About the Authors

Jesse Liberty is a senior developer-community evangelist on the Microsoft Windows Phone team. He hosts the popular “Yet Another Podcast” on his popular blog at http://JesseLiberty.com. Liberty is the author of numerous top-selling books, including the forthcoming Programming Windows 8 (Apress, 2012) and Programming C# 4.0 (O'Reilly Media, 2010). Prior to Microsoft, he was a Distinguished Software Engineer at AT&T, a software architect for PBS, and vice president of information technology at Citibank. He can be followed on Twitter @JesseLiberty.

Jeff Blankenburg. Ultra passionate. That's how Jeff describes his relationship with technology. Over the past ten years, Jeff has enthusiastically applied his technical expertise to build industry-changing web sites and marketing efforts for mega brands, including Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, Ford Motor Company, Sony, and several pharmaceutical companies. He's especially proficient in user interface design, web standards, and mobile application development. In addition to his senior developer evangelist role for Microsoft, Jeff contributed to Windows Developer Power Tools (O'Reilly Media, 2006) by James Avery and Jim Holmes, on the subject of code validation services; and he has more than ten applications available in the Windows Phone marketplace. He also serves as an organizer for the CodeMash, Stir Trek, and M3 conferences. Jeff holds a bachelor of science degree in psychology from Ohio's Bowling Green State University.