I’m happy to have a writing project for O’Reilly finally go to production yesterday. Earlier this year I was asked to write a Short Cut about RSS 2.0, and it turned out to be a fun assignment.

What made it especially nice was having some great editors along the way. Tara McGoldrick (no longer at O’Reilly) worked with me most of the way, and she was a great encouragement throughout. James Snell was kind enough to do the technical review. When Tara left O’Reilly, my project bounced around briefly and then landed on the desk of Simon St. Laurent. Simon took the project on the final lap and sent it to production, doing his own technical review in the process.

The old adage rings true:

“We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness on sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.” - Bernard of Chartres

Thanks to the giants for their help with the project. (I’ll announce the title and give a link when it is available.)

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