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About the Authors

Martin Trautschold is the founder and CEO of Made Simple Learning, a leading
provider of Apple iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, Android, and Palm
webOS books and video tutorials. He has been a successful entrepreneur in the
mobile device training and software business since 2001. With Made Simple
Learning, he helped to train thousands of BlackBerry Smartphone users with
short, to-the-point video tutorials. Martin has now co-authored nineteen "Made
Simple" guide books. He also co-founded, ran for 3 years, and then sold a mobile
device software company. Prior to this, Martin spent 15 years in technology and
business consulting in the US and Japan. He holds an engineering degree from
Princeton University and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern
University. Martin and his wife, Julia, have three daughters. He enjoys rowing
with the Halifax Rowing Association in Daytona Beach, Florida and cycling with friends. Martin can be
reached at martin@madesimplelearning.com.
Gary Mazo is Vice President of Made Simple Learning and is a writer, a college
professor, a gadget nut, and an ordained rabbi. Gary joined Made Simple
Learning in 2007 and has co-authored the last seventeen books in the Made
Simple series. Along with Martin, and Kevin Michaluk from CrackBerry.com,
Gary co-wrote CrackBerry: True Tales of BlackBerry Use and Abuse—a book about
BlackBerry addiction and how to get a grip on one's BlackBerry use. The second
edition of this book was published by Apress this fall. Gary also teaches writing,
philosophy, technical writing, and more at the University of Phoenix. He holds a
BA in anthropology from Brandeis University. Gary earned his M.A.H.L (Masters
in Hebrew Letters) as well as ordination as Rabbi from the Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has served
congregations in Dayton, Ohio, Cherry Hill, New Jersey and Cape Cod,
Massachusetts. Gary is married to Gloria Schwartz Mazo; they have six children. Gary can be reached
at: gary@madesimplelearning.com.
Marziah Karch enjoys the challenge of explaining complex technology to
beginning audiences. She is an education technologist for Johnson County
Community College in the Kansas City metro area with over ten years of
experience. She holds a masters in instructional design and has occasionally
taught credit courses in interactive media.
Marziah also contributes to New York Times-owned About.com and has
been their Guide to Google since 2006. Her first book was Android for Work:
Productivity for Professionals. When she's not feeding her geek side with new
gadgets or writing about technology, Marziah enjoys life in Lawrence, Kansas with
her husband Harold and two children.
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