And with that, you’ve reached the end of the book—the last of the 225 most important tech techniques. Here’s hoping that at least a few of them will stick with you. May they send you out into the night with a renewed sense of confidence—or at least fewer wasted taps, clicks, and minutes.
In reverse chronological order, these are the delightful people who made this book possible:
At Flatiron Books: Jasmine Faustino, who made the experience wonderful; managing editor Eric C. Meyer, who humored my tweakiness on layout concepts; and publisher Bob Miller, who had the spectacular good taste to decide to publish this book on Flatiron’s very first list!
At the Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency, my friend, and the world’s best book agent, Jim Levine.
At TED, Chris Anderson and Bruno Giussani, who invited me to speak at the 2013 conference. My topic may sound familiar; it was “10 Tech Basics You Think Everybody Knows (But They Don’t).”
During this book’s creation, I enjoyed the support and infinite patience of Jan Carpenter, Cindy Love, my team at Yahoo Tech, and my brilliant Brady Bunch of a brood: Kell, Tia, Jeff, Max, and Farley.
Above all, I owe a debt to my beautiful bride Nicki. Her love and encouragement carried this project all the way from, “You know what I should write someday?”—to the finished book in your hands.