Paul Freiberger is the co-author of Fuzzy Logic: The Revolutionary Computer Technology That Is Changing Our World, which won the 1993 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He has been a newspaper reporter and columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, the San Francisco Examiner, and other publications. He has written articles for numerous other publications and produced reports for National Public Radio. He currently works at Interval Research Corporation, a research lab in Palo Alto, CA.

Michael Swaine is editor-at-large for Dr. Dobb's Journal, a programmer's magazine, and is a columnist for several magazines and electronic and broadcast venues. He holds degrees in computer science and psychology and has worked as a computer programmer, magazine editor, and publisher. He has written books on technology and has launched several computer magazines and a book line. In the past 20 years, he has written over nine hundred articles on computers and technology.