Dale Cruse is the co-author of HTML5 Multimedia Development Cookbook by Packt Publishing and the technical editor of several other HTML5 books. He started his career in 1995 as a U.S. Army photojournalist. Since making the switch to purely digital at CBSNews.com, he's created web and mobile experiences for some of the most well-known clients in the world, including 20th Century Fox, Bloomingdale's, and MINI Cooper. Currently, he juggles being both a senior developer at Allen & Gerritsen and being a New York Yankees fan in South Boston. An in-demand speaker, you can't get him to shut up on Twitter at @dalecruse.

Faraz K. Kelhini has more than a decade of software development experience in a broad range of disciplines. His core expertise and interest lies in web technologies, including PHP (as well as frameworks like Symfony and Zend framework), Python, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (as well as frameworks like jQuery and MooTools), and Linux/Unix operating systems. He is a professional consultant, editor, and writer who specializes in technical presentations, workshops, online content publishing, and knowledge transfer. Faraz has more than 100 articles to his credit within prominent publications such as Developer.com, .net magazine, and Smashing Magazine.

When not pursuing a new technology or idea, Faraz loves practicing his DSLR photography skills. More information on his related writings, presentations, and useful tools can be found at http://eloux.com.