Noah Gift is the co-author of Python For Unix and Linux by O'Reilly. He
is an author, speaker, consultant, and community leader, writing for
publications such as IBM Developerworks, Red Hat Magazine, O'Reilly,
and MacTech.
He has a Master's degree in CIS from Cal State Los Angeles, B.S. in
Nutritional Science from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, is an Apple ACSA and
LPI certified SysAdmin, as well as a Avid Certified Support
Representative. He has worked at companies such as, Caltech, Disney
Feature Animation, Sony Imageworks, and Turner Studios. As a teenager
he was a freelance television editor for ABC Network News. While at
Caltech he worked for the Nobel Prize Winning President as a Mac
Expert, and at Disney and Sony worked on the first feature animated
films for both companies: Chicken Little, and Surf's Up, respectively.
Once played 2 on 2 with Adam Sandler on his team, and Adam hit the game winning shot.
Composes Piano Music.
Could dunk a basketball in the 8th grade.
Once worked as a bouncer at the same bar as the Iceman Chuck Liddell at night, during a summer in college where he was also taking organic chemistry and working as a librarian.