Bruce Epstein is the author of Director in a Nutshell and Lingo in a Nutshell, the coauthor of Dreamweaver in a Nutshell and the editor of ActionScript: The Definitive Guide. He has been a multimedia programmer and consultant for ten years, specializing in Macromedia technologies including Director, Dreamweaver, and Flash. He is a frequent online contributor to Web sites such as the O'Reilly Network and the IBM DeveloperWorks Startup Zone.