Acknowledgments

Thanks go to all the wonderful people at APress for giving me a chance to write about Swift, my latest favorite programming language for the Macintosh, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

Additional thanks go to Dane Henderson and Elizabeth Lee (www.echoludo.com) who share the airwaves with me on our radio show “Notes From the Underground” (http://notesfromtheu.com) on KNSJ.org. More thanks go to Chris Clobber, Diane Jean, Ikaika Patria and Robert Weems for letting me share their friendship and lunacy on another KNSJ radio show called “Laugh in Your Face,” (http://www.laughinyourfaceradio.com) which combines comedy with political activism and commentary.

A special mention goes towards Michael Montijo and his indomitable spirit that has him driving from Phoenix to Los Angeles once a month for the past fifteen years to meet with Hollywood executives. His cartoon show ideas, “Life of Mikey” and “Pachuko Boy,” will one day make it to television because he never gave up despite all the obstacles in his way.

Thanks also go to my wife, Cassandra, and son, Jordan, for putting up with a house filled with more gadgets than actual living people. Final thanks go to my cats, Oscar and Mayer, for walking over the keyboard, knocking over laptops, and chewing on power cords at the most inconvenient times of the day.