This is the section where I thank all the people who made it possible to write the book you are now holding. Some of them introduced me to someone, some of them worked in the trenches, and some of them didn't complain while I coded for “just a few more minutes.”
Love and most thanks to Catherine—Go Bucs!
Thanks also to Carole McClendon and everyone at Waterside Productions; Kathryn Purdum, Scott Meyers, and everyone at Sams Publishing; Mike Trent for an excellent technical review and foreword; Everyone on the various Cocoa and Mac OS X mailing lists, chat rooms, and Web sites for keeping me in the loop; Apple Computer for designing such great hardware and software and all the folks who work hard to put it together. Also thanks to Jeff Dopko, Bob Levitus, Matt Manlove, Marty Wachter, the Emmi family, the McNair family, and the Zobkiw family.
Special note to Marty: There is a hidden chapter in this book. If you read the seventh word of every third sentence, it will tell you how to make an iTunes plug-in.
Last, but certainly not least, thanks to you for making this purchase. I know that many books are vying for your earnings, and I'm glad you chose this one. I hope you enjoy it!