Many of you know where Dwayne works, and a few of you (though not necessarily his wife) actually understand what he does. For several years, now, he has been working on WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation). Somehow, he connected to someone writing a book about the software and Dwayne was asked to be a technical editor for the book. It was a huge job (just a little something he did for dozens of hours in his nonexistent free time) and he brought others in from his team to go through some of the book. He finished up his share of it a few months ago and I have been trying to put it behind me ever since.
Yesterday, an unexpected package was left outside our door. Inside were two copies of:
(Actually, this was the last version. The latest looks exactly like this but is titled WPF 4 Unleashed.)
Opening it to dedication and acknowledgment page, it reads
I’d like to sincerely thank Dwayne Need, senior development manager from the WPF team, for being a fantastic technical editor. His feedback on the my drafts was so thorough and insightful, the book is far better because of him.
Isn’t my husband awesome?
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