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Brian Sawyer

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April 14, 1975

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Brian Sawyer is a Senior Editor for O'Reilly Media, where he manages the Missing Manuals division. He’s also coauthor of Best Android Apps and has served as lead editor for the company’s popular Hacks series, editor for Head First and Make: Books titles, and contributing editor to Craft magazine. When not writing or editing about technology, he uses it to help train for marathons (see Chapter 4 of Best Android Apps).

In addition to acquiring books for a couple other tech publishers, he has also shepherded books on knitting, cooking, and jewelry-making, and even has his name on the cover of an origami book. A bibliophile at heart, a book editor by trade, and a book crafter by avocation, his articles on bookbinding and altered books have appea...more

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Broadcasting live video, real-time location, and instant media updates from your Android phone

This weekend, I'll be part of a Ragnar Relay team, running from New Haven to Boston (with a generous margin of error for location on either end). I know I'll be missed while I'm away and that everyone will be very jealous of my running a total of 20 miles across three legs within 24 hours (or so) without sleeping, bathing, or leaving a van of five similarly sleep-deprived and sweaty teammates... read more »

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Books by Brian Sawyer

Average rating: 3.45 · 22 ratings · 7 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Napkin Origami: 25 Creative and Fun Ideas for Napkin Folding by Brian Sawyer (Goodreads Author), Janette Schuster 3.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Best Android Apps by Mike Hendrickson, Brian Sawyer (Goodreads Author), Brian Sawyer 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:

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In One Person

by John Irving (Goodreads Author)

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)

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The Pale King

by David Foster Wallace

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Brian Sawyer liked Jeff Holcomb's review of In One Person: " *Don’t put a label on In One Person* until you get to know it** As Irving self-deprecatingly said of himself via his character Daniel Baciagalupo in his previous novel, Last Night in Twister River, one can be in danger of repeating oneself. When you si... " Read more of this review »
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Brian Sawyer is currently reading: In One Person by John Irving (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Brian Sawyer marked as to-read: Suburgatory: Twisted Tales from Darkest Suburbia by Linda Erin Keenan (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Brian Sawyer gave to: Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins read in January, 2012	My rating:
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