
And thank you ITP for attracting students who are a pleasure to teach. Every student
I’ve had the opportunity to interact with has shaped this book.

Thanks to Eyebeam Art + Technology Center for supporting this work through their
artist in residency program and for attracting great interns. This book would have
taken much longer and been less fun to work on without my team of interns, who
worked for little more than free lunch and the promise of certain fame and fortune.
To Sean Comeaux for all the illustrations and for making me find new ways to explain
things. To Sam Galison and Stina Marie Hasse Jorgensen for their enthusiasm and
their amazing work on the projects, photography, and video editing for the website.