About the Reviewers

Kiran Gangadharan works as a software writer at WalletKit, Inc. He has been passionate about computers since childhood and has 3 years of professional experience. He loves to work on open source projects and read about various technologies/architectures. Apart from programming, he enjoys the pleasure of a good cup of coffee and reading a thought-provoking book. He has also reviewed Instant Node.js Starter, Pedro Teixeira, Packt Publishing.

Andrea Mostosi is a technology enthusiast. He has been an innovation lover since childhood. He started working in 2003 and has worked on several projects, playing almost every role in the computer science environment. He is currently the CTO at The Fool, a company that tries to make sense of web and social data. During his free time, he likes traveling, running, cooking, biking, and coding.

I would like to thank my geek friends: Simone M, Daniele V, Luca T, Luigi P, Michele N, Luca O, Luca B, Diego C, and Fabio B. They are the smartest people I know, and comparing myself with them has always pushed me to be better.

Eric K. Wong started with computing as a childhood hobby. He developed his own BBS on C64 in the early 80s and ported it to Linux in the early 90s. He started working in 1996 where he cut his teeth on SGI IRIX and HPC, which has shaped his focus on performance tuning and large clusters. In 1998, he started speaking, teaching, and consulting on behalf of a wide array of vendors. He remains an avid technology enthusiast and lives in Vancouver, Canada. He maintains a blog at http://www.masterschema.com.